1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824948403321

Autore

Kalogirou Soteris A

Titolo

Solar energy engineering : processes and systems / / Soteris A. Kalogirou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Academic Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-12-397256-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 819 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

841

Soggetti

Solar energy

Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First edition 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to Second Edition; Chapter 1 - Introduction; 1.1 General introduction to renewable energy technologies; 1.2 Energy demand and renewable energy; 1.3 Energy-related environmental problems; 1.4 State of the climate; 1.5 A brief history of solar energy; 1.6 Other renewable energy systems; Exercise; References; Chapter 2 - Environmental Characteristics; 2.1 Reckoning of time; 2.2 Solar angles; 2.3 Solar radiation; 2.4 The solar resource; Exercises; References; Chapter 3 - Solar Energy Collectors

3.1 Stationary collectors3.2 Sun-tracking concentrating collectors; 3.3 Thermal analysis of flat-plate collectors; 3.4 Thermal analysis of air collectors; 3.5 Practical considerations for flat-plate collectors; 3.6 Concentrating collectors; 3.7 Second law analysis; Exercises; References; Chapter 4 - Performance of Solar Collectors; 4.1 Collector thermal efficiency; 4.2 Collector incidence angle modifier; 4.3 Concentrating collector acceptance angle; 4.4 Collector time constant; 4.5 Dynamic system test method; 4.6 Efficiency parameters conversion

4.7 Assessment of uncertainty in solar collector testing4.8 Collector test results and preliminary collector selection; 4.9 Quality test methods; 4.10 European standards; 4.11 Data acquisition systems; Exercises; References; Chapter 5 - Solar Water-Heating Systems; 5.1 Passive systems; 5.2 Active systems; 5.3 Heat storage systems; 5.4 Module and array design; 5.5 Differential temperature controller; 5.6



Hot water demand; 5.7 Solar water heater performance evaluation; 5.8 Simple system models; 5.9 Practical considerations; Exercises; References; Chapter 6 - Solar Space Heating and Cooling

6.1 Thermal load estimation6.2 Passive space-heating design; 6.3 Solar space heating and cooling; 6.4 Solar cooling; 6.5 Solar cooling with absorption refrigeration; Exercises; References; Chapter 7 - Industrial Process Heat, Chemistry Applications, and Solar Dryers; 7.1 Industrial process heat: general design considerations; 7.2 Solar steam generation systems; 7.3 Solar chemistry applications; 7.4 Solar dryers; 7.5 Greenhouses; Exercises; References; Chapter 8 - Solar Desalination Systems; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Desalination processes; 8.3 Direct collection systems

8.4 Indirect collection systems8.5 Review of renewable energy desalination systems; 8.6 Process selection; Exercises; References; Chapter 9 - Photovoltaic Systems; 9.1 Semiconductors; 9.2 Photovoltaic panels; 9.3 Related equipment; 9.4 Applications; 9.5 Design of PV systems; 9.6 Tilt and yield; 9.7 Concentrating PV; 9.8 Hybrid PV/T systems; Exercises; References; Chapter 10 - Solar Thermal Power Systems; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Parabolic trough collector systems; 10.3 Power tower systems; 10.4 Dish systems; 10.5 Thermal analysis of solar power plants; 10.6 Solar updraft towers

10.7 Solar ponds

Sommario/riassunto

As perhaps the most promising of all the renewable energy sources available today, solar energy is becoming increasingly important in the drive to achieve energy independence and climate balance. This new book is the masterwork from world-renowned expert Dr. Soteris Kalogirou, who has championed solar energy for decades. The book includes all areas of solar energy engineering, from the fundamentals to the highest level of current research. The author includes pivotal subjects such as solar collectors, solar water heating, solar space heating and cooling, industrial process heat, solar desalina



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910899897903321

Autore

Tasca Luisa

Titolo

The Science of the Child in Liberal Italy / / by Luisa Tasca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9783031657788

3031657780

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood, , 2634-6540

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Italy - History

Europe - History - 1492-

Intellectual life - History

Education - History

Children's literature

History of Italy

History of Modern Europe

Intellectual History

History of Education

Children's Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. The Massacre of the Innocents -- 2. How Italian Children Lost Their Souls -- 3. The Century of the Child in Italy -- 4. Giannetti and Giannettini -- 5. The Margins.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates a forgotten chapter of history: the role of Italian sciences within the child study movement. Between the 1880s and the First World War, children became the focus of unprecedented professional and scientific interest in Europe and the United States. The bodies and psyches of children, their care and growth, their development, 'normal' and 'abnormal', intelligence, and moral sense, constituted a new field of research. Italy, which had just become a nation, also took part in this international movement: on the study of the child, a substantial part of the Italian ruling class launched itself,



with a mixture of enthusiasm, hope and concern, on the frontier between different areas of knowledge. Using a broad spectrum of sources, this book offers the first overview of the Italian scientific movement of child study. Luisa Tasca is an Independent Researcher based in Florence, Italy.