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  2. Fresnel lens - Wikipedia

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    Since plastic Fresnel lenses can be made larger than glass lenses, as well as being much cheaper and lighter, they are used to concentrate sunlight for heating in solar cookers, in solar forges, and in solar collectors used to heat water for domestic use.

  3. Solar thermal energy - Wikipedia

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    Solar thermal energy. Roof-mounted close-coupled thermosiphon solar water heater. The first three units of Solnova in the foreground, with the two towers of the PS10 and PS20 solar power stations in the background. Solar thermal energy ( STE) is a form of energy and a technology for harnessing solar energy to generate thermal energy for use in ...

  4. Concentrated solar power - Wikipedia

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    A solar power tower consists of an array of dual-axis tracking reflectors ( heliostats) that concentrate sunlight on a central receiver atop a tower; the receiver contains a heat-transfer fluid, which can consist of water-steam or molten salt. Optically a solar power tower is the same as a circular Fresnel reflector.

  5. Compact linear Fresnel reflector - Wikipedia

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    A compact linear Fresnel reflector ( CLFR) – also referred to as a concentrating linear Fresnel reflector – is a specific type of linear Fresnel reflector ( LFR) technology. They are named for their similarity to a Fresnel lens, in which many small, thin lens fragments are combined to simulate a much thicker simple lens.

  6. Space sunshade - Wikipedia

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    Space sunshade. A space sunshade or sunshield is a parasol that diverts or otherwise reduces some of the Sun's radiation, preventing it from hitting a spacecraft or planet and thereby reducing its insolation, which results in reduced heating. Light can be diverted by different methods. The concept of the construction of sunshade as a method of ...

  7. Concentrator photovoltaics - Wikipedia

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    Concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) modules on dual axis solar trackers in Golmud, China. Concentrator photovoltaics ( CPV) (also known as concentrating photovoltaics or concentration photovoltaics) is a photovoltaic technology that generates electricity from sunlight. Unlike conventional photovoltaic systems, it uses lenses or curved mirrors to ...

  8. Parabolic trough - Wikipedia

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    A parabolic trough is made of a number of solar collector modules ( SCM) fixed together to move as one solar collector assembly ( SCA ). A SCM could have a length up to 15 metres (49 ft 3 in) or more. About a dozen or more of SCM make each SCA up to 200 metres (656 ft 2 in) length. Each SCA is an independently-tracking parabolic trough.

  9. Thermal radiation - Wikipedia

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    In principle, any kind of lens can be used, but only the Fresnel lens design is practical for very large lenses. Either method can be used to quickly vaporize water into steam using sunlight. For example, the sunlight reflected from mirrors heats the PS10 Solar Power Plant , and during the day it can heat water to 285 °C (558 K; 545 °F).

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