TY - BOOK AU - Petela,Ryszard TI - Engineering thermodynamics of thermal radiation for solar power utilization SN - 9780071639620 (alk. paper) AV - TK1056 .P48 2010eb U1 - 621.47 22 PY - 2010///] CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill KW - Solar power plants KW - Solar thermal energy KW - Solar radiation KW - Thermodynamics KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Definition and laws of substance -- Definition and laws of radiation -- The laws of thermodynamic analysis -- Thermodynamic properties of photon gas -- Exergy of emission -- Radiation flux -- Radiation spectra of a surface -- Discussion of radiation exergy formulae proposed by researchers -- Thermodynamics analysis of heat from the sun -- Thermodynamic analysis of a solar chimney power plant -- Thermodynamic analysis of photosynthesis -- Thermodynamic analysis of the photovoltaic -- Appendices : A.1. Prefixes to drive names of secondary units -- A.2. Typical constant values for radiation and substance -- A.3. Application of mathematics to some thermodynamics relations -- A.4. Review of some radiation energy variables ER -