Energy Science And Technology, Solar Engineering-I (Applications)

by Ram Prasad, Sri Sivakumar

Overview

The earth surface receives more energy from sunlight in just one hour than the total energy utilized by mankind in entire year. The fossil-fuel based energy resources combined with all but solar renewable energy resources are de facto undersized before solar energy resource. Solar energy has served mankind since ages by providing heat for cooking and heating, wind for transportation on rivers and seas and power for grinding or pumping water. Solar energy utilization does not release any pollutants related to energy raw materials and is free of any charge. The volume 5 has a fine collection of articles to help the readers catch up with the latest developments made in the field of solar engineering. The temptation in compiling and finalizing this volume was to concentrate on solar engineering applications rather than the fundamentals of solar engineering given otherwise in most text books on renewable energy. The topics covered in this volume include: o Classification of solar radiation estimation techniques o Some solar energy technologies and applications o Parabolic trough solar technology o Thermal analysis of solar pond and solar still o Systems and materials for thermal storage of solar energy o Review of materials used in various solar thermal appliances o Review of mature solar thermal power stations o Techno economic assessment of integrated solar combined cycle power plants o Solar updraft power plants o Exchange of energy between the sun and outer space o Sunspaces (passive solar systems) o Thermo-fluid dynamic behavior of a district heating system in Brazil o Hybrid liquid desiccant air conditioning systems in survey o Heat transfer modelling of planetary rotary coolers o Ecological criteria for optimization of solar architecture The volume 5 contains 15 chapters from 35 researchers and/or academicians representing 13 nations, namely Algeria, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, France, India, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Romania, Serbia and Spain giving an overview of the various research activities being carried out in different parts of the world in the field of Solar Engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626991743
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	472
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Ram Prasad graduated in Chemical Engineering from University of Roorkee (now Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) in 1978 and obtained M. Tech. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He completed a three month special post graduate training course in Petroleum Refining Technology at Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. After serving for about three years in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Refineries Division), Ram Prasad joined Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur in 1983 where he is presently working as Associate Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering Department. He has guided 7 Ph.D. and 18 M.Tech. thesis. He has contributed in Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Handbook of Piping Design and National/International journals as well as conferences. Ram Prasad has authored 4 chemical engineering books widely popular among chemical engineering students all across India and South-east Asia. He is a Member of The Institution of Engineers (India) and Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Solar Energy Society of India and Oil Technologists’ Association of India. His research interests include solar energy storage, triglycerides-based diesel fuels, rheological behaviours of petroleum products and fatty acid methyl esters, separation of azeotropic mixtures by extractive distillation and diffusion distillation and vapour-liquid equilibria. Currently, he is working on synthesis and characterization of biofuels and biolubricants. Ram Prasad can be contacted at [e-mail].



Sri Sivakumar has done B. Sc (Chemistry) from Manomaniam Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu in 1993 followed by B.Sc. (Tech) and M.Sc. (Tech)in Chemical Technology from University of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in 1997 and 2001, respectively. Sri Sivakumar obtained his Ph.D. from University of Victoria, Canada in 2006. He was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Melbourne, Australia from 2006 to 2008. Sri Sivakumar joined Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in November 2008 where he is presently working as Associate Professor. He has also worked in industry for two years after his B.Sc. (Tech). His research areas include development of multifunctional nanomaterials such as lanthanide nanoparticles, polymer/carbon capsules, semiconductor nanoparticles, metal clusters, etc. for applications such as solid-state lightings, catalytic reactions, solar hydrogen generation, fuel cells, particular drug delivery and bio-imaging. Sri Sivakumar has guided 1 Ph.D and 17 M.Tech. theses till now. Currently 14 Ph.D. research scholars and 7 M. Tech students are involved in various research activities in his laboratory. He has 25 research publications in international peer reviewed journals. Sri Sivakumar can be contacted at [e-mail].