Provides a survey of solar geometry and meteorological data, the optics of various kinds of solar collectors, the mechanics of heat transfer, and private elements of system deign, optimization, and economic analysis. Also discussed are testing, methods and materials, and tracking and nontracking collectors.

1. Survey of Solar Equipment and Applications 2. Solar Geometry 3. Insolation Data and Models 4. Collector Efficiency and Collector Testing 5. Fundamentals of Optics for Solar Collectors 6. Optics of Nontracking Collectors 7. Tracking Concentrator Types 8. Optical Analysis and Optimization of Parabolic Reflectors 9. Heat Transfer in Solar Collectors 10. Heat Transfer Factors 11. System Models 12. Applications 13. Practical Considerations 14. Economic Analysis 15. System Optimization Appendix A. Nomenclature Appendix B. Units Appendix C. Properties of Materials Appendix D. Meteorological Data Appendix E. Circumsolar Data Index

Ari Rabl