The teaching schedule outlines the topics and periods allocated for the course MEE7630 Solar Thermal Energy. The course will cover solar radiation fundamentals, measurement and estimation methods, flat plate and concentrating solar collectors, solar water and air heating systems, solar energy storage, and applications of solar thermal energy such as heating, cooling, and power generation. A total of 38 periods are dedicated across these topics with the most periods allocated to performance analysis of air heaters, thermal analysis of solar stills, testing procedures for solar cookers, and analysis of liquid thermal storage tanks.
The teaching schedule outlines the topics and periods allocated for the course MEE7630 Solar Thermal Energy. The course will cover solar radiation fundamentals, measurement and estimation methods, flat plate and concentrating solar collectors, solar water and air heating systems, solar energy storage, and applications of solar thermal energy such as heating, cooling, and power generation. A total of 38 periods are dedicated across these topics with the most periods allocated to performance analysis of air heaters, thermal analysis of solar stills, testing procedures for solar cookers, and analysis of liquid thermal storage tanks.
The teaching schedule outlines the topics and periods allocated for the course MEE7630 Solar Thermal Energy. The course will cover solar radiation fundamentals, measurement and estimation methods, flat plate and concentrating solar collectors, solar water and air heating systems, solar energy storage, and applications of solar thermal energy such as heating, cooling, and power generation. A total of 38 periods are dedicated across these topics with the most periods allocated to performance analysis of air heaters, thermal analysis of solar stills, testing procedures for solar cookers, and analysis of liquid thermal storage tanks.
The teaching schedule outlines the topics and periods allocated for the course MEE7630 Solar Thermal Energy. The course will cover solar radiation fundamentals, measurement and estimation methods, flat plate and concentrating solar collectors, solar water and air heating systems, solar energy storage, and applications of solar thermal energy such as heating, cooling, and power generation. A total of 38 periods are dedicated across these topics with the most periods allocated to performance analysis of air heaters, thermal analysis of solar stills, testing procedures for solar cookers, and analysis of liquid thermal storage tanks.
Solar Radiation: Extraterrestrial and terrestrial solar radiation 1 Solar Time, Solar radiation geometry 2 Radiation on inclined surface, Solar radiation data 2 Measurement of solar radiation 2 Empirical Equations for estimation of solar radiation 2 Flat plate collectors; components and materials, Basic energy balance equation 2 Transmissivity of the cover system, Transmissivity-absorptivity product 1 Overall loss coefficient and heat transfer correlations 2 Useful energy collection in liquid flat plate collector, collector efficiency factor 2 Collector heat removal factor, efficiency of flat plate collector 1 Effect of various parameters on performance of plat plate collectors, selective coatings 1 Testing procedure of liquid flat plate collectors 1 Solar air hater; types and applications 1 Performance analysis of conventional air heaters 3 Concentrating collectors; types and applications 3 Solar water heating systems 1 Solar distillation, Thermal analysis of solar still 3 Solar cookers, Testing procedure of solar cooker 3 Solar thermal energy storage; types, analysis of liquid storage tank 3 Solar pond 2 Solar thermal power generation 2 Active and passive heating & cooling of buildings 2 Solar refrigeration 2