Applications of Solar Energy: History, Sociology and last Trends in Investigation
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Date
2018
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Editorial Lasallista.
Abstract
Introduction: The increase in global energy
demand, environmental problems and geopolitical
tensions due to the control of finite conventional
energy resources; these are reasons that have
currently focused the attention of scientists on the
applications of solar energy. The objective of this
contribution is to reflect the trends in research
regarding applications of solar energy. The
materials and methods used in this investigation
consisted of a search and bibliometric analysis
carried out in the academic directory Scopus. A
group of publications was detected under specific
search criteria. The information detected was
processed with text mining elements in the
visualization software and bibliometric map
exploration of VOSviewer science. The article
dead sections, records of the first applications of
solar energy, the social environment of solar
energy applications, the first scientific meetings of
global connotation in this subject, and bibliometrics
of scientific activity focused on the applications of
solar energy in the 21st century. As a result of the
research, a sociological and anthropological vision
of the man / energy interaction is exposed; This
complements lines of research such as sustainable
production and consumption, energy management
and climate change. Conclusions: The trend in
these investigations today, is to growth, and are
focused on: heating and cooling of buildings, electric power generation, both in concentrated
and distributed forms; and energy conversion for
industrial processes.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Energía solar, Tecnología sostenible, Sociología, Antropología
Citation
Revista producción + limpia -Vol. 13 No 2 - 2018