Solar furnace (Large Print) (UEB Contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This is an image of a solar furnace using energy radiated from the sun to produce electricity. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. It shows the sun, reflectors on a hillside, a large parabolic mirror, and a turbine and generator. The image is framed by a dashed line image border.The disc of the sun can be found in the top left of the image. It is emitting a ray of light, represented by a dotted line, which travels down and right, across the page to where it strikes one of the reflectors on the hillside in the middle right of the page. From here, it bounces left to the large parabolic mirror, which in turn, reflects it right, onto the collector. Light from all the other reflectors is also focussed onto the collector, although this has not been shown for reasons of clarity. The intense heat produced (up to three thousand degrees Celsius) is used to boil water; the high-pressure steam powers a turbine, which drives an electrical generator. These are not shown.
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- Date of Addition:
- 08/04/16
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.