Solar thermal applications

Preface.- Sponsors.- Solar Radiation Measurement and Modelling.- 1. Solar Radiation, its Measurement and Application in Solar Energy Utilization Programme.- 2. A Program in Basic for Calculating Solar Radiation in Tropical Climates on Small Computers.- Solar Energy Collectors.- 3. Principles of solar thermal conversion.- 4. Solar Concentrators.- 5. Stationary Asymmetric Concentrators.- 6. Thermal analysis of Compound Parabolic Concentrating Solar Energy Collectors.- 7. Physics of Solar Ponds.- 8. Operating Experience with solar ponds in Tropics.- 9. Testing of Liquid Collectors.- Solar Passive Heating and Cooling.- 10. Passive heating and cooling concepts.- 11. Energy Conscious Building Design.- 12. Field Studies on Solar Passive Buildings in India.- 13. Monitoring and Modeling of Passive Solar Buildings.- Solar Refrigeration and Airconditioning.- 14. Solar Energy Cooling in Buildings.- 15. A Village size Solar Refrigerator.- 16. Solar Cooling for Cold Storage Applications using Solid desiccants and Adsorbents.- Solar Drying.- 17. Solar Crop drying.- 18. Passive Autarkic Solar Drying Techniques.- Other Thermal Applications.- 19. Solar Thermal Applications.- 20. Solar Cookers.- 21. Solar Desalination Techniques.- 22. Thermodynamic Analysis of a Direct Expansion Solar Assisted Heat Pump.- 23. Instrumentation in Solar Energy Applications.- Author Index.