A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems: With Special Focus on Photovoltaic Systems - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128114797 ISBN 13: 9780128114797

Publisher: Academic Press, 2018

Synopsis

A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Energy Systems: With Special Focus on Photovoltaic Systems, the most advanced and research focused text on all aspects of solar energy engineering, is a must have edition on the present state of solar technology, integration and worldwide distribution. In addition, the book provides a high-level assessment of the growth trends in photovoltaics and how investment, planning and economic infrastructure can support those innovations. Each chapter includes a research overview with a detailed analysis and new case studies that look at how recent research developments can be applied. Written by some of the most forward-thinking professionals, this book is an invaluable reference for engineers.

• Contains analysis of the latest high-level research and explores real world application potential in relation to developments
• Uses system international (SI) units and imperial units throughout to appeal to global engineers
• Offers measurable data written by a world expert in the field on the latest developments in this fast moving and vital subject

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About the Author

Trevor M. Letcher is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a past Director of the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics and his research involves the thermodynamics of liquid mixtures and energy from landfill. He was awarded the South African Chemical Institute’s Gold medal in 1999 and in 2000 he was awarded the South African Gold medal by the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. He has published over 250 papers in peer review journals and has edited, co-edited and written eleven books in his research and related fields. His latest books include Unraveling Environmental Disasters (2012), Materials for a Sustainable Future (2012), Waste (2011), Heat Capacities (2010), Climate Change (2009) and Future Energy (2008).

Director, Center for Life Cycle Analysis
Professor, Earth and Environmental Engineering
Columbia University

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0128114797
• ISBN 13: 9780128114797
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 540
• Editor: Letcher Trevor, Fthenakis Vasilis M.