TY - BOOK AU - Duffie,John A. AU - Beckman,William A. TI - Solar engineering of thermal processes / John A. Duffie, William A. Beckman SN - 0470873663 U1 - 621.47 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Hoboken PB - John Wiley KW - Solar energy N1 - 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 ER -