Solar Energy Engineering

Graduate

Introduction (history, types, and parts of solar energy collection systems), the solar resource (solar time, angles, shadows, measuring and estimating irradiation), solar thermal collectors (construction, thermal analysis, testing, performance), applications of solar thermal systems (water heating, space heating, industrial applications), photovoltaic system components and sizing, economic analysis. (3 lecture hour/week) (Cross-listed with MECH-8660) (Anti-requisites: ENVE-8990 (27), MECH-8290 (14).