Solar Heating and Cooling Systems Fundamentals, Experiments and Applications.
Solar Heating and Cooling Systems: Fundamentals, Experiments and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of this modern energy issue from both a scientific and technical level that is based on original research and the synthesis of consistent bibliographic material that meets the increasing nee...
| Main Author: | Sarbu, Ioan. |
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| Other Authors: | Sebarchievici, Calin., ScienceDirect (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
San Diego :
Elsevier Science,
2016.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (442 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Solar Heating and Cooling Systems; Solar Heating and Cooling Systems: Fundamentals, Experiments and Applications; Copyright; Contents; Author Biographies; Preface; 1
- Introduction; 1.1 GENERALITIES; 1.2 RENEWABLE ENERGY; REFERENCES; 2
- Solar Radiation; 2.1 GENERALITIES; 2.2 CALCULATION OF SOLAR RADIATION; 2.2.1 Characteristics of Solar Radiation; 2.2.1.1 Solar Angles; 2.2.1.2 Design Value of Total Solar Radiation; 2.2.2 Solar Radiation on a Tilted Surface; 2.3 PREDICTION OF SOLAR RADIATION USING IMPROVED BRISTOW-CAMPBELL MODEL; REFERENCES; 3
- Solar Collectors; 3.1 GENERALITIES.
- 3.2 SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTORS3.2.1 Flat-Plate Collectors; 3.2.2 Evacuated Tube Collectors; 3.2.3 Concentrating Collectors; 3.2.4 Solar Thermal Power Plants With Central-Receiver; 3.2.5 Thermal Collector Efficiency; 3.3 SOLAR PV COLLECTORS; 3.3.1 PV Converters; 3.3.2 PV Generator Characteristics; 3.3.3 PV Collector Efficiency; 3.3.4 Control and Delivered Energy Estimation for a PV System; 3.3.5 Design of a PV System; 3.4 SOLAR PV/THERMAL HYBRID COLLECTORS; 3.4.1 PV/T Liquid Collector; 3.4.2 PV/T-Air Collector; 3.4.3 PV/T Concentrator; 3.4.4 Novel Applications of PV/T Collectors.
- 3.4.5 Energy Indicators3.5 PERFORMANCES OF A PV/T COLLECTOR WITH WATER HEATING IN BUILDINGS; 3.5.1 Description of the System; 3.5.2 Simulation Model; 3.5.3 Model Validation; 3.5.4 Results and Discussion; 3.5.4.1 Influence of the PV Module Number; 3.5.4.2 Influence of Inlet Temperature of Water; 3.5.4.3 Influence of Mass Flow Rate of Water; 3.5.5 Conclusions; 3.6 PERFORMANCES OF A HYBRID PV/T-SOLAR SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTIAL APPLICATIONS; 3.6.1 System Configuration; 3.6.2 Simulation Model; 3.6.2.1 Solar Thermal System; 3.6.2.2 PV System; 3.6.3 Analysis of Energy Indicators; 3.6.4 Conclusions.
- 4.4.4.1 Enthalpy Formulation4.4.4.2 Numerical Solution; 4.4.4.3 A Three-Dimensional Heat Transfer Simulation Model of LHS; 4.5 CHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE; 4.6 COOL THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE; 4.7 PERFORMANCE AND COST OF THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; REFERENCES; 5
- Solar Water and Space-Heating Systems; 5.1 GENERALITIES; 5.2 SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS; 5.2.1 Types of Solar Water Heating Systems; 5.2.1.1 Direct and Indirect Systems; 5.2.1.2 Passive and Active Systems; 5.2.1.3 Passive Direct Systems; 5.2.1.4 Active Indirect Systems; 5.2.2 Examples of Solar DHW Systems.