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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.
Preface to the third edition.
Introduction.
Environmental Characteristics.
Solar Energy Collectors.
Performance of Solar Collectors.
Solar Water-Heating Systems.
Solar Space Heating and Cooling.
Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers.
Solar Desalination Systems.
Photovoltaic Systems.
Solar Thermal Power Systems.
Designing and Modeling Solar Energy Systems.
Solar Economic Analysis.
Wind Energy Systems.
Appendixes.
Nomenclature.
Definitions.
Sun Diagrams.
Terrestrial Spectral Irradiance.
Thermo-physical Properties of Materials and Other Useful Information.
Equations for the Curves of Figs. 3.38–3.40Figure 3.338Figure 3.339Figure 3.340.
Meteorological Data.
Present Worth Factors.
Excel Functions—Goal Seek and Solver.
System Advisor Model