Chapter 1 Introduction.
Chapter 2 The Solar Energy Resource.
2.1 Overview.
2.2 Terrestrial Measurement of Solar Energy.
2.3 Prediction of Solar Energy.
2.4 Use of satellite information to produce solar energy data.
2.5 Solar Radiation Utilisability.
2.6 Daylight data.
2.7 Geographical Availability of solar energy.
2.8 Solar Geometry.
2.9 Calculating solar energy incident on inclined planes.
2.10 Skyward distribution of diffuse insolation.
Chapter 3 Optics and Heat Transfer in Solar Collectors.
3.1 Overview.
3.2 Glass.
3.3 Plastic Materials.
3.4 Transmittance of Solar Energy.
3.5 Flat reflectors.
3.6 Parabolic reflectors.
3.7 Heat transfer in line-axis concentrators.
3.8 Collector absorbers.
3.9 Collector insulation.
Chapter 4 Solar Energy Storage.
4.1 Overview.
4.2 Sensible heat storage.
4.3 Latent heat storage.
Chapter 5 Flat-Plate and Evacuated tube Collectors.
5.1 Overview.
5.2 Air-Heating Flat-Plate Collectors.
5.3 Water-Heating Flat-Plate Collectors.
5.4 Evacuated-Tube Collectors.
5.5 Rating Tests for Solar Collectors.
5.6 Architectural integration.
Chapter 6 Use of heat from, and thermal management of, photovoltaics.
6.1 Overview.
6.2 Water heating photovoltaic-thermal collectors.
6.3 Air heating photovoltaic-thermal collectors.
6.4 Thermal management of photovoltaics.
Chapter 7 Solar thermal power generation and industrial process heat.
7.1 Overview.
7.2 Parabolic trough systems.
7.3 Heliostat Systems.
7.4 Dish Stirling systems.
7.5 Non-Convecting Solar Pond.
7.6 Industrial Process Heat.
Chapter 8 Solar Water Heating and Combisystems.
8.1 Overview.
8.2 Integral Passive Solar Water Heaters.
8.3 Distributed Solar Energy Water Heaters.
8.4 Photovoltaic solar water heaters.
8.5 Freeze Protection. Antifreeze, drain down. Drain-back (Tecsol, France).
8.6 System testing methods.
Chapter 9 Solar Drying.
9.1 Overview.
9.2 Open-to-Sun ("Natural") Drying.
9.3 Integral-Type Active Solar Energy Dryers.
9.4 Natural-Circulation Solar Energy Dryers.
9.5 Analysis of an Integral Solar Dryer.
9.6 Fan-driven solar dryers.
9.7 Solar Cooling.
Chapter 10 Solar Cooling, Refrigeration and Desalination.
10.1 Overview.
10.2 Thermal Refrigeration and Space Cooling.
10.3 Photovoltaic Powered Refrigeration.
10.4 Overview.
10.5 Passive Solar Stills.
10.6 Reserve Osmosis.
10.7 Multi-effect systems.
Chapter 11 Greenhouses.
11.1 Overview.
11.2 Greenhouse Materials.
11.3 Mathematical Modelling the Internal Environment in a Greenhouse.
11.4 Auxillary Heating, environmental costs and energy storage in Greenhouses.
Chapter 12 Passive and Hybrid Solar Design of Buildings.
12.1 Overview.
12.2 Solar Access.
12.3 Passive Feature for Temperate Climates.
12.4 Auxiliary Heating and Controls in Passive Solar Buildings.
12.5 Passive Features for Hot Climates.
References. Subject Index.
About the Author: Professor Brian Norton has led DIT for nine years. He has played a full role in developing and promoting DIT in national and international contexts. He is the author or co-author of six books (including a sole-authored major advanced text) and over 400 papers including 170 in learned journals. He has supervised nearly forty doctorates and serves as Associate Editor of "Solar Energy" the premier international journal in the field and on three other editorial boards.
Professor Norton has chaired of the World Renewable Energy Network. The Northern Ireland Business Education Partnership and the BSI Technical Committee on Solar Heating and represented the UK university sector on the Board of the Foundation for the Built Environment, which owns the UK Building Research Establishment. He was a ministerial appointee to the Construction Industry Training Board and chaired its Audit Committee. He is currently Chair of the Board of Action Renewables, which is responsible for developing renewable energies in Northern Ireland. He has been an invited plenary speaker to major international conferences and to Ministerial meetings.
He has a BSc (Hons) in Physics from University of Nottingham and MSc and PhD degrees, in Engineering Experimentation and Applied Energy respectively, from Cranfield University and DSc from the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering, the Energy Institute and the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. He is a Chartered Engineer (both in the UK and Ireland) and Fellow, Higher Education Academy. Among his awards are the Napier Shaw Medal of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), the Roscoe Award of the Energy Institute and the Honorary Fellowship of the CIBSE, the highest honour for his professional discipline. Previously he was Professor of Built Environmental Engineering at University of Ulster (UU) is an Honorary Professor of UU. He is an Honorary Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Ulster and University of Houston.
He has a BSc (Hons) in Physics from University of Nottingham and MSc and PhD degrees, in Engineering Experimentation and Applied Energy respectively, from Cranfield University and DSc from the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering, the Energy Institute and the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. He is a Chartered Engineer (both in the UK and Ireland) and Fellow, Higher Education Academy. Among his awards are the Napier Shaw Medal of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), the Roscoe Award of the Energy Institute and the Honorary Fellowship of the CIBSE, the highest honour for his professional discipline. Previously he was Professor of Built Environmental Engineering at University of Ulster (UU) is an Honorary Professor of UU. He is an Honorary Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Ulster and University of Houston.
He has a BSc (Hons) in Physics from University of Nottingham and MSc and PhD degrees, in Engineering Experimentation and Applied Energy respectively, from Cranfield University and DSc from the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering, the Energy Institute and the Institution of Engineers of Ireland. He is a Chartered Engineer (both in the UK and Ireland) and Fellow, Higher Education Academy. Among his awards are the Napier Shaw Medal of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), the Roscoe Award of the Energy Institute and the Honorary Fellowship of the CIBSE, the highest honour for his professional discipline. Previously he was Professor of Built Environmental Engineering at University of Ulster (UU) is an Honorary Professor of UU. He is an Honorary Professor of Harbin Institute of Technology, University of Ulster and University of Houston.
