Solar Energy Engineering

✍ Scribed by A. A. M. Sayigh (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Year: 1977
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 508
• Edition: 0
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is a comprehensive engineering book on solar energy engineering. It covers the sun and celestial vault, solar irradiance, total and spectral, solar energy availability prediction from climatological data, heat transfer for solar energy utilization, solar energy utilization liquid flat plate collectors, convective heat transfer effects within honeycomb structures for flat plate solar collectors, solar air heaters and their applications, concentrating collectors, solar ponds, solar furnaces, photovoltaic conversions, application of solar energy in space, conversion of solar energy into electricity, storage of solar energy, refrigeration and air conditioning, solar heating and cooling of homes, solar production of hydrogen, solar energy measuring equipment, fundamentals of water desalination, and the economics of solar energy. A very fine well done engineering book

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
CONTRIBUTORS, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Page xiii
General Information, Pages xv-xx
1 - Introduction, Pages 1-3, A.A.M. SAYIGH
2 - The Sun and the Celestial Vault, Pages 5-36, ENRICO COFFARI
3 - Solar Irradiance, Total and Spectral, Pages 37-59, MATHEW P. THEKAEKARA
4 - Solar Energy Availability Prediction from Climatological Data, Pages 61-82, A.A.M. SAYIGH
5 - Heat Transfer for Solar Energy Utilization, Pages 83-103, J.A. SABBAGH
6 - Solar Energy Utilization—Liquid Flat Plate Collectors, Pages 105-135, W.W.S. CHARTERS
7 - Convective Heat Transfer Effects within Honeycomb Structures for Flat Plate Solar Collectors, Pages 137-153, W.W.S. CHARTERS
8 - Solar Air Heaters and Their Applications, Pages 155-182, M. KUDRET SELÇUK
9 - Concentrating Collectors, Pages 183-216, A.B. MEINEL
10 - Solar Pond, Pages 217-232, S.B. SAVAGE
11 - Solar Furnaces, Pages 233-262, TAKEMARO SAKURAI
12 - Photovoltaic Conversion, Pages 263-285, CHARLES E. BACKUS
13 - Application of Solar Energy in Space, Pages 287-304, CHARLES E. BACKUS
14 - Conversion of Solar Energy into Electricity, Pages 305-324, M. ALI. KETTANI
15 - Storage of Solar Energy, Pages 325-339, M. ALI KETTANI
16 - Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Pages 341-364, B.J. BRINKWORTH
17 - Solar Heating and Cooling of Homes, Pages 365-383, JOHN I. YELLOTT
18 - Solar Production of Hydrogen, Pages 385-395, T.N. VEZIROGLU, S. KAKAC
19 - Solar Energy Measuring Equipment, Pages 397-429, BYARD D. WOOD
20 - Fundamentals of Water Desalination, Pages 431-464, E.D. HOWE, B.W. TLEIMAT
21 - The Economics of Solar Energy, Pages 465-476, A.A.M. SAYIGH
References, Pages 477-498
Index, Pages 499-506