Contents
Part I General
1 Introduction to Solar Energy: Systems, Challenges,
and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Himanshu Tyagi, Prodyut R. Chakraborty, Satvasheel Powar
and Avinash Kumar Agarwal
2 Sustainable Development Goals in Context to BRICS
Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Bhabajit Baruah and Rakesh Nath
3 Installations of Solar Systems in Remote Areas of Himachal
Pradesh, INDIA: Challenges and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Santosh B. Bopche
4 Utilising Passive Design Strategies for Analysing Thermal
Comfort Levels Inside an Office Room Using PMV-PPD
Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sana Fatima Ali and Dibakar Rakshit
Part II Solar Thermal Systems: Heating
5 Design and Development of a Concentrated Solar Water
Heating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Bandi Sai Mukesh, Ravi Teja Parella, Sudipto Mukhopadhyay
and Laltu Chandra
6 Multi-objective Performance Optimization of a Ribbed
Solar Air Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Naveen Sharma and Rajesh Choudhary
7 Mathematical Modelling of Solar Updraft Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
K. V. S. Teja, Kapil Garg and Himanshu Tyagi
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