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Solar Power And Chemical Energy Systems

An Implementing Agreement of the International Energy Agency

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Power from the Sun


POWER FROM THE SUN
Visit the web book on concentrated solar power technologies from William B. Stine and Michael Geyer with the following chapters (some of them still under construction!)
  • Introduction

  • Chapter 1.   Solar Energy Conversion Systems

  • Chapter 2.   The Sun's Energy

  • Chapter 3.  The Sun's Position

  • Chapter 4.  Collecting Solar Energy

  • Chapter 5.  Flat Plate Thermal Collectors

  • Chapter 6.  Photovoltaic Panels

  • Chapter 7.   Concentrator Optics

  • Chapter 8.   Concentrating Collector Systems

  • Chapter 9.   Central Receiver Systems

  • Chapter 10.   Energy Storage Subsystems

  • Chapter 11.   Power Cycles for Electricity Generation

  • Chapter 12.   Economic & Environmental Considerations

  • Chapter 13.  Solar Energy System Design

  • Chapter 14.   System Design Examples

  • Appendix A.   Symbols and Sign Conventions

  • Appendix B.   Unit Conversion Factors

  • Appendix C.   Sun Angle Geometry Notes

  • Appendix D.   Useful Properties of Materials, Fluids and Gases

  • Appendix E.   Description and Use of TMY Data

  • Appendix F.   Local Insolation Data for the United States

  • Appendix G.   Computer Code Listings

  • Appendix F.   Analytical Approximation of the Normal Intergal

 

 

 
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