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Project Development in the Solar Industry
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Project Development in the Solar Industry

by Albie Fong, Jesse Tippett
December 2012
Beginner content levelBeginner
250 pages
10h 1m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Project Development in the Solar Industry
14 Project development in the solar industry
Energy generation, in solar thermal systems, is accomplished through capturing
and collecting sunlight and converting it to heat to be used in a thermal cycle like the
Rankine or Stirling cycle. There are two main categories of solar thermal systems.
First, the non-concentrating systems primarily found on small residential or commer-
cial installations that are used to heat water for personal use. Second, the concentrat-
ing solar power type in which mirrors or lenses are used to concentrate the sunlight
onto a smaller area to achieve a high temperature on some working fluid medium. For
high temperature ...
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ISBN: 9780415621083