Content Solar Energy PocketReference
This handy pocket reference provides a wealth of practical information relating to solar energy and solar energy technologies. Topics covered include solar radiation and its detailed measurement, the emissivity and absorption properties of mate-
rials, solar thermal energy collection and storage, photovoltaics (both at all scales), solar cooling and the use of solar energy for desalination and drying. The book also includes conversion factors, standards and constants and is peppered throughout with helpful illustrations, equations and explanations, as well as a chapter making the business case for solar power. Anyone with an interest in solar energy, including energy professionals and consultants, engineers, architects, academic researchers and students, will find a host of answers in this book a practical assimilation of fundamentals, data, technologies and
guidelines for application.
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1 Sunlight
1.1 The nature of sunlight
1.2 Calculating photon flux
1.3 Spectral irradianceModelling available solar radiation
2.1 Total radiant power density
2.2 Black-bodies
2.3 Standard solar spectra
2.4 Solar time
2.4.1 The equation of time
2.4.2 The hour angle
2.4.3 The declination angle
2.4.4 The elevation angle
2.4.5 The azimuth angle
2.5 Sun path diagrams
2.5.1 Shading factor
2.6 Solar radiation at the earth’s surface
2.6.1 Net radiation
2.6.2 Air mass Contents
2.6.3 Global horizontal irradiance (GHI)
2.6.4 The clearness index
2.6.5 The clear-sky index
2.7 Tilted surfaces
2.7.1 Solar incidence angles
2.7.2 Irradiance components
