Solar Energy Fundamentals

Informationen zum Autor Robert K. McMordie Zusammenfassung A compilation of decades of knowledge spanning the author's career as a mechanical engineer specializing in heat transfer and thermodynamics in the solar and aerospace industries, this book is instantly practicable. Topics include definitions of energy terms, relationship of the sun and earth, sunlight on the earth, heat transfer, solar collectors, absorbed solar energy, solar domestic hot water systems, solar photovoltaic systems, solar space heating, solar power towers, Stirling engine solar power systems, passive solar energy, and greenhouse solar collector. It includes an Excel®-based companion CD of computations that readers can readily put to practical use. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Introduction to Energy Terms. The Sun & the Earth. Sunlight on the Earth. Heat Transfer. Solar Collectors. Absorbed Solar Energy. Solar Domestic Hot Water Systems. Solar Photovoltaic Systems. Solar Space Heating. Solar Power Towers. Stirling Engine Solar Power Systems. Passive Solar Energy. Greenhouse Solar Collector. Problems. References. Appendices. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Robert K. Mcmordie
• Assisted by: Mitchel C. Brown (Editor), Brown Mitchel C. (Editor), Robert K. Mcmordie (Editor), McMordie Robert K. (Editor), Robert S. Stoughton (Editor), Stoughton Robert S. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2012
• EAN: 9781466514003
• ISBN: 978-1-4665-1400-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; SCIENCE / Energy, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology, Energy technology and engineering