Renewable Energy - Volume 1: Solar, Wind, and Hydropower

Prof Olabi is Chair and Head of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering Department “SREE” at the University Of Sharjah. Before joining UOS, he was the director and founding member of the Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies at the University of the West of Scotland. Prof Olabi received his M.Eng and Ph.D. from Dublin City University, has worked at national and international institutes such as; National Research Centre-Italy, Research Centre of FIAT-Italy, Dublin City University and Institute of Engineering and Energy Technologies at UWS. Prof Olabi is the founder of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Protection SEEP and the International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials. He is the Subject Editor of the Elsevier Energy Journal, Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Smart Materials (Elsevier), and Editor in Chief of Renewable Energy section of Energies.

1. Solar Thermal Energy







1.1 Introduction and Definition







1.2 Developments of Solar Thermal Energy Systems







1.3 Application of Solar Thermal Energy







1.4 Case Studies on Solar Thermal Energy







1.5 Thermal Analysis of Solar Collectors







1.6 Energy and Exergy analyses of a photovoltaic thermal (PV/T) air collector










2. Solar Photovoltaics "PV" Energy

2.1 Introduction and Definition of Solar PV Energy

2.2 Developments of Solar PV Energy

2.3 Application of Solar PV Energy

2.4 Review on Solar PV Energy

2.5 Case Studies on Solar PV Energy

2.6 Modelling and Simulation of Solar PV Energy Systems

3. Wind Energy







3.1 Introduction and Definition of Wind Energy







3.2 Developments of Wind Energy







3.3 Application of Wind Energy







3.4 Review on Wind Energy







3.5 Case Studies on Wind Energy







3.6 Modelling and Simulation of Wind Energy Systems







4. Hydro Energy







4.1 Introduction and Definition of Hydro Energy







4.2 Developments of Hydro Energy







4.3 Application of Hydro Energy







4.4 Review on Hydro Energy







4.5 Case Studies on Hydro Energy







4.6 Modelling and Simulation of Hydro Energy Systems