
Solar Energy Engineering
Processes and Systems
Soteris A. Kalogirou(Author)
Academic Press
3rd Edition
Published on 1. December 2023
Book
Hardback
902 pages
978-0-323-99350-0 (ISBN)
Description
Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems, Third Edition, includes updated chapters and extended resources to assist in the research and teaching of solar energy engineering. Sections cover advances in solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaic technology, solar thermal power systems, modeling of solar energy systems, and a new chapter on wind energy systems. This book provides students, teachers and professionals with the basic principles and applications of solar energy systems and processes to help them understand how to operate and design solar systems.
In addition, this best-selling title includes a student and academic companion site with additional materials on chapter PowerPoints for teaching, problems with a solutions manual, and equations files to assist in problem-solving.
In addition, this best-selling title includes a student and academic companion site with additional materials on chapter PowerPoints for teaching, problems with a solutions manual, and equations files to assist in problem-solving.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Renewable Energy engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Solar engineering academics and students at under grad, graduate, post graduate level.
Electrical Engineers, Academics, Energy Consulting companies, Solar energy companies
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
Approx. 125 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1746 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-99350-0 (9780323993500)
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Person
Professor Soteris Kalogirou is Dean of the School of Engineering and Technology, at Cyprus University of Technology. He is Visiting Professor at Brunel University, UK and Adjunct Professor at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland. He is Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and Founding Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts.
For more than 35 years, he is actively involved in research in solar energy and particularly in flat plate and concentrating collectors, solar water heating, solar steam generating systems, desalination and absorption cooling. Additionally, he is involved in a pioneering research dealing with the use of artificial intelligence methods, modelling and performance prediction of energy and solar energy systems.
He has published many books and papers in scientific journals and is Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Energy, and Editorial Board Member of fifteen journals.
For more than 35 years, he is actively involved in research in solar energy and particularly in flat plate and concentrating collectors, solar water heating, solar steam generating systems, desalination and absorption cooling. Additionally, he is involved in a pioneering research dealing with the use of artificial intelligence methods, modelling and performance prediction of energy and solar energy systems.
He has published many books and papers in scientific journals and is Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Energy, and Editorial Board Member of fifteen journals.
Author
Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences and Engineeringof the Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
Content
1. Introduction
2. Environmental Characteristics
3. Solar Energy Collectors
4. Performance of Solar Collectors
5. Solar Water-Heating Systems
6. Solar Space Heating and Cooling
7. Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers
8. Solar Desalination Systems
9. Photovoltaic Systems
10. Solar Thermal Power Systems
11. Designing and Modeling Solar Energy Systems
12. Solar Economic Analysis
13. Hybrid Energy Systems
2. Environmental Characteristics
3. Solar Energy Collectors
4. Performance of Solar Collectors
5. Solar Water-Heating Systems
6. Solar Space Heating and Cooling
7. Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers
8. Solar Desalination Systems
9. Photovoltaic Systems
10. Solar Thermal Power Systems
11. Designing and Modeling Solar Energy Systems
12. Solar Economic Analysis
13. Hybrid Energy Systems