TY - BOOK ID - 700988 TI - Electromagnetic Foundations of Solar Radiation Collection : A Technology for Sustainability PY - 2014 SN - 3319085123 3319085115 1322137536 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Solar energy KW - Electromagnetic waves KW - Data processing. KW - Solar power KW - Force and energy KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Solar radiation KW - Electromagnetic energy KW - Electromagnetic radiation KW - Electromagnetic theory KW - Waves KW - Production of electric energy or. KW - Energy Harvesting. KW - Energy Systems. KW - Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks. KW - Classical Electrodynamics. KW - Energy harvesting. KW - Energy systems. KW - Power electronics. KW - Optics. KW - Electrodynamics. KW - Dynamics KW - Physics KW - Light KW - Electronics, Power KW - Electric power KW - Electronics KW - Energy scavenging KW - Harvesting, Energy KW - Power harvesting KW - Power resources UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:700988 AB - This text seeks to illuminate, mainly for the electrical power engineers of the future, the topic of large scale solar flux gathering schemes, which arguably represent the major source of renewable power available. The aim of the content is to impart, from an electromagnetic perspective, a deep and sound understanding of the topic of solar flux collection, ranging from the characteristics of light to the properties of antennas. To do this five chapters are employed to provide a thorough grounding in relevant aspects of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves including optics, electromagnetic radiation and reception, aperture antennas and array antennas, and the quantum electrodynamics aspects of optical absorption, as it relates to photovoltaic techniques. The principles developed in these chapters are then used to underpin and elucidate the main chapters on photovoltaic collectors, concentrated solar power collectors, satellite based collection systems and optical nantennas. To establish the novel and transformative renewable technologies, which civilisation will soon require, in order to achieve sustainability quickly and effectively, the availability of professional engineers and scientists with a thorough and commanding grasp of the fundamental science is an absolutely essential prerequisite. This book provides this for solar power generating systems. ER -