Solar Energy Engineering
Processes and Systems

The entire universe of the latest cutting-edge information on solar power in one comprehensive expert volume.

Soteris A Kalogirou (Author)

9780123972705, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 11 January 2014

840 pages, 25 illustrations
23.4 x 19 x 4.2 cm, 1.81 kg

"...Elsevier Science and Technology Books...has published three books about solar energy...masterworks from world-renowed experts who have championed solar energy for decades...Solar Energy Conversion Systems,...Solar Energy Engineering,...and Solar Energy Markets" --EnergieVision.com, September 2014

Energy policy promoting sustainable development is transforming global energy markets. Solar power, the most abundant of all renewable resources, is crucial to greater achieving energy security and sustainability. This new edition of Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems from Prof. Soteris Kalogirou, a renowned expert with over thirty years of experience in renewable energy systems and applications, includes revised and updated chapters on all areas of solar energy engineering from the fundamentals to the highest level of current research. The book includes high interest topics such as solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaic technology, solar thermal power systems, modeling of solar energy systems and includes a new chapter on wind energy systems. As solar energy’s vast potential environmental and socioeconomic benefits are broadly recognized, the second edition of Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems will provide professionals and students with a resource on the basic principles and applications of solar energy systems and processes and can be used as a reference guide to practicing engineers who want to understand how solar systems operate and how to design the systems.

1. Introduction 2. Environmental Characteristics; 3. Solar Energy Collectors 4. Performance of Solar Collectors5. Solar Water-Heating Systems6. Solar Space Heating And Cooling7. Industrial Process Heat, Chemical Applications, and Solar Dryers8. Solar Desalination Systems9. Photovoltaic Systems10. Solar Thermal Power Systems11. Design and Modeling Of Solar Systems12. Solar Energy Analysis13. Wind Energy Systems

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX], Energy technology & engineering [TH]