Implementation of Solar Thermal Technology

Ronal W. Larson, Ronald Emmett West

MIT Press, 1996 - Nature - 995 pages

Implementation of Solar Thermal Technology describes the successes and failures of the commercialization efforts of the U.S. solar thermal energy program, from the oil embargo of 1973 through the demise of the program in the early Reagan administration and its afterlife since then. The emphasis throughout is on lessons learned from the solar experience, with an eye toward applications to other projects as well as toward possible renewal of efforts at commercialization. Part I discusses the history of government involvement in solar development and the parallel development of the market for solar products. Part II looks at the histories of specific commercialization programs for five areas (active heating and cooling, passive technologies, passive commercial building activities, industrial process heat, and high-temperature technologies). Parts III-VIII focus in turn on demonstration and construction projects, quality assurance, information dissemination programs, efforts to transfer technology to industry, incentive programs (tax credits, financing, and grants), and organizational support. Solar Heat Technologies: Fundamentals and Applications, Volume 10

Contents

• Introduction 3: 1982
• Active Heating and Cooling 177: 2032
• Passive Technologies 199: 2032
• Passive Commercial Buildings Activities 213: 2032
• Industrial Process Heat 243: 2039
• HighTemperature Technologies 263: 1817
• Residential Buildings 295: 1849
• Commercial Buildings 325: 2057
• Agricultural Demonstration Programs 387: 2119
• Military Demonstration Programs 411: 2143
• Testing Standards and Certification 445: 2153
• Consumer Assurance 499: 2153
• Consumer Information 545: 2153
• Public Information: 593
• Technical Information: 619
• Training and Education: 645
• Regional Solar Energy Centers: 675
• Liaison with Industry: 693
• Solar Energy Research Institute: 709
• Los Alamos National Laboratory: 731
• Argonne National Laboratory: 747
• Tax Credits: 757
• Financing: 791
• Grants: 819
• SOLAR THERMAL ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT: 841
• State and Local Programs: 859
• Public Utilities: 891
• Legal Environmental and Labor Issues: 907
• Contributors: 939
• Name Index: 965

About the author

Ronald West is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Colorado. Ronald West is a Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Colorado.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Implementation of Solar Thermal Technology; Volume 10 of Solar heat technologies; Volume 10 of Solar heat technologies: fundamentals and applications
• Editors: Ronal W. Larson, Ronald Emmett West
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, reissue
• Publisher: MIT Press, 1996
• ISBN: 0262121875, 9780262121873
• Length: 995 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Nature / Natural Resources; Science / Energy; Science / Environmental Science; Technology & Engineering / General; Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable; Technology & Engineering / Power Resources / General