Solar furnace

Lately I’ve done a few posts about France and her art, so I figured it was time to do one about France and her science. I’ve always known that France has a rich science history, but I never knew it…

Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via or simply Odeillo, is a commune in the Pyrenees mountains near the Spanish border in the south of France and is one o...

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A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. Parabolic mirrors or heliostats concentrate light onto a focal point. The temperature at the focal point may reach 3,500 °C, and this heat can be used to generate electricity, melt steel, make hydrogen fuel or nanomaterials. The Odeillo solar furnace is the world's largest solar furnace. It is situated in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales, in…

Solar Atmospheres, Souderton, Pa., has installed a new vacuum gas nitriding furnace built by sister company Solar Manufacturing. The front-loading furnace features...

Illustration of simple solar powered system and its components #greenelectronics

Solar collectors have a range of applications. These include: Solar water heating systems Solar space heating and cooling Solar refrigeration Industrial process heat Solar desalination process Solar thermal power systems Solar furnaces Solar chemistry applications Solar cookers Photovoltaic systems

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