Literature Review in Utilizing Solar Energy for Thermal Purposes

ISBN-13: 9786202669658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 136 str.

Khalid Taha Elsayed Ali;Osama Mohammed Elmardi Suleiman Khayal

Opis

The aim of the present research was to review the utilization of solar energy for thermal purposes from the view point of the history of solar energy, theoretical study of solar collectors, and solar collector applications. Chapter one includes literature review of solar energy. In this chapter a comprehensive introduction and historical background were presented. In chapter two a theoretical study of solar collectors was introduced and discussed from different points of view which include introduction, types of collectors, working principles of concentrating collectors, and comparisons of the technology used. Chapter three discusses the importance of practical applications of solar collectors in different points which includes: solar water heating systems, solar space heating and cooling, heat pump systems, solar refrigeration, solar steam generation systems, solar thermal power systems, solar furnaces, and solar chemistry applications.

O autorze

Ali, Khalid Taha Elsayed
Dr. Osama Mohammed Elmardi Suleiman Khayal was born in Atbara, Sudan in 1966. He received a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from Sudan University of Science and Technology, College of Engineering in 1998, and a master degree in solid mechanics from Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan in 2003, and a PhD in structural engineering in 2017.