Solar power Books
Profile Books Ltd The Switch: How solar, storage and new tech means
Book SynopsisHow will the world be powered in ten years' time? Not by fossil fuels. Energy experts are all saying the same thing: solar photovoltaics (PV) is our future. Reports from universities, investment banks, international institutions and large investors agree. It's not about whether the switch from fossil fuels to solar power will happen, but when. Solar panels are being made that will last longer than ever hoped; investors are seeing the benefits of the long-term rewards provided by investing in solar; in the Middle East, a contractor can now offer solar-powered electricity far cheaper than that of a coal-fired power station. The Switch tracks the transition away from coal, oil and gas to a world in which the limitless energy of the sun provides much of the energy the 10 billion people of this planet will need. It examines both the solar future and how we will get there, and the ways in which we will provide stored power when the sun isn't shining. We learn about artificial photosynthesis from a start-up in the US that is making petrol from just CO2 and sunlight; ideas on energy storage are drawn from a company in Germany that makes batteries for homes; in the UK, a small company in Swindon has the story of wind turbines; and in Switzerland, a developer shows how we can use hydrogen to make 'renewable' natural gas for heating. Told through the stories of entrepreneurs, inventors and scientists from around the world, and using the latest research and studies, The Switch provides a positive solution to the climate change crisis, and looks to a brighter future ahead.Trade ReviewA highly readable book * Financial Times *
£9.49
Institute of Physics Publishing Nanostructured Materials for Photoelectrochemical
Book SynopsisPhotoelectrochemical water splitting has been identified as a suitable and sustainable approach to address two of the main issues facing humanity: environmental protection, and clean and sustainable energy production. Nanostructure-based photoelectrochemical water splitting is a highly promising process for converting solar energy into hydrogen energy. This reference text presents the latest research and developments in the area of photoactive nanostructured materials and their photoelectrochemical water splitting for applications in environmental protection, clean energy production and chemical amalgamation/processing. The book is a valuable reference for researchers and advanced students in the field of materials for energy and environmental applications, as well as practitioners in the nanotechnology industry. References to the latest research around the world, as well as details on the current challenges and future possibilities in the field,
£108.00
Duke University Press Solarity
Book SynopsisIn the shadow of climate change, it is common to presume that solar energy is the big solution to our energy problems. It is a fuel source of infinite supply, resistant to commodification and speculation, and collectible and expendable without the destructive consequences of fossil fuels and nuclear energy. What remains to be understood is not the amount of energy solar power can produce or whether it is truly an adequate replacement for fossil fuels, but the conditions of social and political possibility solar might generate. The contributors to this special issue address the overlapping relationships, strategies, and conflicts that will attend this latest and perhaps last energy transition under the term solarity. By approaching the social implicationsand not just the technical onesof the emergence of solar energy, they investigate whether and how it might avoid or reproduce the pathologies of existing capitalist and colonialist petrocultures. Contributors Joel Auerbach, Nandita B
£12.34
Nova Science Publishers Inc Technical Challenges in the Commercialization of
Book SynopsisThe presence of harmonic currents as a result of switching action of inverters, intermittent sunlight, and resonances triggered by the connection of the solar photovoltaic plant to the electrical network has spread the realization of the prospective rapid depletion of a transformer's intended service lifetime owing to increased service losses and temperature rise in the active components. On the grounds of the supposed prospect of reduced transformer service lifetime under harmonic conditions, there is a growing interest by manufacturers to explore transformer design procedures that enable transformers to operate reliably under harmonic conditions. This book examines such procedures, highlighting the challenges involved in optimizing transformer performance.Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; Effect of Harmonic Load Currents in Transformer Losses; Stray Losses Analysis using Finite Element Method; Design Considerations for K-Rated Transformers; Transformer Thermal Performance; Degree of Polymerization of Cellulose Insulation; Transformer Preventive Maintenance of Transformer Health Index through Stray Gassing; A Diagnostic Study of Dissolved Gases in Transformers based on Fuzzy Logic Approach; Loss Financial Evaluation; References; About the Authors.
£67.99
Nova Science Publishers Inc Solar PV System: Design, Installation, Operation
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£163.19
Royal Society of Chemistry Solar Energy Capture Materials
Book SynopsisEnergy is an important area of contemporary research, with clear societal benefits. It is a fast-developing and application-driven research area, with chemistry leading the discovery of new solids, which are then studied by physicists and materials scientists. Solar Energy Capture Materials introduces a range of the different inorganic materials used, with an emphasis on how solid-state chemistry allows development of new functional solids for energy applications. Dedicated chapters cover silicon-based photovoltaic devices, compound semiconductor-based solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC), solution processed solar cells and emerging materials. Edited and written by world-renowned scientists, this book will provide a comprehensive introduction for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers wishing to learn about the topic.Table of ContentsSilicon Solar Cells; Compound Semiconductor Solar Cells; Dye-sensitised Solar Cells; Solution-processed Solar Cells: Perovskite Solar Cells; Theoretical Analyses of Copper-based Solar Cell Materials for the Next Generation of Photovoltaics
£94.99
Royal Society of Chemistry Ultrafast Photoinduced Energy and Charge
Book SynopsisUltrafast energy and charge transfer events dictate the functionality of a broad range of molecular, aggregate and nanomaterial systems. Impressive recent advances in the commercialisation of ultrafast laser technology and on many theoretical fronts, plus the societal emphasis on solar energy, have led to a surge of research in this community, encompassing spectroscopists, biophysicists, computational and theoretical chemists, physicists and materials scientists. Ambitions have evolved beyond studies of simple molecular systems, and increasingly focus on the underlying molecular mechanisms prevailing in nanomaterial, native protein and hybrid systems. Many working in this area share a common aim, to address and answer one of the most pressing issues currently facing the scientific community: the photophysics underlying efficient light capture, energy transport and efficient charge carrier generation, water splitting, photo-protection and photo-damage, proton transfer and/or molecular re-organisation. This volume discusses the following themes: Energy and charge-transfer in natural photosynthesis Photovoltaics and bio-inspired light harvesting Photo-induced electron transfer Photo-protection/photo-damage in natural systemsTable of ContentsEnergy and charge-transfer in natural photosynthesis; Photovoltaics and bio-inspired light harvesting; Photo-induced electron transfer; Photo-protection/photo-damage in natural systems
£161.50
ISTE Ltd Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy: Fundamentals
Book SynopsisThe Sun, our star, has inspired the research of many scientists and engineers and brings hope to many of us for a paradigm shift in energy. Indeed, the applications of solar energy are manifold, primarily because it concerns both light and heat. Photovoltaic (PV) conversion is the most well-known among these, but other modes of conversion include photochemical, photobiological, photoelectrochemical, thermal and thermochemical.This book covers the entire chain of conversion from the Sun to the targeted energy vector (heat, electricity, gaseous or liquid fuels). Beginning with the state of the art, subsequent chapters address solar resources, concentration and capture technologies, the science of flows and transfers in solar receivers, materials with controlled optical properties, thermal storage, hybrid systems (PV-thermal) and synthetic fuels (hydrogen and synthetic gas).Written by a number of experts in the field, Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy provides an insightful overview of the current landscape of the knowledge regarding the most recent applications of concentrating technologies.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiGilles FLAMANT Chapter 1. Solar Power Plants: State of the Art 1Gilles FLAMANT 1.1. Introduction 1 1.2. History 3 1.3. Various configurations of solar power plants 7 1.4. Paradigm of solar power plants, optimum temperature – concentration factor 10 1.5. Parabolic trough solar power plants 14 1.6. Solar power plants with linear Fresnel concentrators 20 1.7. Tower power plants 23 1.8. Dish–Stirling modules 29 1.9. Perspectives: deployment, capacity factor, costs, environmental impact and new concepts 31 1.9.1. Commercial deployment 31 1.9.2. Capacity factor 33 1.9.3. Cost of electricity 34 1.9.4. Environmental impact 37 1.9.5. Technological evolutions and new generations (GEN3) 37 1.10. Conclusion 40 1.11. References 40 Chapter 2. Solar Resource Management, Assessment and Forecasting 45Stéphane THIL and Stéphane GRIEU 2.1. Measurement and assessment of the solar resource 45 2.1.1. Earth–Sun pair 45 2.1.2. Extra-terrestrial solar irradiance 50 2.1.3. Solar irradiance interaction with the atmosphere 51 2.1.4. Components of solar irradiance and associated instruments 57 2.2. Forecasting of direct normal irradiance 66 2.2.1. Definitions and needs of an operator of CSP plant 67 2.2.2. The main DNI forecasting techniques 68 2.2.3. Intra-hour DNI forecasting models 71 2.3. Conclusion 77 2.4. Nomenclature 78 2.5. References 79 Chapter 3. Optics of Concentrating Systems 85François HÉNAULT, Benjamin GRANGE and Quentin FALCOZ 3.1. Introduction 85 3.2. History 86 3.2.1. From Archimedes to 19th century 86 3.2.2. 1950–1980: First industrial installations 88 3.3. Performances and limitations 90 3.3.1. Specification of a solar concentrator 90 3.3.2. Collected power 92 3.3.3. Three definitions of concentration 93 3.3.4. Maximal concentration – Stefan’s law 97 3.3.5. Solar concentrator-specific errors 99 3.3.6. Concentration losses and the “golden rule” of solar concentration 107 3.4. Optical qualification of parabolic trough concentrators 110 3.4.1. Definitions 110 3.4.2. Methodology 111 3.4.3. Example 113 3.5. The heliostat fields of tower power plants 114 3.5.1. Description 114 3.5.2. Optical losses 115 3.5.4. Simulations of heliostat fields 119 3.6. Conclusion 121 3.7. References 122 Chapter 4. Solar Receivers 125Benjamin GRANGE 4.1. Introduction 125 4.2. Absorber tubes for linear concentrators 125 4.2.1. Description 125 4.2.2. Thermal losses 127 4.3. Solar receivers for tower power plants 128 4.3.1. Description 128 4.3.2. Receivers in the commercial tower power plants 129 4.3.3. Emerging designs 133 4.3.4. Thermal losses 139 4.3.5. Thermal model of solar receivers 143 4.4. Conclusion 147 4.5. References 148 Chapter 5. Heat Transfer Fluids for Solar Power Plants 151Gilles FLAMANT 5.1. Introduction 151 5.2. Review of thermal transfer physics 152 5.3. Fluids, stability and properties 154 5.3.1. Thermal stability of heat transfer fluids 154 5.3.2. Physical properties of heat transfer fluids 156 5.4. Fluid–wall heat transfer coefficients 159 5.4.1. Flow conditions 159 5.4.2. Correlations 159 5.4.3. Heat transfer coefficients 160 5.5. Solutions being developed 164 5.5.1. Reduction of the melting temperature of salts 164 5.5.2. Increase of the maximum working temperature 165 5.6. Conclusion 166 5.7. References 166 Chapter 6. Numerical Simulations of Flows and Heat Transfers of Solar Receivers 169Françoise BATAILLE, Adrien TOUTANT and Dorian DUPUY 6.1. Introduction 169 6.2. Modeling approaches 172 6.2.1. Direct numerical simulation 173 6.2.2. Thermal large-eddy simulation 174 6.2.3. RANS (Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes equations) 175 6.2.4. Correlations 176 6.3. Direct numerical simulation and thermal large-eddy simulation 177 6.3.1. Geometry 177 6.3.2. Direct numerical simulation equations 178 6.3.3. DNS results 179 6.3.4. Equations of the thermal large-eddy simulation 180 6.3.5. LES results 182 6.4. Dynamic and thermal couplings – physical approach 185 6.4.1. Analysis of integral quantities 186 6.4.2. Analysis in the spatial domain 187 6.4.3. Analysis in the spectral domain 192 6.5. Conclusion 196 6.6. References 197 Chapter 7. Materials for Concentrated Solar Power 199Audrey SOUM-GLAUDE and Antoine GROSJEAN 7.1. Introduction 199 7.2. Optical properties of materials 200 7.2.1. Spectral properties 200 7.2.2. Solar performance 201 7.3. Reflective components: solar mirrors 202 7.3.1. Optical performance indicator: solar reflectance 202 7.3.2. Materials and structures of solar mirrors 203 7.3.3. Aging and durability of solar mirrors 206 7.4. Transparent components: protective glass 207 7.4.1. Optical performance indicator: solar transmittance 207 7.4.2. Materials and structures of protective glass 208 7.4.3. Aging and durability of antireflective glasses 212 7.5. Absorbing components: solar absorbers 212 7.5.1. Optical performance indicators for solar absorbers 212 7.5.2. Materials and structures of solar absorbers 218 7.5.3. Aging and durability of solar absorbers 222 7.6. Conclusion 224 7.7. References 224 Chapter 8. Thermal Energy Storage 229Aubin TOUZO, Quentin FALCOZ and Gilles FLAMANT 8.1. Introduction 229 8.1.1. Advantages related to thermal energy storage 229 8.1.2. An overview of thermal energy storage 230 8.1.3. Integration of storage in the solar power plant dimensioning 231 8.2. Two-tank molten salt storage 232 8.2.1. Examples of existing power plants 232 8.2.2. Operating principle 233 8.2.3. Materials employed 234 8.2.4. Economic advantage 234 8.2.5. Drawbacks of molten salt storage systems 235 8.3. Thermocline storage 235 8.3.1. Examples of solar power plants with thermocline storage 236 8.3.2. Operating principle 238 8.3.3. Modeling 239 8.3.4. Integration challenges in a solar power plant 240 8.3.5. Storage materials 242 8.3.6. Life cycle analysis 245 8.3.7. Economic considerations 245 8.4. Processes with steam accumulator 245 8.4.1. Existing power plants 245 8.4.2. Operating principle 247 8.4.3. Drawbacks 248 8.5. Solar power plant with particle receiver 249 8.6. Research and development of latent heat processes 250 8.6.1. PCM exchanger 250 8.6.2. PCM encapsulation 251 8.6.3. Principle 251 8.6.4. Drawbacks of phase change materials 252 8.7. Thermochemical storage 253 8.8. Comparison of the cost of stored solar power 253 8.9. Conclusion 256 8.10. References 256 Chapter 9. Hybrid PV–CSP Systems 259Alexis VOSSIER and Joya ZEITOUNY 9.1. Introduction 259 9.2. Hybrid strategies 261 9.3. Non-compact hybrid strategies 262 9.4. Compact hybrid strategies 263 9.4.1. High-temperature approach 264 9.4.2. Spectral splitting 270 9.4.3. Performance-based comparison of the main hybrid strategies 273 9.4.4. Hybrid PV-TS systems 274 9.5. Innovative hybrid systems 276 9.5.1. Mixed hybrid systems 276 9.5.2. Luminescent solar converters 278 9.5.3. Very high temperature thermal energy storage coupled with photovoltaic conversion 279 9.6. Conclusion 281 9.7. References 281 Chapter 10. Synthetic Fuels from Hydrocarbon Resources 283Sylvain RODAT and Stéphane ABANADES 10.1. Introduction to solar fuels 283 10.2. Conversion of carbonaceous materials using solar energy 285 10.2.1. Solar cracking and reforming of hydrocarbons 285 10.2.2. Solar pyrolysis and gasification of solid carbonaceous materials 294 10.3. Conclusion and perspectives 299 10.4. References 300 Chapter 11. Solar Fuel Production by Thermochemical Dissociation of Water and Carbon Dioxide 303Stéphane ABANADES and Sylvain RODAT 11.1. Introduction 303 11.2. Direct H2O and CO2 thermolysis 304 11.3. Thermochemical cycles 306 11.3.1. Principle 306 11.3.2. Cycles with volatile oxides 308 11.3.3. Non-volatile oxide cycles 312 11.3.4. Non-stoichiometric oxide cycles 313 11.3.5. Solar reactor concepts for cycle implementation 316 11.4. Conclusion 322 11.5. References 323 List of Authors 329 Index 331
£112.50
World Scientific Europe Ltd Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon
Book SynopsisSolar Power Finance Without the Jargon introduces financial concepts through a lively history of the solar industry, and cuts through the main areas of mystique and misinformation about solar technology and projects. With extensive experience in answering questions from clients in the solar, finance and energy industries, Chase focuses on the practical and financial aspects of solar power, making this book suitable for those wanting to work in clean energy or who have a strong interest in the subject, particularly those without a business background.Since the first edition was published in 2019, solar capacity has only grown bigger and cheaper, opening up new markets. Most significantly, Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, igniting an energy crisis across the world which made countries glad of any renewable energy capacity they had built, as well as amplifying calls for a diversified and resilient global supply chain for renewable energy components. This second edition of Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon is considerably more detailed and optimistic about batteries and hydrogen. It extensively updates readers on the rapidly-changing price and energy landscape, the latest industry thinking on the effects of large volumes of renewable energy on the grid and the path to deep decarbonisation of human civilisation.
£85.50
World Scientific Europe Ltd Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon
Book SynopsisSolar Power Finance Without the Jargon introduces financial concepts through a lively history of the solar industry, and cuts through the main areas of mystique and misinformation about solar technology and projects. With extensive experience in answering questions from clients in the solar, finance and energy industries, Chase focuses on the practical and financial aspects of solar power, making this book suitable for those wanting to work in clean energy or who have a strong interest in the subject, particularly those without a business background.Since the first edition was published in 2019, solar capacity has only grown bigger and cheaper, opening up new markets. Most significantly, Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, igniting an energy crisis across the world which made countries glad of any renewable energy capacity they had built, as well as amplifying calls for a diversified and resilient global supply chain for renewable energy components. This second edition of Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon is considerably more detailed and optimistic about batteries and hydrogen. It extensively updates readers on the rapidly-changing price and energy landscape, the latest industry thinking on the effects of large volumes of renewable energy on the grid and the path to deep decarbonisation of human civilisation.
£33.25
Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Inorganic Materials in Thin-film
Book SynopsisThere is currently significant interest in exploring and identifying new inorganic solar energy conversion systems based on Earth-abundant non-toxic materials for future sustainable energy applications and technologies. Developments in emergent inorganic absorbers are closely tied to the ability of researchers to correlate and predict device performance from structural and optical properties. The understanding of material structure and bonding and their effect on performance are key to developing guiding principles for design and screening of inorganic photovoltaic materials. Progress toward such understanding is facilitated by state-of-the-art tools for structural and electronic characterisation of semiconductor materials and interfaces, as well as device design and performance analysis. Further insight is provided by computer modelling and simulations. This volume brings together internationally leading scientists working in areas of material design and modelling, structural and electronic characterisation, and device design and performance analysis, to explore and exchange ideas on emerging inorganic thin-film photovoltaics based on Earth abundant non-toxic materials. In this volume, the topics covered include: Indium-free CIGS analogues Bulk and surface characterisation techniques of solar absorbers Novel chalcogenides, pnictides and defect-tolerant semiconductors Materials design and bondingTable of ContentsIndium-free CIGS analogues;Bulk and surface characterisation techniques of solar absorbers;Novel chalcogenides, pnictides and defect-tolerant semiconductors;Materials design and bonding
£161.50
Institution of Engineering and Technology Code of Practice for Grid-connected Solar
Book SynopsisThis Code of Practice sets out the requirements for the design, specification, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. Key safety considerations in the protection and earthing of PV systems mounted on buildings and on the ground is covered in detail. It also contains requirements for commissioning, monitoring and maintenance throughout the lifetime of an installation. It is an invaluable resource for technicians and supervisors who may be responsible for overseeing solar PV systems deployment. This second edition provides updated information to ensure that a solar PV system is designed, competently installed and safe to operate in compliance with current national and international standards - including alignment to BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 and other relevant industry standards.Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Participants in the Technical Committee Acknowledgements Section 1: Introduction Section 2: Overview of solar PV systems, components and architectures Section 3: Solar PV array and module operating characteristics and behaviour Section 4: System performance Section 5: DC system electrical design Section 6: Protection against lightning and overvoltage Section 7: Inverters Section 8: AC system requirements: low voltage Section 9: Network connection and DNO approval Section 10: High voltage (HV) systems Section 11: Mechanical and civil design and installation Section 12: System monitoring Section 13: Battery storage systems Section 14: Installation process Section 15: Health and safety Section 16: System commissioning Section 17: Handover and documentation Section 18: Operation and maintenance Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Regulations, standards and guidance Appendix C: System labels and signs Appendix D: Regulatory marking Appendix E: Minimum depth of buried cables and height of overhead suspended cables Index
£72.10
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Effects of Dust and Heat on Photovoltaic
Book SynopsisThis book discusses how to reduce the impact of dust and heat on photovoltaic systems. It presents the problems caused by both dust accumulation and heat on PV systems, as well as the solutions, in a collected piece of literature. The Effects of Dust and Heat on Photovoltaic Modules: Impacts and Solutions begins by discussing the properties of dust accumulation on PV modules. It then presents several solutions to this, such as hydrophobic coatings and surface texturing. The second half of the book is used to discuss the effects of heat on silicon PV modules, as well as various cooling approaches. These include water cooling and carbon-based materials. Due to the prevalence of PV systems in renewable energy, this book will be of interest to numerous students, researchers and practitioners. Table of ContentsDust Deposition on PV Modules and its Characteristics.- Organic Super Hydrophobic Coating for PV Modules.- Inorganic Super Hydrophobic Coating for PV Modules.- Surface Texturing for Super Hydrophobic Surface.- Super Hydrophilic Surface Coating For PV Modules.- Dust Properties and Characterization.- Heat Effect on Silicon PV Modules.- Cooling Approaches for Silicon PV Modules.- Thermoelectric Coupled Silicon PV Modules.- Water Cooling of PV Modules.- Carbon Based Materials for PV Cooling.- Heat Effect on the PV Encapsulation.
£95.60
Springer International Publishing AG The Sun, Energy, and Climate Change
Book SynopsisThe Sun, Energy, and Climate Change conveys one central idea – that we can utilize energy without continuing to harm the planet by increasing our reliance on energy from the sun. This accessible guide stresses the sun’s importance as our ultimate energy source by focusing on climate change from an energy perspective and explains the naturally balanced energy transfer from the sun to the earth and society’s consumption of this energy. This book is for anyone worried about environmental damage from our reliance on fossil fuels and the global fight against climate change. The key message being we do not have to accept the inevitable and can work to prevent the worst.Table of ContentsFormation of The Sun and The Planets.- Energy Sources on Earth.- Energy from the Sun.- Energy Without the Sun.- Environmental Concerns Arising from Human Energy Consumption.- Energy Mix Around the World.
£18.74
New India Publishing Agency Energy Use in Agriculture
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£219.30
New India Publishing Agency Solar Energy in Agriculture: Principles and A
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£61.42
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Light Power: Half A Century Of Solar Electricity
Book SynopsisThis is the second volume of a 3-volume history of solar power generating systems covering the approximately 50 years of research and development surrounding the energy crisis of 1973. Volume 1 covered solar-thermal systems. The present volume covers photovoltaic systems in the 20th century. Volume 3 will cover photovoltaic developments from the start of the 21st century. The history is based upon keynote lectures given by international specialists at the Sede Boqer Symposia on Solar Electric Power Production, a series that commenced in 1986. The lectures document many technical details that have become hard to find, including some pertaining to technologies that were successfully demonstrated but subsequently discontinued owing to their not having been deemed to be cost-effective at the time. However, in the event that different economic considerations may ensue, these volumes can provide a valuable starting point, including references, for the re-investigation of some of those once abandoned ideas.
£85.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd How Does Sunshine Become Electricity
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, scientists have done a lot of research to find ways to make use of solar energy. One of the most direct ways is to use solar cell to transform sunshine into electricity. So what are the current products that use solar energy? And what can humans do with solar energy in the future?This book is a compilation of the series of 'Dialogues With Great Chinese Scientists', where several great scientists in different research files were invited to share their stories and scientific knowledge. It is meant to inspire more students to become great scientists in the future.
£19.00
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Handbook Of Solar Thermal Technologies:
Book SynopsisThe three-volume handbook showcases the state of the art in the use of concentrated sunlight to produce electricity, industrial process heat, renewable fuels, including hydrogen and low-carbon synthesis gas, and valuable chemical commodities. The handbook illustrates the value and diversity of applications for concentrating solar power to contribute to the expanding decarbonization of multiple cross-cutting energy sectors.Volume 1: Concentrating Solar Thermal Power, provides an overview of key technologies, principles, and challenges of concentrating solar power (CSP) as well as the use of concentrating solar thermal for process heating and district markets. The ten chapters of this volume provide the reader with the technical background on the solar resource for concentrating solar thermal, the principles and design of concentrating optics, and descriptions of state-of-the-art and emerging solar collector and receiver technologies, thermal storage and thermal-to-electric conversion and power cycles for CSP. It also contains a comprehensive summary of operations and maintenance requirements for CSP plants, and commercial CSP plants and markets around the world.Volume 2, Solar Thermochemical Processes and Products, covers the use of concentrated solar radiation as the heat source to drive endothermic chemical reactions to produce renewable fuels and valuable chemical commodities, equivalently storing solar energy in chemical bonds. The thermodynamic underpinnings of a number of approaches to produce fuel and results of demonstrations of solar thermochemical reactors for these processes at prototype scale are presented. Processes presented include thermochemical metal oxide reduction/oxidation cycles to split water and carbon dioxide solar chemical looping reformation of methane to produce synthesis gas, high temperature electrochemistry, and gasification of biomass. Research on the thermochemical storage for CSP and high temperature production of cement and ammonia to illustrate the use concentrated solar energy to produce valuable chemical products are also included.Volume 3 contains reprinted archival papers to support and supplement the material in Volumes 1 and 2. These papers provide background information on the economics and alternative use cases of CSP not covered in Volume 1, and expand on the material related to the chapter topics presented in Volume 2. Potential commercialization, such as prototype and demonstration projects, are highlighted. The papers are intended as a starting point for a more in-depth study of the topics.
£904.50
Springer Verlag, Singapore Photovoltaic Thermal Collectors with Nanofluids
Book SynopsisThis book gives you theory and design of PV/T systems. Are you interested in solar energy? If you are, you must have read about solar panels, or photovoltaics (PV). If you have installed a photovoltaic system, you must have noticed it not to generate the amount of power mentioned in its datasheet. A major issue that PV suffers from is its temperature, which causes a drop in its power. Among the solutions to this issue is to use active cooling methods, such as the hybrid photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) system. These systems can produce electrical and thermal energy simultaneously and within same area. The thermal collector serves to cool down the PV surface temperature, which negatively affects the PV efficiency, to reclaim the efficiency or bring it back close to standard testing conditions value. Moreover, the thermal collector will convey this heat using a working fluid and extract it as thermal energy. On the other hand, the electrical power generated from the PV can be utilized in standalone or grid-connected configuration. Moreover, the book presents a novel PV/T collector which can utilize nanofluids and nano-Phase Change Material (PCM) to enhance its performance in tropical climate conditions. The methods used to develop the heat transfer and energy balance equations are presented as well. PV/T collector numerical simulation using MATLAB and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) was also presented. Finally, the approach of life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is presented to evaluate PV/T with nanofluid and nano-PCM, economically.Table of ContentsPhotovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) Traditional PV/T Collectors State of the Art of PV/T Technology PV/T with Nanofluids and Nano-PCM Performance of PV/T with Nanofluid And Nano- PCM Life Cycle Cost Analysis
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