A reliable, accessible and comprehensive guide for students of photovoltaic applications and renewable energy engineering. This thoroughly considered textbook from a group of leading influential and award-winning authors is brimming with information and is carefully designed to meet the needs of its readers. Along with exercises and references at the end of each chapter, the book features a set of detailed technical appendices that provide essential equations, data sources and standards. Starting from basics with 'The Characteristics of Sunlight' the reader is guided step-by-step through semiconductors and p-n junctions; the behaviour of solar cells; cell properties ad design; and PV cell interconnection and module fabrication. The book covers stand-alone photovoltaic systems; specific purpose photovoltaic systems; remote are power supply systems; and grid-connected photovoltaic systems. There is also a section on photovoltaic water pumping system components and design. Applied Photovolatics is well illustrated and readable with an abundance of diagrams and illustrations, and will provide the reader with all the information needed to start working with photovoltaics.
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'Recommended reading for any course which deals with hands-on aspects of photovoltaic systems and applications. Earthscan should be applauded' Tom Markvart, University of Southampton 'An excellent introduction to the science, principles and practice of photovoltaic energy conversion.' Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK 'The leading research, teaching and engineering group has made another important contribution to photovoltaic education.' Allen Barnett, Senior Policy Fellow, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware, USA. 'This book will make an excellent reference for engineers and scientists involved in photovoltaics. The breadth of knowledge contained within and the detailed equations to support it, as well as being an easy reading style will enable people to get to the understanding of why PV systems are put together the way they are - well beyond rules of thumb.' Mike Dymond, Sowilo Engineering Pty Ltd for Solar Progress 'Recommended reading for any course which deals with hands-on aspects of photovoltaic systems and applications. Earthscan should be applauded.' Tom Markvart, University of Southampton 'This book focuses on the system aspects of photovoltaic (PV) applications and renewable energy engineering.' The Environmentalist
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Stuart R. Wenham, Martin A. Green, Muriel E. Watt and Richard Corkish all teach at the University of New South Wales Centre for Photovoltaic Engineering, Australia.
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Prerequisites: Knowledge in Electricity and magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, optics and semiconductor physics. Math: Pre-calculus or preferably calculus. This book is definitely an upper division engineering reading. The theories of photovoltaics are explained quite well from the semiconductor level to applying it at this system level. The author quantifies the theories such that the designer can optimize and validate his or her work. The only drawback of this book, it did not give examples of calculations of the important equations and it was written mostly for Australia in mind. Although, the book did illustrate many pictures and graphs to help the user to get a relatively good feeling of the theories presented. This book is purely technical and does not discuss some of the other issues pertaining in connecting solar to the grid especially here in the USA. I gave the book 4 stars as it is excellent reading and gave relevant illustrations, however, it lacked sample calculations to better validate its theories.
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this book offer a complete view of Photovoltaics basics and principles. the content is well organized and easy to understand.
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Good book.,
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I was looking for a textbook/reference on solar panels, not semiconductor physics of PN junction. This book was the closest thing.
This book contains a lot of information beyond semiconductor physics. Yes, it has a chapter on PN junctions/photodiodes, it explains just enough to understand how the cells work, and presents the important IV equations. What I like about the book is that it gives lots of information on array sizing, construction of solar panels, and real issues about solar panels. I recommend it as an intermediate textbook, or a reference.
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power conditioning circuitry, direct coupled photovoltaic, reference solar cells, silicon terrestrial photovoltaic, photovoltaic system design, mist corrosion testing, reference spectral irradiance data, array tilt angle, mismatched cells, irradiance corrections, spectral mismatch error, insolation data, silicon photovoltaic devices, crystalline solar cells, crystalline silicon photovoltaic, system design guidelines, hybrid indicator, redox batteries, water pumping systems, insolation levels, photovoltaic power systems, amorphous solar cells, bypass diodes, solar home systems, global insolation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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