The design and sizing of active solar thermal systems
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The design and sizing of active solar thermal systems
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1987
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
This book attempts to present, review, synthesize, and discuss the underlying theoretical concepts and different simulation, design, and sizing methodologies of active solar thermal systems presently available in solar energy literature. The main feature of the book is its comprehensive treatment of design methods. Coverage has been given to the entire spectrum of such design methods, many of which have not yet appeared in any existing book. This should permit the reader to select the one most suitable to his specific application and to his particular objective in analysing a given problem. The book is reasonably self-contained and all relevant fundamental notions are also included. Several examples throughout the book aim at imparting the necessary working confidence. A comprehensive list of meteorological data of locations throughout the world has also been compiled. The book is aimed at academic and industrial engineers and scientists working in solar energy; and graduates and final-year undergraduates taking an advanced design course on solar energy.
Table of Contents
- Nomenclature
- Description of solar thermal systems
- Modelling of solar thermal system components and simulation procedure
- Economic analysis
- Estimation of solar radiation
- Long-term performance of solar collectors
- Application of utilizability methods to solar thermal system performance determination
- Prediction of solar thermal system performance by the empirical correlation approach
- Design of solar thermal systems by the simplified analytical approach
- Prediction of solar thermal system performance by the simplified system simulation approach using one-repetitive-day methods
- Concluding remarks on design methods and solar thermal systems
- Appendix A: Sun-earth astronomical concepts and relations
- Appendix B: Long-term performance of concentrating solar collectors
- Appendix C: Solar thermal systems for hot-air applications
- Appendix D: Meteorological data for selected locations of the world
- Appendix E: Development of a solar computer package
- Appendix F: Useful conversion factors.
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