Solar heating and cooling: engineering, practical design, and economics

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 UTC 1975

OSTI ID:7269579

Kreider, J F; Kreith, F

The available knowledge of the use and economics of solar energy is presented in this book, which emphasizes heating and cooling methods that will be economically feasible in the near term. To accomodate engineers as well as architects and builders, a dual method of presentation is used; results of analysis are presented in analytical (equation) form and in graphical or tabular form. The book is organized into five chapters: 1) Introduction: Why Solar Energy, which contains information on solar and conventional energy-use concepts and requirements; 2) Fundamentals of Heat Transfer, with sections on characteristics of solar radiation; 3) Methods of Solar-Energy Collection and Use, describing practical and efficient methods of collecting solar energy; 4) Solar Heating of Buildings; and 5) Solar Cooling of Buildings. The last two chapters describe quantitatively practical solar heating and cooling systems, including an analysis of their economics. Appendixes contain extensive tables of reference data, (e.g., heat-transfer properties of materials, geographical and seasonal variation of sunshine and climate in the U.S., and economic amortization schedules); information on the legal aspects of solar energy use; and several typical solar-heated building designs. (25 references) (BYB)

• Research Organization: University of Colorado; Environmental Consulting Services Inc., Boulder, CO
• OSTI ID: 7269579
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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