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This book delivers a comprehensive study of thermal convexity analy-sis, a key methodology for understanding and optimizing solar water heating systems. It bridges pressing global energy challenges, solar thermal technologies, and advanced heat transfer principles. The book opens with the global energy context, highlighting the rising importance of solar power in achieving sustainable energy goals. A detailed review of solar thermal systems follows, covering high-temperature applications (parabolic concentrators, tower plants, cylindrical-parabolic collectors) and low-temperature uses, including pool heating, space heating, and domestic hot water production.
The core focus regards the thermal convexity principle, providing a new powerful theoretical framework for analyzing and enhancing heat transfer in fluids, tubular exchangers, and solar receivers. This principle is applied to the modeling and simulation of solar water heating systems, integrating solar radiation, system dynamics, and consumption effects.
Thermal Convexity Analysis of a Solar Water Heating System combines simulation and experimental validation with fixed and tracking collectors, demonstrating practical performance improvements. Supported by an appendix on conduction, convection, and radiation, this book is an essential reference for researchers, engineers, and students pushing the frontiers of renewable energy and thermal sciences.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface vii
Chapter 1. Global Energy Context 11.1. Global energy consumption 1
1.2. Solar energy development 5
Chapter 2. Thermal Solar Systems 112.1. High-temperature solar thermal 14
2.1.1. Parabolic concentrators 15
2.1.2. Tower plants 31
2.1.3. Cylindrical-parabolic collectors 36
2.2. Low-temperature solar thermal 69
2.2.1. Solar pool heating 73
2.2.2. Solar space heating 75
2.2.3. Domestic hot water 77
2.3. Solar panels 82
2.3.1. Types of solar panels 82
2.3.2. Solar collector efficiency 86
Chapter 3. Thermal Convexity Principle 1173.1. Single-phase fluid mixing 117
3.2. Fluid heat exchange through an isotherm surface 120
3.3. Heat exchange along a pipe crossing an isotherm compartment 121
3.4. Solar receiver 123
3.5. Heat exchange along a tubular heat exchanger 124
Chapter 4. Solar Water Heating Analysis 1394.1. Thermal modeling of solar water heating 139
4.1.1. Collector model 139
4.1.2. Heat exchanger 143
4.1.3. Storage tank 146
4.1.4. Solar water heating global model 148
4.2. Solar position and radiation 149
4.2.1. Sun position 150
4.2.2. Solar radiation 155
4.3. Simulation and discussion 158
4.3.1. Daily response to variation in solar radiation 159
4.3.2. Effect of the calorific fluid flow rate 161
4.4. Experimental results with a fixed solar collector 170
4.4.1. Without consumption of domestic hot water 170
4.4.2. With consumption of domestic hot water 177
4.5. Experimental results with the solar tracker 181
Conclusion 193
Appendix. Principles of Heat Transfer 201
References 241
Index 247
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Moulay Abdelghani-Idrissi is Full Professor at the Rouen University, France. He holds a PhD in Engineering Science and manages national research-industry programs.
Lamiae Vernières-Hassimi is Associate Professor at the INSA Rouen Normandie, France. Her research focuses on chemical process safety and energy systems.
Soufiane Abdelghani-Idrissi is Associate Professor at the University of Gustave Eiffel, France. His research focuses on electrochemistry, nanofluidics and energy systems.
