Photovoltaic Systems Engineering
暫譯: 光伏系統工程

PV 系統工程的主要目的是提供一套全面的光伏（PV）知識和理解工具，以便於光伏系統的設計、安裝、調試、檢查和運行。在近幾年，美國安裝的光伏容量超過了任何其他電力生成來源。除了實用的系統資訊外，這一新版還包括了技術所基於的基本物理原理的解釋，以及對該技術的環境和經濟影響的考量。這本書涵蓋了光伏系統的所有階段，從基本的陽光參數到系統的調試和模擬，以及光伏的經濟和環境影響。每章都包含作業問題和多個真實系統的設計範例，為讀者提供了一致的機會，將所學資訊應用於現實情境中。

Roger Messenger is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. He earned a PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota and is a Registered Professional Engineer, a former Certified Electrical Contractor, and a former NABCEP Certified PV Installer. He has enjoyed working on field installations as much as he enjoys teaching classes or working on the design of a system or contemplating the theory of operation of a system or commissioning a system. His research work has ranged from electrical noise in gas discharge tubes to deep impurities in silicon to energy conservation to PV system design and performance. Dr. Messenger worked on the development and promulgation of the original Code for Energy Efficiency in Building Construction in Florida and has conducted extensive field studies of energy consumption and conservation in buildings and swimming pools. Since his retirement from Florida Atlantic University in 2005, he has worked as vice president for engineering at VB Engineering, Inc., in Boca Raton and as senior associate at FAE Consulting in Boca Raton. While at VB Engineering, he directed the design of several hundred PV designs, including the 5808-module, 4-acre, 1-MW system on the roof of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. While at FAE Consulting, he led the design of an additional 6 MW of systems that were installed. Dr. Messenger has also been active in the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association and the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy, has served as a peer reviewer for the U.S. Department of Energy, and has served on the Florida Solar Energy Center Advisory Board. He has conducted numerous seminars and webinars on designing, installing, and inspecting PV systems.

Homayoon "Amir" Abtahi is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Florida Atlantic University. He earned a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981 and joined Florida Atlantic University in 1983. In addition to his academic activity, he has a wealth of practical experience, much of which has been obtained as a volunteer. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Florida and a member of ASME, IEEE, ASHRAE, and SAE. Dr. Abtahi has held LEED Certification since 2007, is ESTIDAMA Certified in the United Arab Emirates, and is a Certified General Contractor and a Certified Solar Contractor in the state of Florida. His interests range widely from PV to PEM fuel cells, integrated capacitor/battery power modules, and atmospheric water generation. In 1985, he installed the first solar-power system in Venezuela and was responsible for the first application of solar power for post-hurricane emergency power and lighting and Ham radio communication operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo in St. Croix in 1989 and Hurricane Marilyn in St. Thomas in 1995. In 1989, Dr. Abtahi published the first comprehensive catalog of 12-V appliances for use with PV systems. Recently, he has been involved with PV installations in the Caribbean, South America, Bangladesh, and India. From 2008 to 2010, he was responsible for design and installation of over 100 residential and 20 commercial/industrial PV systems. Over the past 15 years, he has had responsibility for the design and installation of 1 million BTUD of solar hot water and solar process heat. Along with PV and thermal applications, he has had experience with heat exchangers, MEP plan review, LEED projects, tracking PV, micro-turbines, parabolic trough solar, and other hybrid applications.

羅傑·梅森格（Roger Messenger）是佛羅里達大西洋大學（Florida Atlantic University）電機工程名譽教授，位於佛羅里達州博卡拉頓（Boca Raton）。他在明尼蘇達大學（University of Minnesota）獲得電機工程博士學位，並且是註冊專業工程師、前認證電氣承包商及前NABCEP認證光伏安裝技術人員。他在現場安裝工作中獲得的樂趣與教學、系統設計、系統運作理論的思考或系統調試的樂趣相當。他的研究範圍從氣體放電管中的電氣噪聲到矽中的深層雜質，再到能源節約以及光伏系統的設計和性能。梅森格博士參與了佛羅里達州建築施工能源效率原始法規的制定和推廣，並對建築物和游泳池的能源消耗和節約進行了廣泛的現場研究。自2005年從佛羅里達大西洋大學退休以來，他在博卡拉頓的VB Engineering, Inc.擔任工程副總裁，並在FAE Consulting擔任高級合夥人。在VB Engineering任職期間，他負責設計數百個光伏系統，包括位於佛羅里達州奧蘭多的橙縣會議中心屋頂上的5808模組、4英畝、1兆瓦系統。在FAE Consulting任職期間，他主導了另外6兆瓦系統的設計，這些系統已經安裝完成。梅森格博士還活躍於佛羅里達州太陽能產業協會（Florida Solar Energy Industries Association）和佛羅里達可再生能源聯盟（Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy），曾擔任美國能源部的同行評審，並在佛羅里達州太陽能中心顧問委員會任職。他舉辦了多場有關光伏系統設計、安裝和檢查的研討會和網絡研討會。

霍馬雲·阿米爾·阿布塔希（Homayoon 'Amir' Abtahi）是佛羅里達大西洋大學的機械工程副教授。他於1981年在麻省理工學院（Massachusetts Institute of Technology）獲得機械工程博士學位，並於1983年加入佛羅里達大西洋大學。除了學術活動外，他還擁有豐富的實踐經驗，其中大部分是作為志願者獲得的。他是佛羅里達州的註冊專業工程師，並且是ASME、IEEE、ASHRAE和SAE的成員。阿布塔希博士自2007年以來持有LEED認證，並在阿拉伯聯合大公國獲得ESTIDAMA認證，還是佛羅里達州的認證總承包商和認證太陽能承包商。他的興趣範圍廣泛，從光伏到PEM燃料電池、集成電容器/電池電源模組以及大氣水生成。1985年，他在委內瑞拉安裝了第一個太陽能發電系統，並負責在1989年颶風雨果（Hurricane Hugo）和1995年颶風瑪莉蓮（Hurricane Marilyn）後，首次應用太陽能供應颶風後的緊急電力和照明及業餘無線電通信操作。1989年，阿布塔希博士出版了第一本針對光伏系統使用的12伏特電器的綜合目錄。最近，他參與了加勒比海、南美洲、孟加拉國和印度的光伏安裝。從2008年到2010年，他負責設計和安裝超過100個住宅和20個商業/工業光伏系統。在過去的15年中，他負責設計和安裝100萬BTUD的太陽能熱水和太陽能工藝熱。除了光伏和熱應用外，他還有熱交換器、MEP計劃審查、LEED項目、追蹤光伏、微型渦輪機、拋物線槽太陽能和其他混合應用的經驗。