through the glazing and strikes the absorber plate, which heats up, changing solar energy into heat energy. The heat is transferred to liquid passing through pipes attached to the absorber plate. Low Concentration Solar Photovoltaic Low concentration solar photovoltaic is a system that has a solar concentration of magnification of the suns. This is normally performed with the use of mirror or other material or devices that concentrate the suns irradiance. High Concentration Solar Photovoltaic High concentration solar photovoltaic is a system that has a solar concentration of 300 magnification of the suns or greater. This is normally performed with the use of mirror or other material or devices that concentrate the suns irradiance. Concentrated Solar Thermal Concentrated solar thermal systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight onto a small area. The concentrated light is then used as heat or as a heat source for a conventional power plant such as a steam turbine. Heliostat Power Heliostat power plants or power towers are a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. They use an array of flat, movable mirrors called heliostats to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower. Greenhouse Power Tower The greenhouse power tower combines the chimney effect, the greenhouse effect, and wind turbines to produce power. Air is heated by sunshine and contained in a very large greenhouse-like structure around the base of a tall chimney, and the resulting convection causes air to rise up the updraft tower. This airflow drives turbines, which produce electricity. Sterling Engine Sterling engine use the expansion or hot gasses and contraction of cool gasses to produce mechanical work. The engine is designed so that the working gas is generally compressed in the colder portion of the engine and expanded in the hotter portion resulting in a net conversion of heat into work. The cooler part of the engine at times has compressors to cool the gases, and the hotter part, uses mirrors to concentrate the heat from the sun.
through the glazing and strikes the absorber plate, which heats up, changing solar energy into heat energy. The heat is transferred to liquid passing through pipes attached to the absorber plate. Low Concentration Solar Photovoltaic Low concentration solar photovoltaic is a system that has a solar concentration of magnification of the suns. This is normally performed with the use of mirror or other material or devices that concentrate the suns irradiance. High Concentration Solar Photovoltaic High concentration solar photovoltaic is a system that has a solar concentration of 300 magnification of the suns or greater. This is normally performed with the use of mirror or other material or devices that concentrate the suns irradiance. Concentrated Solar Thermal Concentrated solar thermal systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to focus a large area of sunlight onto a small area. The concentrated light is then used as heat or as a heat source for a conventional power plant such as a steam turbine. Heliostat Power Heliostat power plants or power towers are a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. They use an array of flat, movable mirrors called heliostats to focus the sun's rays upon a collector tower. Greenhouse Power Tower The greenhouse power tower combines the chimney effect, the greenhouse effect, and wind turbines to produce power. Air is heated by sunshine and contained in a very large greenhouse-like structure around the base of a tall chimney, and the resulting convection causes air to rise up the updraft tower. This airflow drives turbines, which produce electricity. Sterling Engine Sterling engine use the expansion or hot gasses and contraction of cool gasses to produce mechanical work. The engine is designed so that the working gas is generally compressed in the colder portion of the engine and expanded in the hotter portion resulting in a net conversion of heat into work. The cooler part of the engine at times has compressors to cool the gases, and the hotter part, uses mirrors to concentrate the heat from the sun.
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