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Includes index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed September 1, 2016). |
| Contents |
Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Photovoltaics for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Type of Natural Disasters; 1.3 Electrical Power System/Grid; 1.4 Causes of Power Outages; 1.5 Energy Needs in the Aftermath of Disasters; 1.6 Energy Needs in Remote and Off-Grid Areas; 1.7 Energy Need of Remote Areas in Developed Countries; 1.8 Energy Need of Remote Areas in the Developing Countries; 1.9 Photovoltaics for Disasters Reliefand Remote Areas; 1.10 Photovoltaics Around the World. |
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1.11 Growth and Forecast of Photovoltaic MarketsBibliography; Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Standalone Photovoltaic Systems; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Types of Standalone PV Systems; 2.3 Types of Battery Storage Standalone PV Systems; 2.4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Standalone PV Systems; 2.5 Applications of Standalone PV Systems; 2.6 Components of Standalone PV System; 2.7 Sizing Methodologies of Standalone PV Systems; 2.8 Modeling and Simulation of PV Systems and Software Tools; Bibliography; Chapter 3. Mobile Photovoltaic Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas; Abstract. |
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3.1 Introduction3.2 Solar-Powered Mobile Trailers; 3.3 Examples of Mobile PV Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas; 3.4 Case Study for Solar Cars; 3.5 Case Study of Solar-Powered Airplane; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Portable Standalone PV Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Features of Portable Solar Systems; 4.3 Types of Portable PV Systems; 4.4 Case Study: A Portable System for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas; 4.5 Case Study: We Care Solar Suitcase (Yellow) for Medical Relief in Remote Areas; Bibliography. |
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Chapter 5. Fixed Standalone PV Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote AreasAbstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Solar-Powered Water Pumping Systems; 5.3 Design of a Standalone Solar-Powered Pumping System in Eight Steps; 5.4 Applications of Standalone Solar-Powered Water Pumping Systems; 5.5 Standalone PV Systems for Water Purification; 5.6 Direct Solar Water Treatment for Purification of Water; 5.7 Case Study of Fixed Standalone PV Systems for Mobile Communications in Remote Areas; Bibliography; Chapter 6. PV Systems Affordability, Community Solar, and Solar Microgrids; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction. |
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6.2 Affordable PV Systems Programs in United States6.3 Affordable PV Systems Programs for Developing Countries; 6.4 Community Solar for Affordability and Resilience; 6.5 Solar Microgrid for Resilience and Disasters; 6.6 Case Study of Solar Microgrids in India; 6.7 Case study of Solar Microgrids in United States; Bibliography; Chapter 7. Solar Thermal Electricity and Solar Insolation; Abstract; 7.1 Solar Thermal Electricity; 7.2 Advantages of CSP; 7.3 Principles of CSP Systems; 7.4 CSP Around the World; 7.5 Solar Thermal Technologies; 7.6 Solar Insolation/Radiation. |
| Summary |
Standalone Photovoltaic (PV) Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas explores the increased demand for energy, including clean energy alternatives and the ways that solar energy is fast becoming a vital source for meeting peak demand, a solution for energy demand in disaster and remote areas, and a viable source to meet emerging energy security needs. The book provides a detailed overview of PV systems and applications for disaster and remote areas, and includes a guide on how to provide electricity during outages, along with important discussions on the need for increasing the resilience of the grid. The differences and requirements for standalone, mobile, and portable PV systems are discussed, along with how systems can be deployed, transported, and used in remote areas. In addition, the book discusses the use of solar PV systems to create environmentally friendly power systems for remote communities that can be operated independently, also comparing the costs, emissions, and practical applications of other technologies. Types of natural disasters, their effect on peoples' lives, on world economy, impact on electric grid and costs of power outages Energy Needs in the aftermath of disasters and remote areas both in developed and developing Countries, including how PV systems can provide electricity affordably, with resilience and reducing grid impact by way of community solar and solar microgrid Detailed description of the types and components of standalone photovoltaic systems, modeling and simulation and performance analysis New initiatives, programs and case studies for providing solar-generated electricity to low-income people both in the United States and the developing world at low cost Examples of assembling one's own PV module and dye-sensitized solar cells, results, databases and industry standards. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Photovoltaic power systems.
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Systèmes photovoltaïques.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
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Photovoltaic power systems
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Qazi, Salahuddin, 1938- Standalone photovoltaic (PV) systems for disaster relief and remote areas. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2016] (DLC) 2016937834 |
| ISBN |
9780128030417 (electronic bk.) |
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0128030410 (electronic bk.) |
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9780128030226 |
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0128030224 |
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AU@ 000061156843 |
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AU@ 000066577637 |
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CHNEW 001013769 |
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DEBSZ 482473231 |
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