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Typical Solar Power Tower Installation  

Typical Solar Power Tower Installation  

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I want to point out a solar to electric generation concept that has only come to light within the past 10 years, even though it originated back during the Carter Administration's ERDA programs of the mid 70's. I'm talking about solar power towers that convert solar energy into electricity at the hundreds of megawatt level. While power towers do exi...

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... solar power tower would collect the sun's energy by locating its ceramic heat exchanger on top of a tall tower as shown in Fig-1. The tower was located in the center of a field of active sun- searching mirrors (heliostats, Figure-2). ...

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