Advances in Solar Energy : An Annual Review of Research and Development Volume 2

A number of significant changes have occurred in Advances in Solar Energy since Volume 1 appeared in 1982. The delays in publication of the second volume are the result of reorganization of the American Solar Energy Society, and the negotiation of a new publishing arrangement. Beginning with this volume, Advances is now published jointly by the Society and Plenum Press. The Editorial Board has been enlarged to be more representative of the different fields of solar energy conversion. Production of Advances is being expedited through the use of modern word processing equipment and the 'lEX typesetting-editing program. We have gone to a single-column format to ease the problems of presenting long equations, and we expect that the user of the volume will find it easy to read. The use of 'lEX will make last minute updates possible. The external appearance of the volume matches that of Volume 1. We expect that future volumes of this annual will be proceeding on schedule. We invite comments from users and correspondence from prospective authors of critical reviews. Karl W. Boer John A. Duffie CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 The Measurement of Solar Radiation Ronald Stewart, Daniel W. Spencer and Richard Perez 1.1 Abstract 1 1.2 Characteristics of Pyranometers ....................................... . 2 1.3 General Features of a Pyranometer ................................... . 3 1.3.1 Instrument Sensitivity 4 1.3.2 Response with Time 4 1.3.3 Sensitivity 4 1.3.4 Responsivity ................................................. . Front Matter....Pages i-xxii The Measurement of Solar Radiation....Pages 1-49 Environmental Requirements for Anaerobic Digestion of Biomass....Pages 51-123 Principles and Technology of Biomass Gasification....Pages 125-174 Biomass Pyrolysis: A Review of the Literature Part 2—Lignocellulose Pyrolysis....Pages 175-255 Thermal Comfort and Passive Design....Pages 257-296 Earth Contact Buildings: Applications, Thermal Analysis and Energy Benefits....Pages 297-347 Testing Solar Collectors....Pages 349-404 Concentrating Solar Collectors....Pages 405-481 Back Matter....Pages 483-487 Even though most of the reviews are invited through our editors, we are always open to suggestion about subjects of importance that are ready for a com prehensive and critical review and have not been recently covered, or about potential authors.