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Solar Engineering 2001: (FORUM 2001: Solar Energy — The Power to Choose)
General Topics in Solar Thermal
“Honey, I Shrunk the Solar Plant!”
ISEC 2001; 1-8https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-100
Topics:
Solar energy
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Electrical measurement
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Engines
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Fuels
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Heat
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Mass production
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Microelectromechanical systems
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Optics
,
Photovoltaic cells
Comparative Measurements of Different Solar Flux Gauge Types
ISEC 2001; 33-38https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-104
Topics:
Gages
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Solar energy
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Furnaces
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Calibration
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Instrumentation
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Video cameras
Buildings and Conservation
Solar Dishes
The Salt River Project SunDish Dish-Stirling System
ISEC 2001; 83-87https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-111
Topics:
Rivers
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Engineering prototypes
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Sanitary landfills
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Solar energy
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Sunlight
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Design
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Electric power generation
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Fuels
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Generators
,
Methane
Performance of the SES/Boeing Dish Stirling System
Kenneth W. Stone, Eric Leingang, Gerry Rodriguez, Jonathan Paisley, Jean-Paul Nguyen, Dr. Thomas Mancini, Hans Nelving
ISEC 2001; 97-103https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-113
Topics:
Coolers
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Cycles
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Energy / power systems
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Energy conversion
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Energy efficiency
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Engines
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Manufacturing
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Solar energy concentrators
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Stirling engines
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Testing
SES/Boeing Dish Stirling System Operation
Kenneth W. Stone, Eric Leingang, Bob Liden, Erik Ellis, Tariq Sattar, Dr. Thomas Mancini, Hans Nelving
ISEC 2001; 105-110https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-114
Topics:
Design
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Energy / power systems
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Energy conversion
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Hydrogen
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Reliability
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Solar energy concentrators
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Water
Hybrid Solar Lighting Systems
Solar Heating and Cooling
A Study of the Performance of a Hybrid Liquid Desiccant Cooling System Using Lithium Chloride
ISEC 2001; 133-139https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-118
Topics:
Cooling systems
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Lithium
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Temperature
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Air conditioning
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Flow (Dynamics)
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Ventilation
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Compression
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Education
,
Simulation
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Solar energy
Simulation of an Air-Cooled Solar-Assisted Absorption Air Conditioning System
ISEC 2001; 141-149https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-119
Topics:
Absorption
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Air conditioning
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Simulation
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Solar energy
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Cooling
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Heat
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Thermal energy storage
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Computer simulation
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Computers
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Condensers (steam plant)
A Method for Measuring the Creep Behavior of Pressurized Polymer Tubing
ISEC 2001; 161-167https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-121
Topics:
Creep
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Polymers
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Tubing
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Wire
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Heat exchangers
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Strain gages
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Anisotropy
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Bone
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Heat transfer
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High pressure (Physics)
The Thermal Penalty of an Immersed Heat Exchanger in Integral Collector Storage System
ISEC 2001; 191-198https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-124
Topics:
Heat exchangers
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Storage
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Capacitance
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Flow (Dynamics)
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Hot water
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Simulation
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Solar water heating
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Stress
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System efficiency
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Thermal efficiency
Resource Assessment
Global Surface Solar Energy Anomalies Including El Nino and La Nina Years
C. H. Whitlock, D. E. Brown, W. S. Chandler, R. C. DiPasquale, Nancy A. Ritchey, Shashi K. Gupta, Anne C. Wilber, David P. Kratz, Paul W. Stackhouse
ISEC 2001; 233-240https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-129
Topics:
Solar energy
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Electronics
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Floods
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Gages
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Pacific Ocean
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Power systems (Machinery)
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Reliability
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Renewable energy
,
Resolution (Optics)
,
Solar energy systems
Photovoltaics
Reducing the Costs of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Systems
ISEC 2001; 249-255https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-131
Topics:
Photovoltaic power systems
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Roofs
Field Tests of a PV-Powered Air Monitoring System
ISEC 2001; 261-265https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-133
Topics:
Computers
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Cycles
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Design
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Flow (Dynamics)
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Monitoring systems
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Photovoltaic power systems
,
Solar energy
Hybrid PV/Fuel Cell System Design and Simulation
ISEC 2001; 267-273https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-134
Topics:
Design
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Fuel cells
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Simulation
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Stress
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Control equipment
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Fuels
,
Hydrogen
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Regression models
,
Simulation results
,
Solar power
Photovoltaic Phenomena in Thin Film ZnTe-CdSe Heterojunctions
ISEC 2001; 327-331https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-141
Topics:
Thin films
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Crystals
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Shapes
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Vapors
,
Wavelength
Solar Power Towers
Solar Power Tower (SPT) Design Innovations to Improve Reliability and Performance: Reducing Technical Risk and Cost
ISEC 2001; 365-371https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-146
Topics:
Design
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Innovation
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Reliability
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Risk
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Solar power
,
Solar energy
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Thermal energy storage
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Conceptual design
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Electricity (Physics)
,
Energy generation
Solar Troughs
The DISS Project: Direct Steam Generation in Parabolic Troughs — Operation and Maintenance Experience — Update on Project Status
Eduardo Zarza, Loreto Valenzuela, Javier León, H.-Dieter Weyers, Martin Eickhoff, Markus Eck, Klaus Hennecke
ISEC 2001; 419-426https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-154
Topics:
Maintenance
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Parabolic troughs
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Steam
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Solar energy
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Test facilities
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Solar thermal power
Modular Trough Power Plants
ISEC 2001; 437-443https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-156
Development of a Molten-Salt Thermocline Thermal Storage System for Parabolic Trough Plants
ISEC 2001; 453-460https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-158
Topics:
Parabolic troughs
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Thermal energy storage
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Fluids
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Temperature gradient
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Capacitance
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Density
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Fillers (Materials)
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Heat transfer
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Power stations
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Safety
Solar Chemistry
Heat, Mass and Fluid Flow in a Solar Reactor for Fullerene Synthesis
ISEC 2001; 465https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-161
Topics:
Fluid dynamics
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Fullerenes
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Heat
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Solar energy
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Computer simulation
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Pressure
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Accounting
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Carbon
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Cooling
,
Design
Photochemical Effects in Carbide Synthesis of d-Group Transition Metals (Ti, Zr; V, Nb, Ta; Cr, Mo, W) in a Solar Furnace at PSA (Plataforma Solar de Almería)
José Rodríguez, Diego Martínez, Luís Guerra Rosa, Jorge Cruz Fernandes, Pedro Miguel Amaral, Nobumitsu Shohoji
ISEC 2001; 469-476https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-163
Topics:
Furnaces
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Solar energy
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Transition metals
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Zirconium
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Solar radiation
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Carburization
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Carbon
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Equilibrium (Physics)
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Phase diagrams
,
Graphite
Experimental Investigation of a Vortex-Flow Solar Chemical Reactor for the Combined ZnO-Reduction and CH4-Reforming
ISEC 2001; 477-484https://doi.org/10.1115/SED2001-164
Topics:
Methane
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Solar chemistry
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Vortex flow
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Solar power
,
Heat transfer
,
Solar energy
,
Chemical processes
,
Cycles
,
Energy budget (Physics)
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Energy dissipation