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	Solar collector - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A laundromat in California with solar collectors on the roof.
		A solar collector is a device for extracting the energy of the sun directly into a more usable or storable form.
		Solar collectors can be mounted on a roof but need to face the sun, so a north facing roof in the southern hemisphere, and a south-facing roof in the northern hemisphere are ideal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solar_collector (940 words)

	Solar Energy
		Solar thermal power generation is essentially the same as conventional technologies except that in conventional technologies the energy source is from the stored energy in fossil fuels released by combustion.
		The solar field is modular in nature and is composed of many parallel rows of solar collectors aligned on a north-south horizontal axis.
		A solar dish/engine system utilizes concentrating solar collectors that track the sun on two axes, concentrating the energy at the focal point of the dish because it is always pointed at the sun.
	www.eia.doe.gov /kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html (1949 words)

	EERE: Solar Energy - Basics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Solar water heating systems for buildings have two main parts: a solar collector and a storage tank.
		To move the heated fluid between the collector and the storage tank, a system either uses a pump or gravity, as water has a tendency to naturally circulate as it is heated.
		A solar collector is not always needed when using sunlight to heat a building.
	www.eere.energy.gov /RE/solar_basics.html (412 words)

	glossary of solar heating terms used for solar thermal energy applications
		The pipe that runs across the edge of an array of solar collectors, gathering or distributing the heat transfer fluid from, or to the risers in the individual collectors.
		A solar heating or cooling system in which the solar heat is collected exterior to the building and transferred inside using ducts or piping and, usually fans or ducts.
		A collector in which the heat transfer liquid flows through metal tubes which are fastened to the absorber plate by solder, clamps or other means.
	solarexpert.com /Glossary.html (1709 words)

	solar panel collector equipment and systems
		All solar panels or collectors are used to collect the sun's energy either by using its heat for hot water and swimming pool heating or by converting it to electricity.
		Solar collectors absorb the radiant energy of the sun and change it into heat energy.
		Collectors for pool use are almost exclusively made of extruded heat resistent plastic that form a large somewhat flexible blanket with circulating water channels.
	www.solardev.com /solar-panel.htm (342 words)

	Renewable Energy Annual 1996
		The modern solar industry began with the oil embargo of 1973-74 and was strengthened with the second embargo in 1979.
		Solar Two differs from Solar One primarily in that it includes a molten-salt storage system, which allows for several hours of baseload power generation when the sun is not shining.
		Solar energy technologies are separated into two major classifications by type of energy used: solar thermal devices, which use the sun’s heat, and photovoltaic cells and modules, which use the energy inherent in solar photons and convert it directly to electricity.
	eia.doe.gov /cneaf/solar.renewables/renewable.energy.annual/chap06.html (5968 words)

	Sourcebook: Solar Hot Water, Heating and Cooling Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Solar systems should be employed only after extensive conservation strategies have been implemented.
		Solar installations are governed by City Ordinance 900104-J. This ordinance follows the 1988 Uniform Solar Energy Code established by IAPMO (International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials).
		A passive solar water heating system uses natural convection or household water pressure to circulate water through a solar collector to a storage tank or to the point of use.
	www.greenbuilder.com /sourcebook/HeatCool.html (3452 words)

	Solar Collector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A solar collector is used to heat water for home use and pools
		A solar collector doesn't generate electricity but traps heat.
		Solar collectors can be economical and have a payback anywhere from 5 to 15 years, depending upon your utility rates.
	www.odysen.com /education/glossary/articles/s/SolarCollector.php (63 words)

	Sourcebook Passive Solar Guidelines1-2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Solar energy is a radiant heat source that causes natural processes upon which all life depends.
		The goal of all passive solar heating systems is to capture the sun's heat within the building's elements and release that heat during periods when the sun is not shining.
		Convective air collectors are located lower than the storage area so that the heated air generated in the collector naturally rises into the storage area and is replaced by return air from the lower cooler section of the storage area.
	www.greenbuilder.com /sourcebook/PassSolGuide1-2.html (1704 words)

	Sustainable Energy Successes in Central & Eastern Europe: Solar Collector System for Krasnodar Regional Hospital in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In the city of Krasnodar, 100 km northeast of the Black Sea, the regional hospital invested in solar collectors to lower the hospital's costs of heating and hot water.
		The collectors are installed on the roof of the hospital's kitchen, and the water is used for cooking after some additional boiling powered by electricity.
		Beside the commercial solar collectors, it is a common practice in the countryside of Russia to use showers that use water heated by the sun.
	www.zpok.hu /inforse/17.html (497 words)

	Solar Collector Science Fair Project
		If you can build this solar collector and understand the parts that make it work you will not only understand the basic principles behind solar thermal heating but you will also have some hands on experience.
		Solar energy is diffuse (spread out over a large area).
		Before inserting the pre bent flow tube into the collector body you must drill some holes in the sides of your collector at the appropriate places to accommodate the flow tube.
	www.jc-solarhomes.com /fair/collector2_science_projects.htm (762 words)

	FLAT PLATE SOLAR COLLECTOR : BASIC PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A solar collector (Figure 2.1.1) is a device that utilises the solar radiation to heat a fluid (usually water or air), which can then be used for suitable applications.
		of the terrestrial spectral solar irradiance at noon.
		For solar thermal applications, the spectral distribution on the surface of the earth is given in Table 2.1.2.
	www.courses.ait.ac.th /ED06.22/course1/lecs/module2/m21o98.html (5375 words)

	Solar Homes and Solar Collectors
		Solar energy is our birthright like the air we breathe or the water we drink.
		Solar collectors, solar hot water systems, heat storage vaults, photovoltaic electricity, solar panels, solar greenhouses and solar house plans will become more important in this century.
		Both solar collectors and solar greenhouses are able to harvest the suns energy in the form of heat.
	www.jc-solarhomes.com (372 words)

	EERE: Solar Energy - Hot Water and Space Heating & Cooling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Solar hot water heaters use the sun to heat either water or a heat-transfer fluid in collectors.
		Sometimes the plumbing from a solar heater connects to a house's existing water heater, which stays inactive as long as the water coming in is hot or hotter than the temperature setting on the indoor water heater.
		Solar research facilities have developed testing and certification requirements for solar collectors and design and installation criteria for solar systems.
	www.eere.energy.gov /RE/solar_hotwater.html (857 words)

	Solar Collector Inclination
		The most desired angle of Inclination to mount the solar collector is the local Latitude.
		When designing a Thermomax domestic solar water heating system, determine first how much hot water the family will be using per average day.
		Consider the effects of Solar Collector orientation and Solar Collector inclination.
	www.thermomax.com /inclinat.html (236 words)

	An Introduction to Solar Energy
		Focusing collectors are essentially flat-plane collectors with optical devices arranged to maximize the radiation falling on the focus of the collector.
		Solar energy is used to cool things by phase changing a liquid to gas through heat, and then forcing the gas into a lower pressure chamber.
		If all the solar collectors were placed in one or just a few areas, they would probably have large effects on the local environment, and possibly have large effects on the world environment.
	www.ccs.neu.edu /home/feneric/solar.html (2597 words)

	Solar Energy network
		The solar wings of the international space station are the largest power-generating solar arrays ever flown in orbit.
		As a result, they can be used with low-weight inflatable solar collectors resulting in an energy system that produces more electricity per pound, a critical factor in space applications.
		Solar water heating is a technology that every homeowner can use to save dollars on utility bills.
	www.solarenergy.net (766 words)

	Solar Collector
		96 m² collector system used to heat potable water and as a backup heating unit.
		By means of an Absorber, a collector changes Solar Radiation into heat which can be used for radiators, water heating, and space heating.
		Solar collectors transform about 80 % of radiation energy into heat.
	www.solarserver.de /lexikon/sonnenkollektor-e.html (49 words)

	Free Solar Solar Greenhouse Plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Calling a greenhouse solar is somewhat redundant, since all greenhouses are solar heated to some extent.
		Both types of solar systems work better in areas with a high percentage of sunny days, even if they are cold, than they do in areas where overcast days are common.
		For example, researchers at the University of Delaware are studying solar heat storage in inexpensive chemical compounds known as eutectics.
	www.hobby-greenhouse.com /FreeSolar.html (1560 words)

	Solar Collector Design Options
		The Thermomax Collector transfers the heat to a copper pipe in the manifold via thermal clamps.
		This eliminates collector contact with the fluid (water), provides a double-walled heat exchanger and allows the manifold to accept city water pressures.
		Thermomax Collectors are being used for offices, apartment complexes, commercial buildings, hospitals, airports, restaurants and hotels.
	www.thermomax.com /usguide.html (693 words)

	Electric Projection Screen,Manual Screens and Tripod Projector Screen manufacturer in China
		Solar energy is the cleanest and most inexhaustible of all known energy sources.
		Solar radiation is the heat, light and other radiation that is emitted from the sun.
		Solar radiation contains huge amounts of energy and is responsible for almost all the natural processes on earth.
	www.fresnel-solar.com /solar/solar_energy.htm (505 words)

	Solar Swimming Pool Heating Systems from Hot Sun Industries,Inc. of San Diego, California
		You can't expect a thin plastic collector to withstand extreme temperatures, thermal movement, aging etc all in combination with stress from pressure in the water.
		Note that with almost every solar pool heating kit you can buy, the design is always exactly the same, blindly send all the flow through solar and stop reverse flows at night with a one way valve.
		In my career as a solar installer and service guy I can't begin to count the number of times I was called out to re and re a solar heater for re-roofing only to discover that the roof leaks necessitating the new roof were caused by the solar installation in the first place.
	www.powermat.com (1463 words)

	Wired News: Solar Tower of Power Finds Home
		Announced several years ago, the 3,280-foot Solar Tower is one of the most ambitious alternative energy projects on the planet: a renewable energy plant that pumps out the same power as a small reactor but is totally safe.
		At its base is a solar collector -- a 25,000-acre, transparent circular skirt.
		"Solar chimneys (towers) have become a hot area of research recently," said S.A. Sherif, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Florida, who wrote several papers on the technology in the early 1990s and is the technical editor of the
	www.wired.com /news/technology/0,1282,66694,00.html?tw=newsletter_topstories_html (678 words)

	As solar gets smaller, its future gets brighter / Nanotechnology could turn rooftops into a sea of power-generating ...
		Both inventors and investors are betting that flexible sheets of tiny solar cells used to harness the sun's strength will ultimately provide a cheaper, more efficient source of energy than the current smorgasbord of alternative and fossil fuels.
		As for recent growth in solar energy, Paula Mints, a senior analyst at the technology research firm of Strategies Unlimited in Mountain View, says that 14,000 photovoltaic megawatts were sold last year, representing 54 percent growth in the industry.
		Each printed nanostructure solar cell would act as an autonomous solar collector, and sheets of these products would have more surface area to gather light than conventional photovoltaic cells.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/11/BUG7IDL1AF1.DTL (1681 words)

	IDEAS: SOLAR COLLECTOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Solar Energy can be collected as thermal energy, and then can be converted into electricity, or used to warm a building or provide hot water for such processes as cooking or bathing.
		List 10 recycled materials that could be used to build a model of a solar collector in class.
		Conduct a brainstorming session to generate a list of 10 recycled materials that could be used to build a model of a solar collector.
	www.asme.org /education/precollege/ideas/solar.htm (538 words)

	Solar Collector Compass Orientation & Mounting.
		The examples here are for pool heating panels as the angle of incidence is not as critical as the glass covered solar water heating panels which reflect incoming energy as the angle increases.
		The number one rule is to never design or install a solar system that faces in any portion of the 180 degree arc of the compass that faces north.
		After that multipliers should be used to increase the collector area as performance decreases due to an orientation away from south.
	www.flasolar.com /collecto.htm (408 words)

	Solar Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Passive Solar means that the sun's energy either passes into a substance or through it to the other side.
		Most Solar Collectors are expensive because commercial companies design their systems to incorporate large amounts of storage.
		The beauty of this collector is that it takes inside air from near the floor which is cool and puts it through the collector warming it to around 120 degrees, enough to drastically warm that part of the house, barn, or workroom that is usually cold.
	members.aol.com /solarmkt (266 words)

	California Solar Center - Solar e-Clips
		Solar boost -City installs a 30-kilowatt system at Islander Park [Riverside, CA 2005.7.16] - RIVERSIDE - The city on Friday dedicated a new solar-energy installation at Islander Park, where dozens of children splashed in two swimming pools seeking relief from a blazing sun.
		The solar panels that cover the roof of changing rooms and restrooms at the University neighborhood park will generate one-quarter to one-half the energy used by the pools, mostly for their filtration system.
		The last Solar Decathlon, which took place in 2002, drew more than 110,000 visitors.The Solar Power 2005 and Solar Decathlon organizers are coordinating closely to tie the two events together through joint marketing and continuous shuttle bus service between the two event locations.For more information about Solar Power 2005 and the Solar Decathlon, visit www.solarpowerconference.com.
	www.californiasolarcenter.org /solareclips/solareclips.html (3653 words)

	SOLAR DEHYDRATOR
		Set it on a stool or chair and face it's solar collector towards the sun, and you have a functional food preservation machine for little work and even less money.
		Using a long thin cardboard box for the collector and a taller, nearly square, cardboard box for the drying box.
		Line the bottom of the collector box with a fl plastic garbage bag or paint the bottom with fl, water based, poster paint, (lamp fl or soot mixed with a little vegetable oil would work as well).
	www.i4at.org /surv/soldehyd.htm (393 words)

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