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CHAPTER 11 Energy Management for PV Installations............. 349
Djamila Rekioua
1. Introduction................................................................. 350
2. Photovoltaic Principle, Cells Technologies, and
Efficiencies.................................................................. 351
2.1 Photovoltaic Principle.............................................. 351
2.2 Photovoltaic Cell Efficiency ..................................... 351
3. Energy Management for Photovoltaic Installations ............. 352
3.1 Photovoltaic Systems with Storage............................. 352
3.2 Other Structures ..................................................... 359
4. Conclusions................................................................. 366
References....................................................................... 367

PART 2 PVT ENERGY
CHAPTER 12 Concentrating Solar Power................................. 373
Jose ´ J.C.S. Santos, Jose ´ C.E. Palacio, Arnaldo M.M. Reyes,
Monica Carvalho, Alberto J.R. Freire, Marcelo A. Barone
1. Introduction................................................................. 373
2. Solar Energy Resources: Sun Characteristics and Solar
Radiation .................................................................... 377
3. Concentrating Solar Power Plants.................................... 381
4. Solar Thermal Energy Storage........................................ 391
5. Thermodynamic and Economic Study.............................. 395
References....................................................................... 401
CHAPTER 13 Photovoltaic Cooking ......................................... 403
Antonio Lecuona-Neumann, Jose ´ I. Nogueira,
Mathieu Legrand
1. Introduction................................................................. 403
1.1 Energy and Cooking................................................ 404
1.2 Cooking With Wood and the Associated Health
Problems............................................................... 405
1.3 Cooking With Wood and the Associated
Environmental Problems .......................................... 406
1.4 Cooking With Solar Energy...................................... 406
2. Solar Cooking Possibilities............................................. 407
3. Fundamentals of Cooking .............................................. 409
4. Thermal Model of a Photovoltaic Cooker ......................... 409
4.1 Some Results of the Model....................................... 411