Thermodynamics Of Solar Energy Conversion

Author : Stanislaw Sieniutycz,Alexis De Vos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-05-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387989382

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Thermodynamics of Energy Conversion and Transport by Stanislaw Sieniutycz,Alexis De Vos Pdf

Scientists and engineers are nowadays faced with the problem of optimizing complex systems subject to constraints from, ecology, economics, and thermodynamics. It is chiefly to the last of these that this volume is addressed. Intended for physicists, chemists, and engineers, the book uses examples from solar, thermal, mechanical, chemical, and environmental engineering to focus on the use of thermodynamic criteria for optimizing energy conversion and transmission. The early chapters centre on solar energy conversion, the second section discusses the transfer and conversion of chemical energy, while the concluding chapters deal with geometric methods in thermodynamics.

Author : Alexis de Vos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Direct energy conversion
ISBN : OCLC:1392028461

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Thermodynamics of Solar Energy Conversion by Alexis de Vos Pdf

Author : Edward E. Anderson
Publisher : Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105030331529

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Fundamentals of Solar Energy Conversion by Edward E. Anderson Pdf

Author : Stanislaw Sieniutycz,Alexis De Vos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781461212867

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Thermodynamics of Energy Conversion and Transport by Stanislaw Sieniutycz,Alexis De Vos Pdf

Scientists and engineers are nowadays faced with the problem of optimizing complex systems subject to constraints from, ecology, economics, and thermodynamics. It is chiefly to the last of these that this volume is addressed. Intended for physicists, chemists, and engineers, the book uses examples from solar, thermal, mechanical, chemical, and environmental engineering to focus on the use of thermodynamic criteria for optimizing energy conversion and transmission. The early chapters centre on solar energy conversion, the second section discusses the transfer and conversion of chemical energy, while the concluding chapters deal with geometric methods in thermodynamics.

Author : Muhammad Kamran,Muhammad Rayyan Fazal
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128235980

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Renewable energy conversion systems by Muhammad Kamran,Muhammad Rayyan Fazal Pdf

Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Systems goes beyond theoretical aspects of advances in renewable energy and addresses future trends. By focusing on the design of developing technologies, relevant operation and detailed background and an understanding of the application of power electronics and thermodynamics processes in renewable energy, this book provides an analysis of advancing energy systems. The book will be of interest to engineering graduates, researchers, professors and industry professionals involved in the renewable energy sector and is ideal for advanced engineering courses dealing with renewable energy, sources, thermal and electrical energy production and sustainability. With increasing focus on developing low carbon energy production, audiences need to have the engineering knowledge and practical skills to develop and implement creative solutions to engineering problems encountered with renewable energy technologies. By looking at renewable energy capture and conversion, system design and analysis, project development and implementation, each modular chapter examines recent advances in specific renewable energy systems with detailed methods, calculations and worked examples. Includes recent techniques used to design and model different renewable energy sources (RES) Demonstrates how to use power electronics in renewable systems Discusses how to identify, design, integrate and operate the most suitable technologies through key problems

Author : Masakazu Sugiyama,Katsushi Fujii,Shinichiro Nakamura
Publisher : Springer
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319254005

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Solar to Chemical Energy Conversion by Masakazu Sugiyama,Katsushi Fujii,Shinichiro Nakamura Pdf

This book explains the conversion of solar energy to chemical energy and its storage. It covers the basic background; interface modeling at the reacting surface; energy conversion with chemical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical approaches and energy conversion using applied photosynthesis. The important concepts for converting solar to chemical energy are based on an understanding of the reactions’ equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions. Since the energy conversion is essentially the transfer of free energy, the process are explained in the context of thermodynamics.

Author : Alexis de Vos
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000106380

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Endoreversible Thermodynamics of Solar Energy Conversion by Alexis de Vos Pdf

This book describes various forms of solar energy conversion techniques in a unified way. The physical framework used to describe the various conversions is endoreversible thermodynamics, a recently developed subset of irreversible thermodynamics . It thus studies situations which are not in equilibrium and in which therefore entropy is continuously created. Nevertheless the mathematics is simple, because the authors consider only stationary situations. Most undergraduate textbooks on thermodynamics emphasize equilibrium thermodynamics and reversible processes. No entropy is created and conversion efficiencies are maximal, equal to the Carnot efficiency. For irreversible conversion processes, the reader learns only that entropy production is positive and that conversion efficiency is lower than the Carnot efficiency. But how great the entropy creation is, and how low the efficiency, is usually not expressed. Endoreversible thermodynamics gives the opportunity to calculate explicit values for a broad class of these processes, including solar energy conversion, which is particularly suited to being described in this way. The book is intended for physicists and engineers interested in renewable energy and irreversible thermodynamics.

Author : Henning Struchtrup
Publisher : Springer
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662437155

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Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion by Henning Struchtrup Pdf

This textbook gives a thorough treatment of engineering thermodynamics with applications to classical and modern energy conversion devices. Some emphasis lies on the description of irreversible processes, such as friction, heat transfer and mixing and the evaluation of the related work losses. Better use of resources requires high efficiencies therefore the reduction of irreversible losses should be seen as one of the main goals of a thermal engineer. This book provides the necessary tools. Topics include: car and aircraft engines, including Otto, Diesel and Atkinson cycles, by-pass turbofan engines, ramjet and scramjet; steam and gas power plants, including advanced regenerative systems, solar tower and compressed air energy storage; mixing and separation, including reverse osmosis, osmotic power plants and carbon sequestration; phase equilibrium and chemical equilibrium, distillation, chemical reactors, combustion processes and fuel cells; the microscopic definition of entropy. The book includes about 300 end-of-chapter problems for homework assignments and exams. The material presented suffices for two or three full-term courses on thermodynamics and energy conversion.

Author : Jeffrey R. S. Brownson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780123973153

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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 : Hafit Yüncü,E. Paykoc,Y. Yener
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400936317

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Solar Energy Utilization by Hafit Yüncü,E. Paykoc,Y. Yener Pdf

Until very recently, energy supply of the world has been treated as being nearly inexhaustible. Nowadays about 90 percent of the energy used is obtained from non-renewable resources: oil, natural gas, coal and uranium. These resources are being used up at an alarming rate. To meet our demands we are now searching for new sources of energy. One of these new sources of energy is solar energy which will assume increasing importance. It is free but means must be developed to use it economically. Research is actively under way to reduce the storage cost of this low intensity energy and for the design of economical systems. The purpose of this Institute is to provide an international forum for the dissemination of information on solar energy utilization: fundamentals and applications in industry. This meeting is primarily a high level teaching activity. The subject is treated in considerable depth by lecturers eminent in their field. The other participants include scientists, engineers, and senior graduate students who themselves are involved in a similar research and who wish to learn more about current developments, as well as scientists from other areas who are planning to research on solar energy. The lectures are supplemented by informal discussions designed to encourage the free and critical exchange of ideas. A limited number of contributions are also included. This volume contains both basic and applied information contributed during the Institute. The editors appreciate the cooperation of Martinus Nijhoff Publishezsin making the proceedings widely available.

Author : Richard Petela
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780071639637

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Engineering Thermodynamics of Thermal Radiation: for Solar Power Utilization by Richard Petela Pdf

Complete coverage of the thermodynamics of radiation matter for solar energy utilization This comprehensive guide reviews the fundamentals of the thermodynamics of radiation matter--photon gas. The book introduces the exergy of radiation through the most advanced thermodynamic analysis of the solar power processes involving radiation. Engineering Thermodynamics of Thermal Radiation: For Solar Power Utilization provides, for the first time, an exhaustive discussion on energy and exergy analysis of radiation processes. Extensive details on the exergy of radiation are developed for evaluation of the practical uses of radiation. This volume contains quantitative calculation examples for solar heating, a solar chimney power plant, photosynthesis, and photovoltaic technology. Addressed to researchers, designers, and users of different solar installations, the book also has the potential to inspire the development of new applications of radiation exergy. Coverage includes: Definitions and laws of substance and radiation Laws of thermodynamic analysis, including energy and exergy analysis Thermodynamic properties of photon gas Exergy of emission and arbitrary radiation flux Energy, entropy, and exergy radiation spectra of surfaces Thermodynamic analysis of heat from the sun, a solar chimney power plant, photosynthesis, and the photovoltaic

Author : Gottfried H. Bauer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662466841

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Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion by Gottfried H. Bauer Pdf

This concise primer on photovoltaic solar energy conversion invites readers to reflect on the conversion of solar light into energy at the most fundamental level and encourages newcomers to the field to help find meaningful answers on how photovoltaic solar energy conversion can work (better), eventually contributing to its ongoing advancement. The book is based on lectures given to graduate students in the Physics Department at the University of Oldenburg over the last two decades, yet also provides an easy-to-follow introduction for doctoral and postdoctoral students from related disciplines such as the materials sciences and electrical engineering. Inspired by classic textbooks in the field, it reflects the author’s own ideas on how to understand, visualize and eventually teach the microscopic physical mechanisms and effects, while keeping the text as concise as possible so as to introduce interested readers to the field and balancing essential knowledge with open questions.

Author : D. Yogi Goswami,Frank Kreith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1193 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781466584839

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Energy Conversion by D. Yogi Goswami,Frank Kreith Pdf

This handbook surveys the range of methods and fuel types used in generating energy for industry, transportation, and heating and cooling of buildings. Solar, wind, biomass, nuclear, geothermal, ocean and fossil fuels are discussed and compared, and the thermodynamics of energy conversion is explained. Appendices are provided with fully updated data. Thoroughly revised, this second edition surveys the latest advances in energy conversion from a wide variety of currently available energy sources. It describes energy sources such as fossil fuels, biomass (including refuse-derived biomass fuels), nuclear, solar radiation, wind, geothermal, and ocean, then provides the terminology and units used for each energy resource and their equivalence. It includes an overview of the steam power cycles, gas turbines, internal combustion engines, hydraulic turbines, Stirling engines, advanced fossil fuel power systems, and combined-cycle power plants. It outlines the development, current use, and future of nuclear power.

Author : Martin A. Green
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540265634

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Third Generation Photovoltaics by Martin A. Green Pdf

Photovoltaics, the direct conversion of sunlight to electricity, is now the fastest growing technology for electricity generation. Present "first generation" products use the same silicon wafers as in microelectronics. "Second generation" thin-films, now entering the market, have the potential to greatly improve the economics by eliminating material costs. Martin Green, one of the world’s foremost photovoltaic researchers, argues in this book that "second generation" photovoltaics will eventually reach its own material cost constraints, engendering a "third generation" of high performance thin-films. The book explores, self-consistently, the energy conversion potential of advanced approaches for improving photovoltaic performance and outlines possible implementation paths.

Author : Efstathios Michaelides
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108480581

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Exergy Analysis for Energy Conversion Systems by Efstathios Michaelides Pdf

Discover a straightforward and holistic look at energy conversion and conservation processes using the exergy concept with this thorough text. Explains the fundamental energy conversion processes in numerous diverse systems, ranging from jet engines and nuclear reactors to human bodies. Provides examples for applications to practical energy conversion processes and systems that use our naturally occurring energy resources, such as fossil fuels, solar energy, wind, geothermal, and nuclear fuels. With more than one-hundred diverse cases and solved examples, readers will be able to perform optimizations for a cleaner environment, a sustainable energy future, and affordable energy generation. An essential tool for practicing scientists and engineers who work or do research in the area of energy and exergy, as well as graduate students and faculty in chemical engineering, mechanical engineering and physics.