| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| FIZ 443E |
Solar Energy Physics and Technology I |
English |
Elective |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
None |
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| Renewable energy sources and solar energy, sun and solar radiation outside the atmosphere, passage of
solar radiation through the atmosphere,terrestrial irradition, electromagnetic spectrum, absorption and
emission of radiation, Planck and Wien displacement law, Stefan-Boltzmann Formula, radiation
characteristics of opaque materials, Kirchoff law, reflection from surfaces, flat solar collectors, transparent
coatings. Reflection from interfaces. Transmission and absorption. Anti-reflecting coating. Absorbing
surfaces, selective surfaces, thermal analysis of collectors, collector energy losses, collector efficiency,
collector performance testing. |
|
