Chapter 6  Solar Energy:  Characteristics & Heating

Solar Physics Link


A.  Introduction

B.  Characteristics of Incident Solar Radiation

C.  History of Solar Heating

Early Twentieth-Century Egyptian Solar Power Plant

D.  Overview of Solar Heating Today

E.  Solar Domestic Hot Water 

F.  Passive Solar Space Heating Systems 

G.  Active Solar Space Heating Systems 

H.  Thermal Energy Storage 

I.  Summary