Some of the issues relating to renewable energy education are highlighted. Outlines of proposed course curricula for certificate and Diploma level courses are briefly presented and discussed.

Some of the issues relating to renewable energy education are highlighted. Outlines of proposed course curricula for certificate and Diploma level courses are briefly presented and discussed.

The performance parameters of a hybrid air-to-water solar heater has been presented in this paper for a cold climatic region in India. A conventional solar air heater in conjunction with an air-to-water heat exchanger of finned-shell-and-tube type in which hot air from the collector transfers...

The present investigation deals with a transient parametric analysis of a solar residential heating system which comprises a corrugated absorber water heater and a water-to-air heat exchanger-cum-heat storage unit integrated to a residential building to be heated. The heat exchanger-cum-heat...

The optimum flow channel depth and mass flow rate in 10 different designs of solar air heaters have been obtained. The design variations considered are flat absorber type with and without cover glazings; single, double and triple pass etc. It is found that there exists an optimum mass flow rate...

The calculation of solar radiation received at a particular place and at a particular time, involves many factors like rotation and revolution of the earth, atmospheric attenuations, atmospheric conditions, time of day and year, geographic location of place, and site location of collector, tilt...

Development and dissemination of efficient and economic techniques of harnessing new and renewable sources of energy to bridge the ever increasing gap between the energy demand and supply in developing countries is a formidable challenge for their governments. Availability of educated and...

A detailed theoretical parametric analysis of a corrugated solar air heater with and without cover has been presented. The optimum flow channel depth, at which the maximum heat is available at the lowest collector cost, has been obtained. The effect of collector parameters and operating...

The performance prediction of Solar Integrated Collector-Storage system(ICS) is determined in terms of three generalised non-dimensional grouped parameters using transient one-dimensional analysis. These non-dimensional parameters are primarily a combination of physical characteristics...