
Standalone Photovoltaic (PV) Systems for Disaster Relief and Remote Areas
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Key Features
- Types of natural disasters, their effect on peoples’ lives, on world economy, impact on electric grid and costs of power outages
- Energy Needs in the aftermath of disasters and remote areas both in developed and developing Countries, including how PV systems can provide electricity affordably, with resilience and reducing grid impact by way of community solar and solar microgrid
- Detailed description of the types and components of standalone photovoltaic systems, modeling and simulation and performance analysis
- New initiatives, programs and case studies for providing solar-generated electricity to low-income people both in the United States and the developing world at low cost
- Examples of assembling one’s own PV module and dye-sensitized solar cells, results, databases and industry standards
Readership
Engineers, PV installers, Local and State governments, energy industry professionals, academics, researchers, Federal agencies
Table of Contents
- 1. Natural Disasters and Remote areas
2. Photovoltaic System
3. Mobile Photovoltaic Systems for Disasters and Remote Areas
4. Portable Photovoltaic Systems for Disasters and Remote Areas
5. Standalone (fixed) Photovoltaic Systems for Disasters and Remote Areas
6. Resilience and Affordability of Photovoltaic Systems for Disasters and Remote Areas
7. Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Cells
8. Building Your Own Solar PV Modules
Product details
- No. of pages: 308
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2016
- Published: August 23, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128030226
- eBook ISBN: 9780128030417
About the Author
Salahuddin Qazi
Professor Qazi is a recipient of several awards including the William Goddel award for research creativity at SUNYIT and engineering professionalism by Mohawk Valley Engineering Executive Committee. Professor Qazi forged closer relations with the IEEE Mohawk Valley section, is a life member of IEEE and a member of American Society of Engineering Education. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Electrical engineering from Loughborough University, U.K.
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