Electromagnetic Foundations of Solar Radiation Collection A Technology for Sustainability /

• Main Author: Sangster, Alan J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy harvesting.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Electric power production.; Power electronics.; Energy Harvesting.; Energy Technology.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Optics and Electrodynamics.

This text seeks to illuminate, mainly for the electrical power engineers of the future, the topic of large scale solar flux gathering schemes, which arguably represent the major source of renewable power available. The aim of the content is to impart, from an electromagnetic perspective, a deep and...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Energy from Ancient and Modern Sunshine
• chapter 2 Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
• chapter 3 Classical Radiation Theory
• chapter 4 Aperture Antennas for Solar Systems
• chapter 5 Array Antennas for Solar Systems
• chapter 6 Solar Radiation and Scattering: Waves or Particles?
• chapter 7 Solar Photovoltaics
• chapter 8 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
• chapter 9 Solar Power Satellites (SPS)
• chapter 10 Optical Antennas (Nantennas).