Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities

✍ Scribed by Himanshu Tyagi, Prodyut R. Chakraborty, Satvasheel Powar, Avinash Kumar Agarwal

• Publisher: Springer Singapore
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 426
• Series: Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
• Edition: 1st ed. 2020
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book covers challenges and opportunities related to solar-energy based systems. It covers a wide variety of topics related to solar energy, including applications-based systems such as solar thermal systems that are focused on drying, desalination, space cooling, refrigeration, and processing; recent advances in solar cells (DSSC) and photovoltaics; technologies for storage of energy (both sensible heating as well as latent heating); and the design of concentrated solar receivers. The information is presented in the context of the overall global energy utilization, and the role of solar energy has been highlighted. The contents of this book will be of interest to researchers, professionals, and policymakers alike.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges, and Opportunities (Himanshu Tyagi, Prodyut R. Chakraborty, Satvasheel Powar, Avinash Kumar Agarwal)....Pages 3-12
Sustainable Development Goals in Context to BRICS Countries (Bhabajit Baruah, Rakesh Nath)....Pages 13-22
Installations of Solar Systems in Remote Areas of Himachal Pradesh, INDIA: Challenges and Opportunities (Santosh B. Bopche)....Pages 23-34
Utilising Passive Design Strategies for Analysing Thermal Comfort Levels Inside an Office Room Using PMV-PPD Models (Sana Fatima Ali, Dibakar Rakshit)....Pages 35-57
Front Matter ....Pages 59-59
Design and Development of a Concentrated Solar Water Heating System (Bandi Sai Mukesh, Ravi Teja Parella, Sudipto Mukhopadhyay, Laltu Chandra)....Pages 61-75
Multi-objective Performance Optimization of a Ribbed Solar Air Heater (Naveen Sharma, Rajesh Choudhary)....Pages 77-93
Mathematical Modelling of Solar Updraft Tower (K. V. S. Teja, Kapil Garg, Himanshu Tyagi)....Pages 95-114
Front Matter ....Pages 115-115
Solar Thermal-Powered Adsorption Chiller (Mahbubul Muttakin, Kazuhide Ito, Bidyut Baran Saha)....Pages 117-146
TEWI Assessment of Conventional and Solar Powered Cooling Systems (Md. Amirul Islam, Bidyut Baran Saha)....Pages 147-177
Thermodynamic Analysis of Activated Carbon–Ethanol and Zeolite–Water Based Adsorption Cooling Systems (Satish Sangwan, Prodyut R. Chakraborty)....Pages 179-204
Front Matter ....Pages 205-205
PCM-Metal Foam Composite Systems for Solar Energy Storage (Anirban Bhattacharya)....Pages 207-234
Direct Photo-Thermal Energy Storage Using Nanoparticles Laden Phase Change Materials (Deepak Moudgil, Vikrant Khullar)....Pages 235-246
Review on PCM Application for Cooling Load Reduction in Indian Buildings (Rajat Saxena, Dibakar Rakshit, S. C. Kaushik)....Pages 247-275
Fabrication and Thermal Performance Evaluation of Metastable Supercooled Liquid PCM Based Heat Pack (Rohitash Kumar, Sumita Vyas, Bobin Mondal, Ravindra Kumar, Ambesh Dixit)....Pages 277-282
Front Matter ....Pages 283-283
Yet to Be Challenged: TiO2 as the Photo-Anode Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (Janethri B. Liyanage, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera, R. J. K. U. Ranatunga)....Pages 285-313
p-Type Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: An Overview of Factors Limiting Efficiency (Sasanka Peiris, R. J. K. U. Ranatunga, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera)....Pages 315-344
Conducting Polymers as Cost Effective Counter Electrode Material in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (Shanal Shalindra Bandara Gunasekera, Ishanie Rangeeka Perera, Samodha Subhashini Gunathilaka)....Pages 345-371
Interfacial Materials for Organic Solar Cells (Amaresh Mishra)....Pages 373-423

✦ Subjects

Materials Science; Energy Materials; Renewable and Green Energy; Energy Systems; Energy Storage