Program : Renewable and New Energy Systems (RNES)

Degree : MEng/Msc

Course Code : ACE 613

Course Name : Solar Thermal Engineering

Course Category : Compulsory Core Courses

Semester : First Semester

Credit Hours : 3

Solar thermal engineering technologies and their potential for supplying future energy needs. Basic components and operations of a solar thermal system- absorbers, collectors, thermal stores, pump, and expansion vessels. Various system configurations and applications in given situations. Solar thermal applications in agriculture in the areas of chicken brooding and drying, etc. Solar thermal absorbers for heating processes and refrigeration. Hybrid Solar PV/thermal systems. Critical factors in solar thermal systems’ design-solar yield, system efficiency or utilization factor, solar fraction, coefficient of performance (COP) and specific load and planning processes including requirements for efficient and problem-free operation as well as possible weak spots are taught. Solar thermal cooling and concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies-parabolic trough and dish, solar tower, Linear Fresnel reflector. Geographical, political and economic factors in CSP site selection.