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100			_911322 _aGoswami, D. Yogi.
245			_aPrinciples of Solar Engineering / _cD. Yogi Goswami
250			_a4th Ed.
260			_aBoca Raton, Florida _bCRC Press _c2023
300			_axxi, 634p. : ill. ; 24cm
520			_aIt includes Index Pages. Principles of Solar Engineering, Fourth Edition addresses the need for solar resource assessment and highlights improvements and advancements involving photovoltaics and solar thermal technologies, grid power, and energy storage. With updates made to every chapter, this edition discusses new technologies in photovoltaics, such as organic, dye-sensitized, and perovskite solar cells, and the design of solar systems and power plants. It also features battery energy storage for distributed and bulk storage and electrical integration with the main solar systems. In addition, the book includes the latest advancements in concentrating solar power plants, such as supercritical CO2 cycle. Readers will benefit from discussions of the economics of the solar energy systems, which apply to all the systems covered in the subsequent chapters. Nine Appendices are available for download by all readers. Features: Discusses new forecasting models in solar radiation that are important to the economics and bankability of large solar energy systems, such as power plants. Includes expanded coverage of high temperature thermal storage for Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSP), including thermal energy transport using heat exchangers. Features a new chapter on solar seawater desalination. Includes new and additional end-of-chapter example problems and exercises. A Solutions Manual will be available for instructors. The book is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate engineering students taking Energy Engineering and Solar Energy courses. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction to Solar Energy Conversion. 2. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation. 3. Solar Thermal Collectors. 4. Energy Storage and Transport. 5. Solar Heating Systems and Industrial Process Heat. 6. Solar Cooling and Dehumidification. 7. Passive Solar Heating, Cooling, and Daylighting. 8. Solar Thermal Power. 9. Photovoltaics. 10. Solar Photochemical Applications. 11. Solar Desalination.
650		0	_911323 _aSolar energy
856			_uhttps://www.routledge.com/Principles-of-Solar-Engineering/Goswami/p/book/9781032155005
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