Power
From The Sun
by William B.
Stine and Michael Geyer
copyright
© 2001 by William B.
Stine and Michael Geyer
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NOTE
TO READER: Click on an equation and it will double in size for
better readability!
Contents
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. Solar
Collectors
Chapter 6. Flat Plate
Thermal Collectors
Chapter 7.
Photovoltaic Panels
Chapter 8.
Concentrator Optics
Chapter 9.
Concentrating Collectors
Chapter 10. Central
Receiver Systems
Chapter 11. Energy
Storage
Chapter 12. Power
Cycles for Electricity Generation
Chapter
13. Economic & Environmental Considerations
Chapter 14. Modeling
System Performance
Chapter 15. System
Design
Chapter 16. System
Design Examples
Appendix
A. Symbols and Sign Conventions
Appendix
B. Units 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 Solar Irradiation Data for the United States
Appendix G. Analytical
Approximation of the Normal Integral
Appendix
H. Computer Code Listings
Update
News: We are
constantly working to add material and make our site more useful.
To this
end, we have recently done the following:
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Corrected
typo, Chapter 10.1.2 - 98oC
- Thanks Patrick Griffin (5/11)
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Added
Chapter 14 Modeling System Performance (5/08)
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Corrected
error in Equation 4.13. Thanks Scott McCreary (4/08)
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Corrected
error in Equation 9.3 / S-B constant - Thanks Patrick Griffin (11/07)
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Added
Chapter 15 System Design (5/07)
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Added
Chapter 16 System Design Examples (5/07)
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Added
Solar Time Calculator (5/07)
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Corrected
error in Equation 10.7. Thanks Patrick Vielle, Switzerland
(4/07)
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Added
Solar Angle Calculator (2/07)
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Added
Appendix G (4/06)
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Completed
Chapter 11 Energy Storage (5/05)
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Completed
Chapter 12 Power Cycles for Electricity Generation (10/04)
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Added
Chapter 9 Concentrating Collectors and Chapter 10 Central
Receiver Systems (10/04) and corrected minor errors in Ch. 3
examples, in section 3.2 (thanks Sam Sankaran).
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Corrected
error in Equation 3.10 (6/04) - Thanks Boudewijn van Leeuwen, The
Netherlands
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Added
Chapter 8 Concentrating Optics (10/03)
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We
just added Chapter 6 describing flat-plate collectors (11/02)
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We
have added Chapter 5 describing the performance and performance models
of solar thermal and photovoltaic collectors (10/02).
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We
have now added Chapters 3 and 4 covering all of the sun-collector
angles necessary for solar calculations (8/02).
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Added
Chapter 2 - The Sun's Energy This is an entirely updated
version of Chapter 4 from Solar Energy Fundamentals and Design.
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Started
(with Chapter 2 right now) incorporating MathType's new web-based
equation technology which is browser independent. It has the
special features that you can double-click on an equation and it will
increase in size, making the super and subscripts more legible.
Also equation references in the text are hyperlinked to the equation
and show in blue.
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