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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451086203321

Autore

Rabl Ari

Titolo

Active solar collectors and their applications [[electronic resource] /] / Ari Rabl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1985

ISBN

1-280-52300-X

9786610523009

0-19-536521-6

1-4294-0091-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (518 p.)

Disciplina

621.47

Soggetti

Solar collectors

Solar energy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1 SURVEY OF SOLAR EQUIPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; 2 SOLAR GEOMETRY; 3 INSOLATION DATA AND MODELS; 4 COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY AND COLLECTOR TESTING; 5 FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTICS FOR SOLAR COLLECTIORS; 6 OPTICS OF NONTRACKING COLLECTORS; 7 TRACKING CONCENTRATOR TYPES; 8 OPTICAL ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF PARABOLIC REFLECTORS; 9 HEAT TRANSFER IN SOLAR COLLECTORS; 10 HEAT TRANSFER FACTORS; 11 SYSTEM MODELS; 12 APPLICATIONS; 13 PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 14 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; 15 SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION; Appendix A: Nomenclature; Appendix B: Units; Appendix C: Properties of Materials

Appendix D: Meterological Data Appendix E: Circumsolar Data; Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

1. Survey of Solar Equipment and Applications 2. Solar Geometry3. Insolation Data and Models 4. Collector Efficiency and Collector Testing 5. Fundamentals of Optics for Solar Collectors 6. Optics of Nontracking Collectors 7. Tracking Concentrator Types 8. Optical Analysis and Optimization of Parabolic Reflectors9. Heat Transfer in Solar Collectors10. Heat Transfer Factors11. System Models 12. Applications



13. Practical Considerations 14. Economic Analysis 15. System Optimization Appendix A. Nomenclature Appendix B. Units Appendix C. Properties of Materials Appendix D. Meterological Data Appendix E. Circumso