Start Date
4-1976 8:00 AM
Description
Useful sources of solar energy, besides the direct rays of the sun, include energy stored in the oceans, the winds, elevated waters and biological materials. Systems for putting any of these forms of solar energy to work for us require economical means for 1) energy conversion 2) energy storage and 3) the concentration of energy in space and time to deliver the necessary sustained high power levels required for significant and productive end use. Technological challenges exist in all three of these areas of need. In this paper the authors describe some of the specific needs and review the status of technology in five developing areas of solar conversion: solar thermal, photovoltaic, ocean thermal gradient, wind and the generation of fuels.
New Technologies In Solar Energy Conversion -An Overview
Useful sources of solar energy, besides the direct rays of the sun, include energy stored in the oceans, the winds, elevated waters and biological materials. Systems for putting any of these forms of solar energy to work for us require economical means for 1) energy conversion 2) energy storage and 3) the concentration of energy in space and time to deliver the necessary sustained high power levels required for significant and productive end use. Technological challenges exist in all three of these areas of need. In this paper the authors describe some of the specific needs and review the status of technology in five developing areas of solar conversion: solar thermal, photovoltaic, ocean thermal gradient, wind and the generation of fuels.
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Solar Energy
Session Chairman: Howard Harrenstien, Director, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida,
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