Solar Energy Conversion Systems in the Built Environment, 1st ed. 2020 Green Energy and Technology Series
This book focuses on solar energy conversion systems that can be implemented in the built environment, at building or at community level. The quest for developing a sustainable built environment asks for specific solutions to provide clean energy based on renewable sources, and solar energy is considered one of the cleanest available energy on Earth. The specific issues raised by the implementation location are discussed, including the climatic profile distorted by the buildings, the available surface on the buildings for implementation, etc. This book also discusses the seasonal and diurnal variability of the solar energy resource in parallel with the variability of the electrical and thermal energy demand in the built environment (particularly focusing on the residential buildings). Solutions are proposed to match these variabilities, including the development of energy mixes with other renewables (e.g. geothermal or biomass, for thermal energy production). Specific solutions, including case studies of systems implemented on buildings all over the world, are presented and analyzed for electrical and for thermal energy production and the main differences in the systems design are outlined. The conversion efficiency (thus the output) and the main causes of energy losses are considered in both cases. The architectural constraints are additionally considered and novel solar energy convertors with different shapes and colors are presented and discussed.
The durability of the solar energy conversion systems is analyzed considering the specific issues that occur when these systems are implemented in the built environment; based on practical examples, general conclusions are formulated and specific aspects are discussed in relation to experimental results and literature data.
With renewables implemented in the built environment likely to expand in the near future, this book represents welcome and timely material for all professionals and researchers that are aiming to provide efficient and feasible solutions for the sustainable built environment.
1. The built environment (70 pg.)
1.1. Building, built environment, community
1.2. Energy demand in the built environment
1.3. Meeting the energy demand in the built environment 1.4. The building sector. Indicators for buildings efficiency and sustainabilityReferences
2. Renewable energy sources and systems (110 pg)
2.1. Renewable energy sources: type, potential, assessment
2.1.1. Solar radiation
2.1.2. Geothermal
2.1.3 Biomass
2.2. Available renewable energy potential in the built environment
2.2.1. Solar radiation
2.2.2. Geothermal
2.2.3. Biomass
2.3. Renewable energy systems
2.3.1. Photovoltaic systems
2.3.2. Solar-thermal systems
2.3.3. Geothermal systems 2.3.4. Biomass systemsReferences
3. Increasing the solar share in electricity production in the built environment (85 pg.)
3.1. Building integrated photovoltaic systems
3.2. Design of photovoltaic systems
3.3. Increasing the electric output of photovoltaic systems by using solar tracking systems 3.4. PV integration in communitiesReferences
4. Increasing the solar share for heating, cooling and DHW in the built environment (100 pg.)
4.1. Thermal energy demand at building level
4.2. Solar-thermal systems in buildings
4.3. Design of solar-thermal systems integrated in the built environment 4.4. Increasing the thermal output and durability of solar-thermal systems 4.5. Increasing the share of solar energy in meeting the thermal energy demand of a building 4.6. Renewable energy mixes based on solar energy in nearly zero energy buildings (nZEB) 4.6.1. Solar-thermal – heat pumps 4.6.2. Solar-thermal – heat pumps – photovoltaics 4.6.3. Solar-thermal – biomassReferences
5. PVT systems (20 pg.)
5.1. PVT modules
5.2. PVT output 5.3. PVT systems in the built environmentReferences
6. Sustainable communities (40 pg.)
6.1. Nearly Zero Energy Communities (nZEC): concept, definitions6.2. Energy for nZEC: Steps in implementing renewable energy systems in nZEB and in nZEC
6.3. Operation and energy management
6.4. Case studies6.5. Emergent trends in using solar energy at community level
References
The RESREC Centre was and is the nucleus of a coherent activity, both in education and in research. The group of authors represents the core that supported the development of an integrated training line that offers study programs to students at B.Sc. level (Engineering of Renewable Energy Systems, Environmental Engineering for Industrial Processes and Wastes Recycling Engineering), at M.Sc. level (Product Design for Sustainable Development and Environment Protection) and at Ph. D. level (in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering). These study programs were developed mainly through European cooperation grants and activities as the CDA project Solar Energy: Technology and Management (1999-2002). To extend the use of this newly developed knowledge and training line, various adults training projects supported the development of specialized courses for teachers (Comenius 2.1. projects: SEE EU Tool, CO: Prof. Ion VISA and CHEMINC, CO: Prof. Anca DUTA) and for different professionals (e.g. the Leonardo da Vinci project: RES&EM ICT Tools, CO: Prof. Ion VISA).
The team in the RESREC
Provides insight into the influence of the built environment on the available solar energy in the implementation location
Presents the specific requirements on solar energy conversion systems (photovoltaic and solar-thermal systems) implemented in the built environment
Proposes solutions to increase the conversion efficiency and to mitigate the losses
Discusses the main problems to be solved: solar energy conversion, the energy storage, the durability of the systems
Date de parution : 01-2021
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Date de parution : 01-2020
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