Solar Thermal Conversion

Author : T.V. Arjunan,Vijayan Selvaraj,M.M. Matheswaran
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000852080

Get Book

Solar Thermal Conversion Technologies for Industrial Process Heating by T.V. Arjunan,Vijayan Selvaraj,M.M. Matheswaran Pdf

Solar Thermal Conversion Technologies for Industrial Process Heating presents a comprehensive look at the use of solar thermal energy in industrial applications, such as textiles, chemical processing, and food. The successful projects implemented in a variety of industries are shown in case studies, alongside performance assessment methodologies. The book includes various solar thermal energy conversion technologies and new techniques and applications of solar collectors in industrial sectors. Features: Covers the key designs and novel technologies employed in the processing industries Discusses challenges in the incorporation of the solar thermal system in industrial applications Explores the techno-economic, environmental impact and life cycle analysis with government policies for promoting the system Includes real-world case studies Presents chapters written by global experts in the field The book will be useful for researchers, graduate students, and industry professionals with an aim to promote mutual understanding between sectors dealing with solar thermal energy.

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Solar energy
ISBN : UIUC:30112059089711

Get Book

Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Program Summary by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Program Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Solar thermal energy
ISBN : 9602663286

Get Book

Solar Thermal Conversion by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Program
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 197?
Category : Solar energy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113774454

Get Book

Summary Report - Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Program by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Program Pdf

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Division of Solar Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Solar energy
ISBN : OCLC:220086166

Get Book

Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Program by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Division of Solar Energy Pdf

Author : United States. Department of Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electrification
ISBN : UCSD:31822028843480

Get Book

Solar Electricity from Thermal Conversion by United States. Department of Energy Pdf

Author : Julian Blanco Gálvez, Sixto Malato Rodríguez, E. Delyannis, Vassilis G. Belessiotis, S. C. Bhattacharya and S. Kumar
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848263758

Get Book

SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION AND PHOTOENERGY SYSTEMS: Thermal Systems and Desalination Plants-Volume I by Julian Blanco Gálvez, Sixto Malato Rodríguez, E. Delyannis, Vassilis G. Belessiotis, S. C. Bhattacharya and S. Kumar Pdf

Solar Energy Conversion and Photoenergy Systems: Thermal Systems and Desalination Plants theme in five volumes is a component of Encyclopedia of Energy Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Solar Energy Conversion and Photoenergy Systems: Thermal Systems and Desalination Plants with contributions from distinguished experts in the field, discusses solar energy, renewable energy, thermal systems, and desalination systems, some of which are already in commercial and practical applications and others are under research and testing level. The volumes provide an analysis and discussion about the reasons behind the current efforts of our society, considering both developed and developing countries, to accelerate the exploitation of the huge solar energy potential in our normal daily lives. The five volumes also provide some basic information about the solar energy potential, history and the amazing trip of a photon from its creation in the Sun until its arrival to the Earth. These five volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Solar collectors
ISBN : IND:30000106151586

Get Book

Solar Energy Conversion by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeffrey R. S. Brownson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780123973153

Get Book

Solar Energy Conversion Systems by Jeffrey R. S. Brownson Pdf

Solar energy conversion requires a different mind-set from traditional energy engineering in order to assess distribution, scales of use, systems design, predictive economic models for fluctuating solar resources, and planning to address transient cycles and social adoption. Solar Energy Conversion Systems examines solar energy conversion as an integrative design process, applying systems thinking methods to a solid knowledge base for creators of solar energy systems. This approach permits different levels of access for the emerging broad audience of scientists, engineers, architects, planners, and economists. Traditional texts in solar energy engineering have often emerged from mechanical or chemical engineering fields. Instead, Solar Energy Conversion Systems approaches solar energy conversion from the perspectives of integrative design, environmental technology, sustainability science, and materials science in the wake of amazing new thin films, polymers, and glasses developed by the optoelectronics and semiconductor industries. This is a new solar text for the new generation of green job designers and developers. It’s highlighted with vignettes that break down solar conversion into useful stories and provides common points of reference, as well as techniques, for effective estimation of evolving technologies. Contextualizes solar conversion for systems design and implementation in practical applications Provides a complete understanding of solar power, from underlying science to essential economic outcomes Analytical approach emphasizes systems simulations from measured irradiance and weather data rather than estimations from "rules of thumb" Emphasizes integrative design and solar utility, where trans-disciplinary teams can develop sustainable solar solutions that increase client well-being and ecosystems services for a given locale

Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Division of Solar Energy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Solar energy
ISBN : IND:30000091902456

Get Book

Solar Energy Program by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Division of Solar Energy Pdf

Author : Oreste Bramanti
Publisher : Youcanprint
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788891185044

Get Book

Solar Power Conversion - Engineering, Technology, Financing by Oreste Bramanti Pdf

The present book likes to range over the advanced technological, industrial and financial topics as well as the key drivers for a project bankability of the solar power conversion. This work will become an international handbook for those entrepreneurs, developers, managers, institutional stakeholders, as well as for their lenders and consultants building on the learning curve the best practices, developed in mature and emerging markets. Oreste Bramanti made a rigorous technical and engineering analysis, a visionary outlook on the new frontiers of R&D, a comprehensive review of both economic aspects and key bankability features of projects contracts lay the foundations for sound financial modelling of solar projects. Market-based models are increasingly surpassing incentive-based models. Alongside grid parity projects, PPAs with merchants (utilities, retailers, heavy industries) and residential customers (for instance, the SolarCity PPA-lease model) are becoming mainstream routes-to-market based on which banks are ready to provide long-term financing.

Author : Ion Visa,Anca Duta
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030557577

Get Book

Solar Energy Conversion in Communities by Ion Visa,Anca Duta Pdf

This book presents novel findings concerning the systems, materials and processes used in solar energy conversion in communities. It begins with the core resource – solar radiation – and discusses the restrictions on the wide-scale implementation of conversion systems imposed by the built environment, as well as potential solutions. The book also describes efficient solar energy conversion in detail, focusing on heat and electricity production in communities and water reuse. Lastly, it analyzes the concept of sustainable communities, presenting examples from around the globe, along with novel approaches to improving their feasibility and affordability. Though chiefly intended for professionals working in the field of sustainability at the community level, the book will also be of interest to researchers, academics and doctoral students.

Author : Ion Visa,Anca Duta,Macedon Moldovan,Bogdan Burduhos,Mircea Neagoe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030348298

Get Book

Solar Energy Conversion Systems in the Built Environment by Ion Visa,Anca Duta,Macedon Moldovan,Bogdan Burduhos,Mircea Neagoe Pdf

This book focuses on solar energy conversion systems that can be implemented in the built environment, at building or at community level. The quest for developing a sustainable built environment asks for specific solutions to provide clean energy based on renewable sources, and solar energy is considered one of the cleanest available energy on Earth. The specific issues raised by the implementation location are discussed, including the climatic profile distorted by the buildings, the available surface on the buildings for implementation, etc. This book also discusses the seasonal and diurnal variability of the solar energy resource in parallel with the variability of the electrical and thermal energy demand in the built environment (particularly focusing on the residential buildings). Solutions are proposed to match these variabilities, including the development of energy mixes with other renewables (e.g. geothermal or biomass, for thermal energy production). Specific solutions, including case studies of systems implemented on buildings all over the world, are presented and analyzed for electrical and for thermal energy production and the main differences in the systems design are outlined. The conversion efficiency (thus the output) and the main causes of energy losses are considered in both cases. The architectural constraints are additionally considered and novel solar energy convertors with different shapes and colors are presented and discussed. The durability of the solar energy conversion systems is analyzed considering the specific issues that occur when these systems are implemented in the built environment; based on practical examples, general conclusions are formulated and specific aspects are discussed in relation to experimental results and literature data. With renewables implemented in the built environment likely to expand in the near future, this book represents welcome and timely material for all professionals and researchers that are aiming to provide efficient and feasible solutions for the sustainable built environment.

Author : Manfred Becker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662016268

Get Book

Solar Thermal Energy Utilization by Manfred Becker Pdf

The ener~y crisis in 1973 and 1979 initiated a great number of activities and programs for low and high temperature applica tion of solar energy. Synthetic fuels and chemicals produced by solar energy is one of them, where temperatures in the range of 600-1000°C or even higher are needed. In principle such high temperatures can be produced in solar towers. For electricity tower plants production, the feasibility and operation of solar Solar Power has been examined during the SSPS - project (Small System) in Almeria, Spain. extend The objective of Solar Thermal Energy Utilization is to field the experience from the former SSPS - program in to the of solar produced synthetic fuels. New materials and technolo gies have to be developed in order to research this goal. Metallic components now in use for solar receivers need to be improved with respect to transient operation or possibly replaced by ceramics. High temperature processes, like steam-methane reforming, coal conversion and hydrogen produc tion need to be developed or at least adapted for the unconven tional solar operation. Therefore Solar Thermal Energy Utiliza tion is a long term program, which needs time for its develop ment much more time than the intervals expected in between further energy crisis. The "Studies on Technology and Applica tion on Solar Energy Utilization" is a necessary step in the right direction in order to prepare for the energy problems in the future.

Author : Laltu Chandra,Ambesh Dixit
Publisher : Springer
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811045769

Get Book

Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies by Laltu Chandra,Ambesh Dixit Pdf

The proceedings entitled “Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies: Recent Trends and Applications” includes the peer-reviewed selected papers those are presented during NCSTET 2016. The sub-topics under concentrated solar thermal technologies and applications included in the book are Solar Field; Receiver and Heat Exchanger; Coating; Thermal Energy Storage; Cooling; Process Heat; and Smart Grid and Policy Research. The domains mentioned cover topics from resource-assessment, collection to conversion of solar energy for applications, like, heating, cooling and electricity. The proceedings also include invited lectures from domain experts. The edited work will be useful for beginners and for the advanced level researchers in the field of concentrated solar thermal technologies and their applications.