Description:
Photovoltaic Product Directory and Buyers' Guide Home Farm Industrial and Institutional Components and Appliances
Author: R.L. Watts, S. A. Smith & R. P. Mazzuchi
ISBN-13: 9780442292393
ISBN-10: 0442292392
Revised Edition
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S. - copyright 1982
Paperback
8.3 x 11 inches, approx. 140 pages
Photovoltaics is the conversion of light into electricity using semiconducting materials that exhibit the photovoltaic effect, a phenomenon studied in physics, photochemistry, and electrochemistry. The photovoltaic effect is commercially used for electricity generation and as photosensors.
A photovoltaic system employs solar modules, each comprising a number of solar cells, which generate electrical power. PV installations may be ground-mounted, rooftop-mounted, wall-mounted or floating. The mount may be fixed or use a solar tracker to follow the sun across the sky.
Photovoltaic technology helps to mitigate climate change because it emits much less carbon dioxide than fossil… Read More
