Description
Advances in Solar Heating and Cooling presents new information on the growing concerns about climate change, the security of energy supplies, and the ongoing interest in replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.The amount of energy used for heating and cooling is very significant, estimated, for example, as half of final energy consumption in Europe. Solar thermal installations have the potential to meet a large proportion of the heating and cooling needs of both buildings and industry and the number of solar thermal installations is increasing rapidly. This book provides an authoritative review of the latest research in solar heating and cooling technologies and applications.- Provides researchers in academia and industry with an authoritative overview of heating and cooling for buildings and industry in one convenient volume- Part III, 'Solar cooling technologies' is contributed by authors from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which is a world-leader in this area- Covers advanced applications from zero-energy buildings, through industrial process heat to district heating and cooling
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction1. Introduction to solar heating and cooling systems2. Resource assessment and site selection for solar heating and cooling systems3. Energy efficiency and environmental impact of solar heating and cooling systemsPart II: Solar heating systems4. Non-tracking solar collection technologies for solar heating and cooling systems5. Tracking solar collection technologies for solar heating and cooling systems6. Passive solar space heating7. Innovations in passive solar water heating systems8. Active solar space heating9. Active solar water heating systemsPart III: Solar cooling technologies10. PV powered solar cooling systems11. Solar powered absorption cooling systems12. Solar powered adsorption cooling systems13. Solar powered desiccant cooling systems14. Other types of solar powered cooling systemsPart IV: Heat storage for solar heating and cooling applications15. Sensible heat storage for solar heating and cooling systems16. Latent heat storage for solar heating and cooling systems17. Chemisorption heat storage for solar low-energy buildingsPart V: Advanced applications of solar heating and cooling systems18. Thermochemical heat storage for solar heating and cooling systems19. Combined photovoltaic/thermal technology for building applications20. Future trends for solar energy use in nearly zero energy buildings
