ENSY 3730U – Solar Energy Technologies

Solar geometry and the spectral distribution of solar radiation; radiation available at the earth’s surface, including the effects of atmospheric attenuation; available solar insolation data, and methods of estimation; analysis of flat plate solar collectors; solar thermal electricity generation; the design of photovoltaic cells; photovoltaic systems; advances in photovoltaic cells; and the economic and environmental performances of solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Laboratory hours: 2 (biweekly)
Prerequisite(s): ENSY 1000U and ENSY 2210U and PHY 2050U
Credit restriction(s): ENGR 3730U