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How a solar-powered home works
\"Readers will learn why solar power is a technology to be invested in and also the limitations that still exist.\"-- Publisher's website.
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Thermal Performance Monitoring and Optimization in Nuclear Power Plants
Rising operating costs and increased competition have focused attention on the need to improve thermal performance in nuclear power plants (NPPs), to ensure efficient electricity generation. Efforts to improve thermal performance require a broad understanding of NPP design, operation, maintenance, ambient conditions, and thermal sciences. This publication provides various methodologies for tracking and trending NPP thermal performance. It describes the essential elements of a thermal performance programme, providing guidelines on the design of the balance of the plant systems for new build NPPs and improvements to an existing programme for operating NPPs.
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Solar power your home for dummies
Explains the fundamentals of solar power and other renewable energy sources, including estimating energy needs, selecting the right equipment, and maintaining the system once it is installed.
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DIY Solar Projects - Updated Edition
Learn how to make your own solar-powered appliances and additions to your home with the step-by-step instructions youll find inthis updated edition of DIY Solar Projects! Put the sun to work in your home with the new, expanded edition of the popular 2011 title DIY Solar Projects. Like the original, this edition offers small-scale, achievable solar projects that homeowners can build and install themselves. From cooking in solar ovens, to mounting solar panels on your roof, this book teaches how to take advantage of solar energy. Its all possible with relatively small investments and minimal DIY building experience.Youll learn how to make:Tool trailer with available AC-power (directly from the sun)Solar systems for marine craftsSolar-powered security lightSolar water heaterSolar hot-air collector window mountSolar lumber kilnSolar battery charging stationWith clear instructions, tips, and step-by-step color photos for each project, this book takes the intimidation out of DIY solar builds. For those with more ambitious solar power plans, this updated edition contains information on outfitting your home with solar electricity collection systems and integrating them into your primary power supply system. Excitement about home solar energy is exploding, and DIY Solar Projects: Updated Edition sheds light on how you can get involved immediately.This book also offers an extensive resource guide with links to tax-reducing, subsidy, and support programs on both a national and state-by-state level. With high energy costs and an environment that demands cleaner fuel sources, now is the time to introduce new, cost-saving solar projects into your home.
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Design of a modified natural egyptian solar house
The rate of increase in energy consumption and high costs in addition to the depletion of existing resources has a significant impact on our standard of living for next generations. In this case, the priority is to develop alternative cost-effective sources for powering the residential and non-residential buildings. This paper proposes and develops a design of a modified small two-story residential solar house for a medium-sized family located in Cairo, Egypt. This modified solar house meets almost all its energy demands including space heating by using solar air collector with a pebble storage unit in winter and a summer cooling system using wind catcher theory. Hot water is obtained throughout the day by using a steel sheltered water storage tank with a capacity of 1000 liter. Finally, the proposed heating system of the solar house is sized and modeled.
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Trends in vertical farm designs. Towards a biodynamic approach?
This paper provides an overview of the state of the art in vertical farming experiments that have explored alternative approaches to the prevailing model, which is currently oriented toward active control of nutrient solutions, microclimatic conditions, and lighting, and is often scarcely aware of urban relations. These experiments propose a natural approach as an alternative to the established model, emphasising the creation of elevated soils, closure of biological cycles, passive climate control, maximisation of natural lighting, and establishing relations with the surrounding context. This approach offers significant functional advantages over the prevailing model, including a reduction in overall environmental impacts and the rate of pathogens affecting plants.
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Active Air-Source Heat Storage and Release System for Solar Greenhouses: Design and Performance
The temperature difference between day and night in a solar greenhouse is large. Heat in a greenhouse is typically in excess during the day while the temperature is low and the humidity is high at night. This study designs and tests an active heat storage and release air-source heat-pump system with a thermally insulated water tank as the energy storage body. By comparing air temperature and humidity in a test greenhouse with a control greenhouse in typical weather conditions, the power consumption and performance of the system are evaluated. The results show that compared with the control greenhouse, the average daytime temperature of the test greenhouse is lowered by about 3 °C during the operation of the system in typical weather conditions. At night, the average temperature is increased by about 4 °C, and the relative humidity is decreased by about 20%. When optimized, the maximum coefficient of performance (COP) of the system can reach 4.32 in heat storage mode. The nighttime heat release from the energy storage tank accounts for 26.9% to 51.2% of the nighttime energy consumption, and the energy utilization efficiency is 59.6% to 497.0%. This study provides a new way to control environmental parameters in solar greenhouses.
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