Renewable-Energy-Driven Future

Technologies, Modelling, Applications, Sustainability and Policies

Jingzheng Ren

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780128205402
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Power Resources
• Index: Technology & Engineering

In order to promote the sustainable development of renewable energy and renewable-energy-driven technologies, Renewable-Energy-Driven Future: Technologies, Modelling, Applications, Sustainability and Policies provides a comprehensive view of the advanced renewable technologies and the benefits of utilizing renewable energy sources.Discussing the ways for promoting the sustainable development of renewable energy from the perspectives of technology, modelling, application, sustainability and policy, this book includes the advanced renewable-energy-driven technologies, the models for renewable energy planning and integration, the innovative applications of renewable energy sources, decision-support tools for sustainability assessment and ranking of renewable energy systems, and the regulations and policies of renewable energy.This book can benefit the researchers and experts of renewable energy by helping them to have a holistic view of renewable energy. It can also benefit the policymakers and decision-makers by helping them to make informed decisions.

• Presents the advanced renewable-energy-driven technologies and the innovative applications of renewable energy sources
• Develops the models for the efficient use of renewable energy, decision-making and the investigation of its climate and economic benefits
• Investigates the sustainability of renewable energy systems
• Features the regulations and policies of renewable energy

Part I

Technologies

Outline

• Chapter 1 Solar energy technologies: principles and applications
• Chapter 2 Bioenergy for better sustainability: technologies, challenges and prospect
• Chapter 3 Organic Rankine cycle driven by geothermal heat source: life cycle techno-economic–environmental analysis
• Chapter 4 Renewable energy based trigeneration systems—technologies, challenges and opportunities
• Chapter 5 Integrated power transmission and distribution systems

Chapter 1

Solar energy technologies: principles and applications

D. Sakthivadivel¹, K. Balaji¹, D. Dsilva Winfred Rufuss¹, S. Iniyan² and L. Suganthi², ¹1Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, ²2College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

In the past, attention has been created to use solar energy due to increased environmental pollution. Solar energy utilization through photovoltaic (PV) and thermal technologies is required to replace the conventional use of fossil fuels across the globe. Different types of solar PV (SPV) technologies utilizing the photons as input are driving the life of people. On the other hand, utilizing the solar heat for various applications is categorized as the solar thermal application which includes desalination, heating, cooling, cooking and power generation. Hence the objective of this work is to discuss the fundamentals, recent advancements and applications of different solar utilization technologies. The chapter is categorized into two major sections namely solar PV techniques and solar thermal techniques. In the first section SPV techniques, the principle, operation and recent advancements in the SPV system have been covered. In the second section solar thermal techniques, the principle, construction, working mechanism and current state of the art in recent research on solar collectors, solar cooling techniques, solar pond, solar cooking techniques and solar desalination have been addressed.

Keywords

PV technologies; solar collectors; solar cooling technologies; solar pond; solar cooking; solar desalination

Chapter Outline

Outline

• 1.1 Introduction 3
• 1.2 Photovoltaic technologies 5
  • 1.2.1 Solar photovoltaic principles 6
  • 1.2.2 Recent advancements in solar photovoltaic technologies 11
  • 1.2.3 Applications of solar cells 18
• 1.3 Solar thermal collectors 18
  • 1.3.1 Stationary collectors 20
  • 1.3.2 Tracking concentrating collectors 21
• 1.4 Solar cooling technologies 23
  • 1.4.1 Solar photovoltaic powered cooling system 25
  • 1.4.2 Solar thermal powered cooling system 28
• 1.5 Solar pond 32
• 1.6 Solar cooking 33
• 1.7 Solar desalination 34
  • 1.7.1 Indirect type desalination 34
  • 1.7.2 Direct type desalination 37
• Nomenclature 38
• References 39

1.1 Introduction

The Sun is the primary source of sustenance for all living and nonliving things on this planet earth. Solar energy is the solitary renewable energy source with immense potential of yearly global insolation at 5600 ZJ [1], as compared to other sources such as biomass and wind. The Sun is a large, radiant spherical unit of hot gas which is composed of hydrogen (~70%), helium (~28%) and rema...

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of Contributors
• Part I: Technologies
• Part II: Modelling
• Part III: Applications
• Part IV: Sustainability
• Part V: Policy
• Index