Renewable Energy Resources 3rd Edition
Contents
- Principles Of Renewable Energy
- Energy And Sustainable Development
- Fundamentals
- Scientific Principles Of Renewable Energy
- Technical Implications
- Standards And Regulations
- Social Implications
- Chapter Summary/Quick Questions/Problems/Bibliography
- Solar Radiation And The Greenhouse Effect
- Introduction
- Extraterrestrial Solar Radiation
- Components Of Radiation
- Geometry Of The Earth And The Sun
- Geometry Of Collector And The Solar Beam
- Atmospheric Transmission, Absorption And Reflection
- Measuring Solar Radiation
- Site Estimation Of Solar Radiation
- Greenhouse Effect And Climate Change
- Chapter Summary/Quick Questions/Problems/Bibliography
- Box •… Radiation Transmitted, Absorbed And Scattered By
The Earth’s Atmosphere
- Box Units Of Gas Concentration
- Box •… Why We Know That Recent Increases In Co And In
- Temperature Are Due To Human Activity (Anthropogenic)
- Solar Water Heating
- Introduction
- Calculation Of Heat Balance: General Remarks
- Flatplate Collectors
- Systems With Separate Storage
- Selective Surfaces
- Evacuated Collectors
- Instrumentation And Monitoring
- Social And Environmental Aspects
- Chapter Summary/Quick Questions/Problems/Bibliography
- Box Reference Temperature Tref For Heat Circuit Modeling
- Other Solar Thermal Applications
- Introduction
- Air Heaters
- Crop Driers
- Solar Thermal Refrigeration And Cooling
- Water Desalination
