| General
Engineering Reference Sites |
| The Engineering Tool Box
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/
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A wide ranging engineering
reference site. Material properties, Fluid Mechanics, Piping, HVAC
calcs, ... |
| Units
Conversion |
| Online Units Conversion
http://www.onlineconversion.com/ |
Online calculator to convert units (eg metric
to English) |
|
Software Tool Lists |
| EERE Energy Software Tools
Directory
www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/ |
DOE EERE site list of software
tools for a wide renewable energy applications. Some free. |
| Interactive Evaluation Tools for Small Wind,
hydro, water heating, space heating, pool heating...
http://www.eere.energy.gov |
List of Interactive Evaluation Tools for renewable energy
sources. From the EERE DOE site. |
|
Technical Reference Books, Publications, and Websites
Technical reference books that I have used and like, or have been highly
recommended by others. |
| Solar Thermal Engineering
Peter Lunde |
Covers a wide selection of topics, well
written, practical, manageable math. 1980, 600 pages Out of print,
but available used at Amazon.com and the like. |
More - Other Homes and Garbage,
Leckie, Masters, Whitehorse, Young,
1981 |
This is an updated version of the
very popular Other Homes and Garbage book. It covers a very wide range
of topics, and provides good analysis and design information. Written
in an easy going style that won't put you to sleep. A very good book
to have around.
Out of print, but available used. 374 pages. |
| The Passive Solar Energy Book --
Expanded Professional Edition Edward Mazria |
Covers all the basics, very readable, very
little math. 1979, 700 pages Out of print, but available used at
Amazon.com and the like. |
| Solar Engineering of Thermal
Processes, 2nd Edition John Duffie and William Beckman |
Very complete -- widest coverage of the books
listed here.
1991, 900 pages |
| CANMET Energy Technology Center --
Buildings Group -- Publications
www.buildingsgroup.nrcan.gc.ca |
Outstanding list of publications on solar and
renewable energy. Canada government site. |
| Solar Air Heating Systems Steve Kornher with
Andy Zaugg
Excerpts from this book
|
 This is a fine book on designing and building solar air collectors and solar
air heating systems of many types. Very good on design, very good on
construction. Covers both active and passive air collectors. The book is out of print, but available at Amazon.com
used books for less than $10 -- highly recommended.The link
provides extensive excerpts from the book courtesy of Steve and Andy --
Thanks!! |
| Pumps and Turbines Arthur
Williams |
Nice combination of understandable physics and
sensible economics. 2003 ITDG Publishing |
| Design: Solar Heating Of Buildings and Domestic
Hot Water
MIL-HNBK 1003/13A (1.6MB
pdf)
|
 170 page mil handbook on solar heating -- starts with
general descriptions, but goes on to cover solar space heating and water
heating in some depth. Covers both active and passive schemes. And its
free! |
Manual of Modern Hydronics,
IPEX. WarmRite Floor
Register to Download Hydronics Manual
|
 Very
good manual on designing and installing hydronic heating systems. Does
not include any information on solar as a heat source, so look to the other
refs listed in the section for that, but solar works well as a heat source
for radiant floor heating.
You have to go through a simple registration process before the download. |
| Active Solar Collectors and Their
Application Ari Rabl |
A great engineering reference on solar
collectors of almost all types. |
| EERE Energy Software Tools
Directory
www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/ |
DOE EERE site list of software tools for a wide
renewable energy applications. Some free. |
|
Nick Pine
Nick's new blog -- Ask the Renewable Engineer....
More material from Nick:
http://www.ece.vill.edu/~nick/
Here is a somewhat indexed version of Nick's posts on various forums:
http://solar.knowledgepublications.com/
|
 Nick
Pine is a long time solar guru, creative solar thinker, and analyst.
He has started a new blog with articles of interest to people designing and building renewable energy projects.
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