Solar engineering references -- books, software tools, and websites of use in solar designs.
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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 | Online calculator to convert units (eg metric to English) |
Software Tool Lists | |
EERE Energy Software 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... | 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. |
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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 | Outstanding list of publications on solar and renewable energy. Canada government site. |
Solar Air Heating Systems Steve Kornher with Andy Zaugg
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![]() 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
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Manual of Modern Hydronics, IPEX. WarmRite Floor Register to Download Hydronics Manual
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Active Solar Collectors and Their
Application Ari Rabl |
A great engineering reference on solar collectors of almost all types. |
EERE Energy Software 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: Here is a somewhat indexed version of Nick's posts on various forums: |
He has started a new blog with articles of interest to people designing and building renewable energy projects.
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