Renewable heating and cooling : technologies and applications /
Renewable Heating and Cooling: Technologies and Applications presents the latest information on the generation of heat for industry and domestic purposes, an area where a significant proportion of total energy is consumed. In Europe, this figure is estimated to be almost 50%, with the majority of he...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2016
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| Series: | Woodhead Publishing in energy ;
no. 89. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Related titles; Renewable Heating and Cooling; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy; 1
- Introduction to renewable heating and cooling; References; One
- Key technologies for renewable heating and cooling and their applications; 2
- Solar thermal technologies for domestic hot water preparation and space heating; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Potentials and market development; 2.2.1 Potentials for solar thermal energy use; 2.2.2 International market development; 2.2.3 Solar thermal versus PV applications.
- 2.3 Components of solar thermal collector systems2.3.1 Collectors; 2.3.2 Collector field hydraulics; 2.3.3 Collector fluid; 2.3.4 Stagnation of solar thermal collectors and drain-back systems; 2.3.5 Heat storage; 2.3.6 Elements and control of the collector loop; 2.3.7 Building integration of solar thermal collectors; 2.4 Solar thermal systems; 2.4.1 Thermosiphon systems; 2.4.2 Pumped domestic hot water systems; 2.4.3 Pumped solar combisystems; 2.5 Research and development needs and future trends in technological development, markets, and applications; 2.6 Conclusions; References.
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- Solar thermal process heat (SPH) generation3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Potential; 3.2.1 Germany; 3.2.2 European Union; 3.2.3 Worldwide; 3.3 Market deployment; 3.4 Suitable applications and framework conditions; 3.5 Solar thermal technologies for process heating; 3.5.1 Process heat collectors; 3.5.1.1 Air collectors; 3.5.1.2 Improved stationary collectors; 3.5.1.3 Parabolic trough collectors; 3.5.1.4 Linear concentrating Fresnel collectors; 3.5.1.5 Parabolic dish collectors; 3.5.1.6 Heliostats with central receiver; 3.5.2 Storage; 3.5.3 Integration of solar heat; 3.6 Examples; 3.6.1 Brewing.
- 3.6.2 Surface treatment3.6.3 Drying; 3.6.4 Mining; 3.7 Future trends and research and development needs; Sources of further information; References; 4
- Deep geothermal energy for heating and cooling; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Geothermal resource classification; 4.1.2 Utilization of deep fluids; 4.2 Direct heat utilization technologies; 4.2.1 Subsurface installations (well, submersible pumps); 4.2.2 Utilization; 4.3 Resource assessment and economics; 4.3.1 Exploration technologies; 4.3.2 Geothermal costs; 4.3.3 Risk management; 4.4 Case history of major district heating.
- 4.4.1 Paris (France), a very large and long-lasting application4.4.2 Ferrara (Italy): integration from different sources; 4.4.3 Direct heat utilizations in Tuscany (Italy) from high enthalpy geothermal steam; 4.4.4 Example number 5: Beijing (China): cascade applications; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5
- Shallow geothermal and ambient heat technologies for renewable heating; 5.1 Introduction-ambient heat and renewable energy; 5.2 Technology overview; 5.2.1 The basic thermodynamic principle of a heat pump and the factors affecting efficiency and SPF.
