Principles of Solar Engineering 3rd Edition

Almost 15 years have passed since the last edition of Principles of Solar Engineering was published. During this period, the price of photovoltaic (PV) panels has dropped 10 times and global deployment has increased 30 times. Of course, some of this development has occurred because of governmental incentives and economies of scale; however, a large part of the advancement
has been attributed to scientific and technological developments that have improved not only conversion efficiencies but also manufacturing technologies. There have been many improvements in solar thermal technologies as well. A number of concentrating solar thermal power plants (CSPs), as large as 400 MW, have been built or are under construction or under planning stages.

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Principles of Solar Engineering 3rd Edition

• Preface
• Author
• Introduction to Solar Energy Conversion
• Fundamentals of Solar Radiation
• Solar Thermal Collectors
• Thermal Energy Storage and Transport
• Solar Heating Systems
• Solar Cooling and Dehumidification
• Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Day lighting
• Solar Thermal Power
• Photovoltaics
• 1: International System of Units, Fundamental Constants, and Conversion Factors
• 2: Solar Radiation Data
• 3: Supplementary Material
• 4: Supplementary Material
• 5: Supplementary Material
• 6: Thermodynamic Data for Cooling Systems
• 7: Supplementary Material
• 8: Supplementary Material
• 9: Economic Data Tables

Developments in higher-temperature CSPs are leading to a number of other advances, especially higher-temperature heat transfer fluids and thermodynamic power cycles. Since solar power is becoming a significant part of the grid power, energy storage has assumed increased importance. As the commercial deployment of solar technologies increases, it necessitates the need for better solar resource assessment, including modeling and forecasting. All of these developments have necessitated a new edition of the book,

The new edition  revised to make it useful to students all over the world, by including examples and problems for both northern and southern latitudes

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