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Solar energy conversion requires a different mind-set from traditional energy engineering in order to assess distribution, scales of use, systems design, predictive economic models for fluctuating solar resources, and planning to address transient cycles and social adoption. Solar Energy Conversion...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brownson, Jeffrey R. S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Academic Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Solar energy.
Énergie solaire.
solar power.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mechanical.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Context and philosophy of design
  • Laws of light
  • Physics of light, heat, work and photoconversion
  • Metereology: the many facets of the sky
  • Sun-Earth geometry
  • Applying the angles to shadows and tracking
  • Measure and estimation of the solar resource
  • Solar energy economics
  • Solar project finance
  • The sun as commons
  • Systems logic of devices: patterns
  • Systems logic of devices: optocalorics
  • Systems logic of devices: Optoelectronics
  • Concentration-- the pattern to manipulate light
  • Project design.

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