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ME 567 Solar Energy Technology, Fall09 (1) Sections: 001

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567 Solar Energy Technology. (Crosslisted with ChE 567.) I; 3 cr (A). Radiant energy transfer and its application to solar exchangers; energy balances for solar exchangers, review of theory, economics, and practice of solar energy applications. P: ME 364 or ChE 326 or cons inst. Beckman, Klein, Mitchell.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Conservation of mass, momentum and energy
Ordinary differential equations
Numerical methods (Integration, matrix methods)
Basic course in heat transfer

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Duffie and Beckman, Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes, 2nd Ed.

Course objectives

To give students experience in the design of solar energy systems.

Topics covered

Collector and storage energy balances, Systems. (3 classes)
Definitions, Angles. (1 class)
Extraterrestrial radiation. (1 class)
Solar radiation data, Processing and radiation on tilted surfaces. (3 classes)
Flat-plate collectors. (5 classes)
Utilizability. (2 classes)
Economics - Basics. (2 classes)
Life cycle cost/savings. (2 classes)
Space and water heating. (2 classes)
IPH, Cooling. (1 class)
F-Charts. (2 classes)
Passive design SLR/SSF and UU methods. (2 classes)
Collector and systems. (4 classes)
Non-imaging and imaging concentrators. (2 classes)
Air heating systems. (2 classes)
Solar power systems. (2 classes)
Evaporative processes. (1 class)
Design project (4 classes scattered through semester)
Tests (2 classes)

Person(s) who prepared this description

William A. Beckman

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