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Engineering thermodynamics of thermal radiation for solar power utilization /

This comprehensive guide reviews the fundamentals of the thermodynamics of radiation matter--photon gas. The book introduces the exergy of radiation through the most advanced thermodynamic analysis of the solar power processes involving radiation. Engineering Thermodynamics of Thermal Radiation: For...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Petela, Ryszard, 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2010]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Definition and laws of substance
  • Definition and laws of radiation
  • The laws of thermodynamic analysis
  • Thermodynamic properties of photon gas
  • Exergy of emission
  • Radiation flux
  • Radiation spectra of a surface
  • Discussion of radiation exergy formulae proposed by researchers
  • Thermodynamics analysis of heat from the sun
  • Thermodynamic analysis of a solar chimney power plant
  • Thermodynamic analysis of photosynthesis
  • Thermodynamic analysis of the photovoltaic
  • Appendices : A.1. Prefixes to drive names of secondary units
  • A.2. Typical constant values for radiation and substance
  • A.3. Application of mathematics to some thermodynamics relations
  • A.4. Review of some radiation energy variables.