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Solar engineering of thermal processes / John A. Duffie, William A. Beckman.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Hoboken : John Wiley, 2013Edition: 4th edDescription: xxvi, 910 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0470873663
  • 9780470873663
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 621.47  D857
Contents:
pt. 1. Fundamentals. Solar radiation -- Available solar radiation -- Selected heat transfer topics -- Radiation characteristics of opaque materials -- Radiation transmission through glazing: absorbed radiation -- Flat-plate collectors -- Concentrating collectors -- Energy storage -- Solar process loads -- System thermal calculations -- Solar process economics -- pt. 2. Applications. Solar water heating: active and passive -- Building heating: active -- Building heating: passive and hybrid methods -- Solar cooling -- Solar industrial process heat -- Solar thread power systems -- Solar ponds: evaporative processes -- pt. 3. Design methods. Simulations in solar process design -- Design of active systems: f-chart -- Design of active systems by utilizability methods -- Design of passive and hybrid heating systems -- Design of photovoltaic systems -- Wind energy -- Appendix A: Problems -- Appendix B: Nomenclature -- Appendix C: International system of units -- Appendix D: Meteorological data -- Appendix E: Average shading factors for overhangs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Fundamentals. Solar radiation -- Available solar radiation -- Selected heat transfer topics -- Radiation characteristics of opaque materials -- Radiation transmission through glazing: absorbed radiation -- Flat-plate collectors -- Concentrating collectors -- Energy storage -- Solar process loads -- System thermal calculations -- Solar process economics -- pt. 2. Applications. Solar water heating: active and passive -- Building heating: active -- Building heating: passive and hybrid methods -- Solar cooling -- Solar industrial process heat -- Solar thread power systems -- Solar ponds: evaporative processes -- pt. 3. Design methods. Simulations in solar process design -- Design of active systems: f-chart -- Design of active systems by utilizability methods -- Design of passive and hybrid heating systems -- Design of photovoltaic systems -- Wind energy -- Appendix A: Problems -- Appendix B: Nomenclature -- Appendix C: International system of units -- Appendix D: Meteorological data -- Appendix E: Average shading factors for overhangs.