This book provides a platform to the scientists and engineers to understand the fundamentals of solar energy, and its applications and basic heat transfer. It describes the design, construction and performance of solar thermal devices and photovoltaic system. The solar thermal devices include flat plate collector, air heaters, crop drying, solar house, water heating system, solar distillation, solar concentrator and a controlled environment greenhouse etc. The economic aspects of solar systems have been discussed.
- ISBN10 1842651064
- ISBN13 9781842651063
- Publish Date 3 May 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 July 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Alpha Science International Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 546
- Language English