Course duration: 39 hours

Lecturer: Taousanidis Nikolaos

Course Description:

This course focuses upon the analysis and design of solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems.

  1. Solar energy and solar geometry.
  2. Thermal conversion of solar energy.
  3. Flat plate collectors.
  4. Energy balance and solar collector efficiency.
  5. Storage of solar thermal energy.
  6. Calculation of thermal loads.
  7. The f-chart method
  8. The Φ-f chart method.
  9. Photovoltaic conversion of solar energy.
  10. Photovoltaic systems.

References:

  1. J. Duffie & W.A. Beckman, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 4th Edition, 936 pages, May 2013, ISBN: 978-0-470-87366-3, John Wiley & Sons
  2. G. N. Tiwari, Solar Energy: Fundamentals, Design, Modelling and Applications, Revised Edition, May 22, 2002, 525 Pages, ISBN 9780849324093, CRC Press
  3. Konrad Mertens, Photovoltaics: Fundamentals, Technology and Practice, ISBN:  978-1-118-63416-5, 294 pages, February 2014, John Wiley & Sons
  4. Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering, 2nd Edition, Antonio Luque (Editor), Steven Hegedus (Co-Editor), ISBN: 978-0-470-72169-8, 1162 pages, December 2010, John Wiley & Sons