Your Solar Energy Home
Including Wind and Methane Applications
- 1 Edición - 1 de enero de 1979
- Última edición
- Autor: Derek Howell
- Idioma: Inglés
Your Solar Energy Home: Including Wind and Methane Applications considers the worldwide domestic use of solar energy. This book is divided into 18 chapters that also cover the… Leer más
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Chapter 1: Solar Energy in the U.S.
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Chapter 2: Solar Energy in the U.K. and Europe
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Chapter 3: Solar Energy in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada
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Australia (Lat. 11° to 39° South)
New Zealand (Lat. 35° to 47° South)
South Africa (Lat. 22° to 35° South)
Canada (Lat. 42° in E. and 40° in W. up to Arctic)
Chapter 4: How to Collect Solar Energy
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Notes
Chapter 5: How to Store Solar Energy
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Chapter 6: Combined Collector-Stores - Passive Systems
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Chapter 7: How to Use Solar Energy
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Chapter 8: The Sun’s Contribution
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Chapter 9: Producing a Solar Collector
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Flat Plate or Concentrating Collector? Flat plate chosen.
Open Plate or Greenhouse? (glass covered) Greenhouse chosen
Liquid or Air-filled? Both used
Integral Storage? No storage in the collector
Single or Double Glazing? Single chosen
Open or Closed Waterways? Closed chosen
Purchased or Self Constructed Plate? Both discussed
Construction Notes
Notes
Notes
Chapter 10: Solar Heated Domestic Water - 5 Schemes
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Chapter 11: Solar Heating - 4 Simple Schemes
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Chapter 12: Heat and Hot Water Schemes
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Chapter 13: Thomason, Home Heating and Hot Water
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Chapter 14: A Backyard Solar Furnace
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Chapter 15: Wind and Water Power Schemes
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Chapter 16: Production and Use of Methane Gas
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Chapter 17: The Economics of Solar Energy
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A Example
B Example
C Example
Chapter 18: Future Developments of Solar Energy
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Directory
Index
Detalles del producto
Detalles del producto
- Edición: 1
- Última edición
- Publicado: 1 de enero de 1979
- Idioma: Inglés