Energy : the solar-hydrogen alternative. Solar energy : basic concepts.

Bockris, J. O'M.

1977

898
CIENA

0-470-08429-4

The amount of solar radiation stricking the earth. Population and living standard, supportable by solar energy. The uses of small-scale solar energy. Cooking; use for household heating. Household cooling;desalination. Prospects. Research and development in solar energy. Modes of collection of solar power. Photovoltaic;photogalvanic;phototermic;photosynthetic;ocean thermal gradients;wind. Some basic of photovoltaic couples. Principles;generations of carriers;types of photovoltaic junctions;diffusion to the boundary. What materials are sufficiently availabale for the massive conversion of solar energy?;suitability as a photovoltaic, and Egap;directions of fundamental research in silicon. Photoelectrochemical transformation of solar energy. Some basic of selective coatings. Principles; the attainment of the principle of selective coatings; materials problems of high temperature selective coatings; directions of research in selective coatings. Use of ocean thermal gradients. Temperature differences in the ocean;the machinery necessary; the efficiency of the solar sea power method;practical difficulties;comparative costs of solar sea power. Basics of photosynthetic couples. Benemann's work;possibilities of the photosynthesis of hydrogen. Basics of wind generators. Summary of schemes for solar energy conversion.

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GENERAL; ENERGIA SOLAR; ENERGIA DOMESTICA; RADIACION SOLAR;