Advances in Solar Heating and Cooling

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 volumePart III, ‘Solar cooling technologies’ is contributed by authors from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, which is a world-leader in this areaCovers advanced applications from zero-energy buildings, through industrial process heat to district heating and cooling

Part I: Introduction

1. Introduction to solar heating and cooling systems

2. Resource assessment and site selection for solar heating and cooling systems

3. Energy efficiency and environmental impact of solar heating and cooling systems

Part II: Solar heating systems

4. Non-tracking solar collection technologies for solar heating and cooling systems

5. Tracking solar collection technologies for solar heating and cooling systems

6. Passive solar space heating

7. Innovations in passive solar water heating systems

8. Active solar space heating

9. Active solar water heating systems

Part III: Solar cooling technologies

10. PV powered solar cooling systems

11. Solar powered absorption cooling systems

12. Solar powered adsorption cooling systems

13. Solar powered desiccant cooling systems

14. Other types of solar powered cooling systems

Part IV: Heat storage for solar heating and cooling applications

15. Sensible heat storage for solar heating and cooling systems

16. Latent heat storage for solar heating and cooling systems

17. Chemisorption heat storage for solar low-energy buildings

Part V: Advanced applications of solar heating and cooling systems

18. Thermochemical heat storage for solar heating and cooling systems

19. Combined photovoltaic/thermal technology for building applications

20. Future trends for solar energy use in nearly zero energy buildings