Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems - Hardcover

Soteris A. Kalogirou

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123972701 ISBN 13: 9780123972705

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 2014

Synopsis

As perhaps the most promising of all the renewable energy sources available today, solar energy is becoming increasingly important in the drive to achieve energy independence and climate balance. This new book is the masterwork from world-renowned expert Dr. Soteris Kalogirou, who has championed solar energy for decades. The book includes all areas of solar energy engineering, from the fundamentals to the highest level of current research. The author includes pivotal subjects such as solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalination, photovoltaics, solar thermal power systems, and modeling of solar systems, including the use of artificial intelligence systems in solar energy systems, modeling and performance prediction. *Written by one of the world's most renowned experts in solar energy *Covers the hottest new developments in solar technology, such as solar cooling and desalination *Packed with quick look up tables and schematic diagrams for the most commonly used systems today'

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The entire universe of the latest cutting-edge information on solar power in one comprehensive expert volume.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0123972701
• ISBN 13: 9780123972705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 840