Provides a survey of solar geometry and meteorological data, the optics of various kinds of solar collectors, the mechanics of heat transfer, and private elements of system deign, optimization, and economic analysis. Also discussed are testing, methods and materials, and tracking and nontracking collectors.
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This review is from: Active Solar Collectors and Their Applications (Hardcover)
Unfortunately this book has not had an update since the first edition. Nevertheless, as a cientist in the area of solar energy I still use it very often, both for teaching and for reference. To my knowledge, this book is the best general account on the subject of solar collector optics, specially regarding imaging concetrating systems. For non-imaging systems I would rather recommend the book "nonimaging optics" by Winston et al.. But the book is also very good regarding the heat transfer analysis of solar collectors and the economic analysis of solar energy systems. It is simply a must for engineers developing solar thermal systems, along with Duffie and Beckman's "Solar engineering of thermal processes".
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This review is from: Active Solar Collectors and Their Applications (Hardcover)
This is a "must-have" book for Engineers and Scientists involved in the design and development of solar collectors and systems(except photovoltaics). An engineering or science background is required to fully appreciate this book. I use it as a text book in a fourth-year-course on solar energy for Mechanical Engineering students. Though it is already quite old, I have not found any other book on this subject that comes even close to Rabl's in developing the material from basic principles with such clarity and elegance.
I had ordered this book as a replacement for my first copy that is falling apart from over-use. This book is a reproduction. All missprints are also reproduced. I am happy to share the list of errors (one by Rabl from 1986 plus a few more that I detected) with anyone interested...but Amazon suggests not to leave my e-mail address here. sorry.
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solar collectors, solar geometry, solar age, collectible energy, long term average insolation, active solar collectors, hemispherical insolation, angular acceptance function, circumsolar ratio, tangential ray fan, instantaneous efficiency equation, industrial process heat systems, incidence angle modifier, nontracking collectors, circumsolar radiation, reflector enhancement, second stage concentrator, annual charge rate, absorber surface area, tilt equal latitude, sagittal ray fan, tracking axis, concentrator tracking, beam insolation, weekend storage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Solar Energy, New York, John Wiley, System Models, Economic Analysis, Sandia Laboratories, Tracking Concentrator Types, Practical Considerations, Optics of Nontracking Collectors, System Optimization, Sandia National Laboratories, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Combining Eqs, Solar Thermal Concentrating Collector Technology Symposium, Comparison of Solar Concentrators, Marcel Dekker, Argonne National Laboratory, General Electric, Department of Energy, United States, Academic Press, The February, Handbook of Fundamentals, Sandia Livermore Laboratories Browse Sample Pages:
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solar collectors, solar geometry, solar age, collectible energy, long term average insolation, active solar collectors, hemispherical insolation, angular acceptance function, circumsolar ratio, tangential ray fan, instantaneous efficiency equation, industrial process heat systems, incidence angle modifier, nontracking collectors, circumsolar radiation, reflector enhancement, second stage concentrator, annual charge rate, absorber surface area, tilt equal latitude, sagittal ray fan, tracking axis, concentrator tracking, beam insolation, weekend storage Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Solar Energy, New York, John Wiley, System Models, Economic Analysis, Sandia Laboratories, Tracking Concentrator Types, Practical Considerations, Optics of Nontracking Collectors, System Optimization, Sandia National Laboratories, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Combining Eqs, Solar Thermal Concentrating Collector Technology Symposium, Comparison of Solar Concentrators, Marcel Dekker, Argonne National Laboratory, General Electric, Department of Energy, United States, Academic Press, The February, Handbook of Fundamentals, Sandia Livermore Laboratories Browse Sample Pages:
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- The Dynamics of Heat by Hans U. Fuchs in Back Matter
- Nonimaging Optics by Roland Winston in Back Matter
- Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design (Chemical Processing and Design Encyclopedia) by John J. McKetta Jr on page 374
- Solar Energy: Fundamentals, Design, Modeling and Applications by G.N. Tiwari in Back Matter
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