Advances in Solar Energy - An Annual Review of Research and Development, Volume 1 * 1982 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985)

The field of solar energy conversion has become an important discipline with a recognized potential to significantly contribute to the world supply of energy. It is diversified and encompasses a wide variety of disciplines - from mechanical engineering to physics, from biology to architecture, from ocean science to agriculture, from chemistry to atmospheric science, to name some of the major fields. It involves fields which have matured to the engineering aspects, such as the conversion of solar energy into heat or of wind into shaft work. It includes other fields in which more basic science research is necessary to unravel the micro-structures of nature, as, for example, for photovoltaic conversion or for certain bioengineering tasks. Several of these fields have elements which have been common knowledge for centuries but sometimes forgotten at times of cheap energy supplies, while others have barely started with first studies. Most of the fields have seen during the last decade a substantial advance in sophistication, in theoretical understanding, in demonstrated feasibility, in developing hardware, in field testing, with some moving into a phase of initial commercialization.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2012
First published:	1983
Editors:	Karl W. Boer
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	311
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
ISBN-13:	978-1-4684-8994-1
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Energy technology & engineering > Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology
LSN:	1-4684-8994-1
Barcode:	9781468489941

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