| | |  | Renewable Energy | Home » » Applied Photovoltaics | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | A reliable, accessible and comprehensive guide for students of photovoltaic applications and renewable energy engineering. This thoroughly considered textbook from a group of leading influential and award-winning authors is brimming with information and is carefully designed to meet the needs of its readers. Along with exercises and references at the end of each chapter, the book features a set of detailed technical appendices that provide essential equations, data sources and standards. Starting from basics with 'The Characteristics of Sunlight' the reader is guided step-by-step through semiconductors and p-n junctions; the behaviour of solar cells; cell properties ad design; and PV cell interconnection and module fabrication. The book covers stand-alone photovoltaic systems; specific purpose photovoltaic systems; remote are power supply systems; and grid-connected photovoltaic systems. There is also a section on photovoltaic water pumping system components and design. Applied Photovolatics is well illustrated and readable with an abundance of diagrams and illustrations, and will provide the reader with all the information needed to start working with photovoltaics. | | | Product Details: | | | Paperback:
| 336 pages | | Publisher:
| Routledge | | Publication Date:
| December 01, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1844074013 | | Package Length:
| 9.53 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.02 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.46 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Reading with Good Illustrations of the TheoriesJul 07, 2009
By Glenn
"GG"
Prerequisites: Knowledge in Electricity and magnetism, Quantum Mechanics, optics and semiconductor physics. Math: Pre-calculus or preferably calculus. This book is definitely an upper division engineering reading. The theories of photovoltaics are explained quite well from the semiconductor level to applying it at this system level. The author quantifies the theories such that the designer can optimize and validate his or her work. The only drawback of this book, it did not give examples of calculations of the important equations and it was written mostly for Australia in mind. Although, the book did illustrate many pictures and graphs to help the user to get a relatively good feeling of the theories presented. This book is purely technical and does not discuss some of the other issues pertaining in connecting solar to the grid especially here in the USA. I gave the book 4 stars as it is excellent reading and gave relevant illustrations, however, it lacked sample calculations to better validate its theories.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Well organized and easy reading testbookJan 19, 2009
By Lee Chi Kit Curie
this book offer a complete view of Photovoltaics basics and principles. the content is well organized and easy to understand.
 Good book.Jul 28, 2011
By S.H.
I was looking for a textbook/reference on solar panels, not semiconductor physics of PN junction. This book was the closest thing.
This book contains a lot of information beyond semiconductor physics. Yes, it has a chapter on PN junctions/photodiodes, it explains just enough to understand how the cells work, and presents the important IV equations.
What I like about the book is that it gives lots of information on array sizing, construction of solar panels, and real issues about solar panels.
I recommend it as an intermediate textbook, or a reference.
0 of 25 found the following review helpful:
photovoltaics book purchase reviewApr 17, 2008
By Zhang
"Z"
The delievery of this book is good. I purchased 6 books online. It is the third or second one arrived. The quality is good, looks like a totally new book. In summary, the service of this bookshop is very good! Cheers!
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