Overview
- Utilizes an electromagnetic perspective to provide a deep and sound understanding of the topic of solar flux collection
- Maximizes reader insights into the relevant aspects of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves including optics, electromagnetic radiation and reception, aperture antennas and array antennas and the quantum electrodynamics aspects of optical absorption, as it relates to photovoltaic techniques
- Intended as a technology resource for students of electrical science with an interest in the rapidly burgeoning topic of solar radiation collection
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
A.J. Sangster received a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 1963, an M.Sc. in 1964 and a Ph.D. in 1967, all from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. His research interests have been in the areas of microwave antennas, mm-wave sensing, electrostatically driven micromotors and microactuators, electromagnetic levitation, medical applications of microwaves, microwave propagation in geological strata, satellite communications at microwave frequencies and the numerical solution of electromagnetic radiation and scattering problems. He is the author of over 200 papers on these topics.
Professor Sangster spent four years with Ferranti plc, Edinburgh, Scotland, pursuing research into wide-band travelling wave tubes, and three years with Plessey Radar Ltd., Cowes, U.K., investigating and developing microwave devices and antennas for microwave landing systems and frequency scanned radar systems. Since 1972, he has been with the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, where he became a full Professor of Electromagnetic Engineering in 1989. He retired in 2006, but continues to act in a professorial capacity as a consultant to industry on microwave component design. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology (U.K.) and a Member of the Electromagnetics Academy (U.S.A.).
Since retiring he has authored three books with renewable energy and energy efficiency content, namely “Energy for a Warming World”, Springer Books, 2010, “Warming to Ecocide”, Springer Books, 2011 and “Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Levitation”, IET Books, 2012.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Electromagnetic Foundations of Solar Radiation Collection
Book Subtitle: A Technology for Sustainability
Authors: Alan J. Sangster
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08512-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-08511-1Published: 20 August 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36231-1Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-08512-8Published: 06 August 2014
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 277
Number of Illustrations: 143 b/w illustrations
Topics: Energy Harvesting, Energy Systems, Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks, Classical Electrodynamics