INSTRUCTOR © 2017, John R. Fanchi All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the author. © 2004 John R. Fanchi All rights reserved. Do not copy or distribute.

To the Instructor The set of files here are designed to help you prepare lectures for your own course using the text Energy in the 21st Century, 4th Edition, J.R. Fanchi and C.J. Fanchi (World Scientific, 2017) You will need to supplement the files to complete the presentation topics.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Chapter 6 © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Chapter 6 – Learning Objectives © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6‑1 Cross-section of a Star © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-2 Planetary Orbit and the Ecliptic Plane © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-3 Solar Radiation and the Earth-Atmosphere System © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6‑4 Solar Spectral Irradiance © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Figure 6-5 Roof Overhang © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-6 Thermal Conductivity of an Insulated Wall © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-7 Solar Heat Collector © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Figure 6-8 Solar Heating System [after Cassedy and Grossman, 1998, page 282] © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Figure 6-9 Solar Power Tower Schematic [after Kraushaar and Ristinen, 1993, page 172; and Solar Energy Research Institute (now National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Golden, Colorado] © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-10 Solar Tower Sketch © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-11 Solar Mirrors near Barstow, California (© Fanchi, 2002) © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-12 Dish Concentrators [after Pitz-Paal, 2008] © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Figure 6-13 NASA Image of Seville, Spain, including PS10 and PS20 [NASA Earth Observatory, 2009] © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-14 Photoelectric Effect © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-15 Photovoltaic Effect © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Figure 6-16 Solar Powered Traffic Control, Golden, Colorado (© Fanchi, 2002) © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Figure 6-17 Experimental Solar Powered Car, Fort Worth, Texas (© Fanchi, 2012) © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

© 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved. Figure 6-18 Transparent Solar Cell (Courtesy Richard Lunt, 2016; Photo by Yimu Zhao) © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.

Figure 6-19 Absorption of Light by Solar PV Cells © 2016 Fanchi Enterprises. All right reserved.