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Physics of solar energy / C. Julian Chen

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Hoboken, N.J : John Wiley & Sons, c2011Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxvi, 326 p., [16] p. of plates)) : ill. (some col.), col. mapsISBN:
  • 9781283246514
  • 1283246511
  • 9781118044575
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9780470647806 | 9780470647809 | 1283246279 | Erscheint auch als: Physics of solar energy. Druck-Ausgabe Hoboken, New Jersey [u.a.] : Wiley, 2011. XXVI, 326 S.DDC classification:
  • 621.47
  • SCI065000
RVK: RVK: UX 2000LOC classification:
  • TJ811
Online resources: Summary: The definitive guide to the science of solar energy You hold in your hands the first, and only, truly comprehensive guide to the most abundant and most promising source of alternative energy-solar power. In recent years, all major countries in the world have been calling for an energy revolution. The renewable energy industry will drive a vigorous expansion of the global economy and create more "green" jobs. The use of fossil fuels to power our way of living is moving toward an inevitable end, with sources of coal, petroleum, and natural gas being fiercely depleted. Solar energy offers a ubiquitous, inexhaustible, clean, and highly efficient way of meeting the energy needs of the twenty-first century. This book is designed to give the reader a solid footing in the general and basic physics of solar energy, which will be the basis of research and development in new solar engineering technologies in the years to come. As solar technologies like solar cells, solar thermal power generators, solar water heaters, solar photochemistry applications, and solar space heating-cooling systems become more and more prominent, it has become essential that the next generation of energy experts-both in academia and industry-have a one-stop resource for learning the basics behind the science, applications, and technologies afforded by solar energy. This book fills that need by laying the groundwork for the projected rapid expansion of future solar projects.Summary: Intro -- Physics of Solar Energy -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Solar Energy -- 1.2 Go beyond Petroleum -- 1.3 Other Renewable Energy Resources -- 1.3.1 Hydroelectric Power -- 1.3.2 Wind Power -- 1.3.3 Biomass and Bioenergy -- 1.3.4 Shallow Geothermal Energy -- 1.3.5 Deep Geothermal Energy -- 1.4 Solar Photovoltaics Primer -- 1.4.1 Birth of Modern Solar Cells -- 1.4.2 Some Concepts on Solar Cells -- 1.4.3 Types of Solar Cells -- 1.4.4 Energy Balance -- 1.5 Above Physics -- 1.5.1 Economics of Solar Energy -- 1.5.2 Moral Equivalence of War -- 1.5.3 Solar Water Heaters over the World -- 1.5.4 Photovoltaics: Toward Grid Parity -- Problems -- Chapter 2: Nature of Solar Radiation -- 2.1 Light as Electromagnetic Waves -- 2.1.1 Maxwell's Equations -- 2.1.2 Vector Potential -- 2.1.3 Electromagnetic Waves -- 2.1.4 Plane Waves -- 2.1.5 Polarization of Light -- 2.1.6 Motion of an Electron in Electric and Magnetic Fields -- 2.2 Optics of Thin Films -- 2.2.1 Relative Dielectric Constant and Refractive Index -- 2.2.2 Energy Balance and Poynting Vector -- 2.2.3 Fresnel Formulas -- 2.3 Blackbody Radiation -- 2.3.1 Rayleigh-Jeans Law -- 2.3.2 Planck Formula and Stefan-Boltzmann's Law -- 2.4 Photoelectric Effect and Concept of Photons -- 2.4.1 Einstein's Theory of Photons -- 2.4.2 Millikan's Experimental Verification -- 2.4.3 Wave-Particle Duality -- 2.5 Einstein's Derivation of Blackbody Formula -- Problems -- Chapter 3: Origin of Solar Energy -- 3.1 Basic Parameters of the Sun -- 3.1.1 Distance -- 3.1.2 Mass -- 3.1.3 Radius -- 3.1.4 Emission Power -- 3.1.5 Surface Temperature -- 3.1.6 Composition -- 3.2 Kelvin-Helmholtz Time Scale -- 3.3 Energy Source of the Sun -- 3.3.1 The p - p Chain -- 3.3.2 Carbon Chain -- 3.3.3 Internal Structure of the Sun -- Problems -- Chapter 4: Tracking Sunlight.PPN: PPN: 809405040Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
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