Solar Power Generation Problems, Solutions, and Monitoring

This book is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students interested in solar power system design.

Peter Gevorkian (Author)

9781107120372, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 March 2016

512 pages, 99 b/w illus. 8 tables
26 x 18 x 3 cm, 1.09 kg

Solar Power Generation Problems, Solutions, and Monitoring is a valuable resource for researchers, professionals and graduate students interested in solar power system design. Written to serve as a pragmatic resource for solar photovoltaic power systems financing, it outlines real-life, straightforward design methodology. Using numerous examples, illustrations and an easy to follow design methodology, Peter Gevorkian discusses some of the most significant issues that concern solar power generation including: power output; energy monitoring and energy output enhancement; fault detection; fire and life safety hazard mitigation; and detailed hardware, firmware and software analytic solutions required to resolve solar power technology shortcomings. This essential reference also highlights the significant issues associated with large scale solar photovoltaic and solar power generation technology covering design, construction, deployment and fault detection monitoring as well as life safety hazards.

1. Types of energy sources and energy production and use
2. Significance of large scale photovoltaic solar power energy production
3. Concentrator type photovoltaic (CPV) technologies
4. Issues and problems associated with solar power system design, construction, energy production and economics
5. How to design and specify large scale solar power systems
6. Solar power construction and project management
7. Solar power financing
8. Large scale solar power system legal issues
9. Proposed advanced photovoltaic solar power system technology requirements
10. Micro inverters and peak power tracking (PPT) technologies
11. Advanced solar power generation and integration with the smart grid
12. Large scale energy storage systems.

Subject Areas: Environmental science, engineering & technology [TQ], Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Energy technology & engineering [TH], Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], The environment [RN], Energy & natural resources law [LNCR]