Performance metrics such as efficiency, shortcircuit current, fill factor, and open. The solar beam is essentially parallel at the earth, so the power that is intercepted by the earth is contained. Inverters inverters are used in pv systems to convert direct current dc power from batteries or pv arrays into alternating current ac power. Milky way is composed of many stars 360 bc venus and mercury orbit the sun 330 bc aristotle. For spring 2010, the instructor for the twoweek segment on solar physics and the sunearth connection is steve lantz, senior research associate at the cornell cac.
Within the solar system, the obvious measure of distance is called the astronomical unit. These lecture notes follow mostly two famous textbooks. Incidentally, the words sun, moon, earth, mars, etc. Buy lectures on solar physics lecture notes in physics 619 vol 619 on free shipping on qualified orders lectures on solar physics lecture notes in physics 619 vol 619. We will begin with a quote from the feynman lectures on physics. To describe the theory for the origin of the solar wind, and to introduce some of the observational and theoretical characteristics of the wind. Explaining the basic types of inverter circuit designs and their components. The result is a unique textbook that fulfills the needs of those wishing to have a pedagogic exposition of solar physics bringing them uptodate in a field full of vitality and with exciting research. The mechanism that heats and sustains these high temperatures remains unexplained. Pdf a few perspectives of solar physics research in china. Astr111 lecture 6 light year a lightyear is the distance light travels in one year 1 lightyear 9.
Options for harnessing solar energy thermal, catalysis, combined technologies, photovoltaic, and their respective current and projected costspotential, compared to traditional sources. The background is a light color, so printing black and white or grayscale should go easy on the ink. Lecture solar water heaters principle and applications. Parasuraman,department of metallurgy and material science,iit madras. The incident ux, or power per unit area, of solar energy at the earths mean distance from the sun the socalled solar constant is fs 70 w m 2. Let me start by apologizing if there is another thread on phys. Lectures on solar physics lecture notes in physics 619 vol 619 2003rd edition by h. The 2003 harvey prize is awarded to dana longcope montana state university for his significant contributions to the study of the suns magnetism in the areas of separator reconnection and flux tube physics.
As this book is on solar energy, it is good to start the discussion with some general thoughts on energy. Alternative methods of solar energy are discussed in part v. This showsthat this weak, di use eld of the sun is somehow coupled to the much stronger magnetic eld of the sunspots and is a part of the same solar cycle. Among otherwise welleducated people, it is common to hear the terms solar system, galaxy, and universe interchanged. Light needs around 20 min to cross the earth orbit.
Solar and heliospheric physics the study of the sun and solar variability and of the composition, structure, and dynamics of the interplanetary medium and its interaction with the local interstellar medium. Please refer to official course syllabus and schedule. Lecture notes lecture notes posted in pdf format click here for videos week 1. Energy from wind is acquired through the use of large wind turbines. Space plasma physics solarterrestrial physics incl. James binneys lecture courses university of oxford. Brown physics textbooks introductory physics i and ii a lecture note style textbook series intended to support the teaching of introductory physics, with calculus, at a level suitable for duke undergraduates. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. These turbines ideally need to be located in areas where there is strong wind and low atmospheric turbulence. Most of our present understanding of the sun did not exist before the 20th century.
Click on the topic of interest to go directly there, or scroll down through all of the topics. There is no known exception to this lawit is exact so far as we know. There is a fact, or if you wish, a law, governing all natural phenomena that are known to date. Geocentric model of the solar system 280 bc aristarchus. A major theme of the course is follow ing the energy from its source in the core of the sun to its impacts in the earths magnetosphere and earth atmosphere but limited here primarily to the ionosphere. This physics textbook is designed to support my personal teaching activities at duke university, in particular teaching its physics 141142, 151152, or 161162 series introductory physics for life science majors, engineers, or potential physics majors, respectively. Pdf ph8151 engineering physics lecture notes, books. From the core to the heliopause hannu koskinen and rami vainio spring 2011. The first invertersconverters used motorgenerator sets, but were costly, heavy and inefficient. A few perspectives of solar physics resear ch in china current status and future 473 upward from the underlying solar atmosphere and form hot up ows.
Electronic materials, devices, and fabrication by prof s. Download ph8151 engineering physics lecture notes, books, syllabus parta 2 marks with answers ph8151 engineering physics important partb 16 marks questions, pdf books, question bank with answers key. Solution ii also doesnot connect to the solar surface. Brizard department of chemistry and physics saint michaels college, colchester, vt 05439 spring 2008. Environmental physics can be defined as the response of living organisms to their. All contributions are selfcontained and do not require prior indepth knowledge of solar physics. February 2, 2006 lecture 3 the solar wind parkeros solutions osolution i and ii are double valued. Photovoltaic solar energy opre 6389 lecture note compiled at 18. These include wind energy, solar energy, biomass energy and geothermal energy. In chapter 20 we introduce different concepts related to solar thermal energy.
It is inexhaustible, it is free from any pollution and unlike fossil fuels, transformation of solar energy does not produce any toxic by. Inverters solar panel installation cedar rapids, backup. In chapter 21, which is the last chapter of the regular text, we discuss solar fuels, which allow to store solar energy on the long term in the form of chemical energy. Many of the images in these lecture notes are linked to. At the end of this lecture, students are expected to.
More than 99% of matter in space is in the plasma state. Physics of stellar interiors rewrite p mv, which gives n v dv for an ideal gas is the maxwell boltzmann distribution. The geological history of the moon ppt lecture notes pdf file. Lecture 25 solar water heaters principle and applications solar energy has several advantages over the other energy sources.
Lecture notes fundamentals of photovoltaics mechanical. Definition of space physics studies of space in earths vicinity with the help of in situ measurements unique for this area, cf. Environmental physics is an interdisciplinary subject that integrates the physics processes in the following disciplines. Ef2240 space physics 2012 activity date time room subject litterature l1 288 1517 q21 course description, introduction, the sun 1 cgf ch 1. The physics of solar cells by jenny nelson, imperial college press, 2003. Formation of the solar wind aims, learning outcomes, and overview aim. The scienti c method begins with a hypothesis that attempts to explain some observed phenomenon. Identifying basic electrical properties, waveforms and their characteristics relative to inverter design and operation. I often find that i learn best from sets of lecture notes and short.
Sep 01, 2011 this introduction to solar cells covers the basics of pn junctions, optical absorption, and iv characteristics. Materials used for a photovoltaic device are called semiconductors whose conducting properties can be deliberately altered by. Plugging in an evaluating integral gives, p g nkt, where n n vdv express the ideal gas law using the average mass density of particles of different masses, where m is the average mass of a gas particle. This introduction to solar cells covers the basics of pn junctions, optical absorption, and iv characteristics. Pdf a few perspectives of solar physics research in. Faughn, college physics,fifth edition, saunders college publishing, 2000. Sep 21, 2014 electronic materials, devices, and fabrication by prof s. Faughn, college physics,fifth edition, saunders college.
Introduction to space physics fall 2014 course description the temperature of the suns surface is 4000k5000k, but just outside the surface, in a region called the corona, the temperatures exceed 1. Lecture notes on physics of the environment by georgy i. Karen harvey prize previous winners aas solar physics. Dzelalija, physics introduction university of molise, valahia university of targoviste, university of split physics lecture. Modern inverters use solidstate designs and microprocessor. For each lecture, the powerpoint file is available, along with a fullcolor 4slideperpage pdf version. Gg 140 lecture 34 renewable energy open yale courses.
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