Solar energy

by Crawley, Gerard M.

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Title Statements

Full title :Solar energy / editor, Gerard M Crawley.

Summary

"Concerns about energy resources and the environmental impact of energy use will continue to be important globally. World Scientific's unique series of books on Current Energy Issues is intended, in part, as an expansion and update of the material contained in the World Scientific Handbook of Energy. Each volume will focus on related energy resources or issues and will contain a broader range of topics with more explanatory text. This Solar Energy volume covers a variety of approaches to the use of solar energy. These include large scale photovoltaic production of electricity as well as more local applications in the home and businesses. Similarly, there is an extensive discussion of large scale solar thermal electricity production and smaller scale uses such as solar water heating, home heating and cooling plus crop drying. There is also discussion of more forward-looking technologies including the production of fuels using artificial photosynthesis and the production of biomass."--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):World Scientific
Place of Publication:Hackensack, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xviii, 418 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789814689502, 9814689505
oclc:ocn948734717
LC Classification:TJ810
Dewey Decimal:621.47

Foreword to the World Scientific Series on Current Energy Issues; 1. Introduction to Solar Energy; 1 What is Solar Energy?; 2 Advantages and Disadvantages Associated with Solar Energy Use; 3 History of Solar Energy Use; 4 Modern Applications of Solar Energy; 4.1 Photovoltaics for Large-Scale Electricity Production; 4.2 Photovoltaics for Small Scale on Homes and Commercial Buildings; 4.3 Photovoltaics for Small-Scale Off-grid Applications; 4.4 Concentrating Solar Thermal Electricity; 4.5 Solar Thermochemical Processes; 4.6 Solar Water Heating.

4.7 Passive Heating of Buildings and Solar Architecture4.8 Evaporative Cooling; 4.9 Biomass and Biofuels; 4.10 Artificial Photosynthesis; 5 Economics of Solar Energy Use; 6 Social and Policy Aspects; 7 Summary/Conclusions; References; 2. Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Cells and Systems; 1 Introduction; 2 Solar Radiation; 2.1 Fundamentals; 2.2 Basic PV Terminology and Notation for Solar Radiation; 2.3 Components of the Solar Radiation; 2.4 World Distribution of Solar Radiation; 2.5 Solar Radiation Collected by PV Systems; 3 Solar Cells; 3.1 Definition.

3.2 Basic Solar Cell Equations and Equivalent Circuits3.2.1 Simple equivalent circuit for a …