Solar Installation Technology pdf notes KNEC

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Table of Contents

• Solar energy
• Energy from the Sun
• Early solar energy commercial adaption
• Applications of solar technology
• Architecture and urban planning
• Agriculture and horticulture
• Transport and reconnaissance
• Solar thermal
• Photovoltaics
• Photovoltaic power systems
• Concentrated solar power
• Parabolic trough
• Compact Linear Fresnel Reflectors
• Stirling solar dish
• Solar power tower
• Converting Sunlight into Electricity
• Energy and environmental issues
• Photosynthesis and biomass
• Photosynthetic efficiency
• Biomass wastes and their conversion
• Fuel production via microalgal CO2 fixation
• General problems associated with biomas
• Biomass conversion of solar energy
• Solar chemical
• Direct indirect UV radiation
• Insolation
• Absorption and reflection
• Projection effect
• Earth’s insolation
• The Solar Cell
• Solar Energy Conversion Technology Assessment
• Solar Radiation
• Potential of Solar Energy
• Progress in photovoltaic cell efficiencies
• Environmental Aspects of Solar Energy
• Solar technologies
• Photon-to-Electric Energy Conversion
• Photo-electrochemical cells
• Photon absorption and carrier generation
• Charge transfer and separation
• Charge transport
• Technological challenges
• Photon-to-Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion
• Parabolic troughs
• Power towers
• Dish-engine systems
• Solar chimneys
• Photon-to-Chemical Energy Conversion
• Photo-(electro)-chemical water splitting
• Thermal and thermochemical processes
• Hybrid Solar Lighting
• Principles of Operation
• Advantages of Hybrid Solar Lighting
• Cost Considerations
• New Developments in Hybrid Solar Lighting Technology
• The Solar Energy Operation
• Principle of Operation of Solar Energy
• Governing principles of Solar Energy
• Solar Irradiance
• Solar Constant
• Solar Window
• Solar Spectrum
• Ultraviolet, Visible and Infrared Radiations
• Solar Insolation
• Average Daily Solar Radiation
• Peak Sun Hours
• Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) data
• Direct and Diffuse Solar Radiation
• Advantages and Limitations of Solar Energy
• Advantages of Solar Energy
• Limitations of Solar Energy
• Solar Receiver Technologies
• Solar Photovoltaic Technologies
• Crystalline Technology
• Solar Thermal Technologies
• Applications of Solar Energy
• Solar Thermal Applications
• Solar Cell Resource Assessment
• Factors to be considered in Solar System
  i. Solar Radiation
  ii. Atmospheric effect on Solar Radiation
  iii. Air Mass
  iv. Daily and Seasonal Temperature Variations
• Solar PV Systems
• Physical Parameters affecting a PV system
• System of Solar PV Systems
• Solar Array
• Resource Measurement Assessment
• Other Measurement Tools
• Solar Radiation Databases
• Photovoltaic Cell Circuit and Device Parameters
• Reverse Bias I-V Measurements