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Also known as "power towers," these use fields of two-axis tracking mirrors known as heliostats. Each heliostat is individually positioned by a computer control system to reflect the sun's rays to a tower-mounted thermal receiver. The effect of many heliostats reflecting to a common point creates the combined energy of thousands of suns, which produces high-temperature thermal energy. In the receiver, molten nitrate salts absorb the heat energy. The hot salt is then used to boil water to steam, which is sent to a conventional steam turbine-generator to produce electricity.
Industry:Energy
All the natural and living things around us. The earth, air, weather, plants, and animals all make up our environment.
Industry:Energy
All the conductors and electricity using devices that are connected to a source of electromotive force (or generator).
Industry:Energy
All the components of the appliance used to condition interior air of a building.
Industry:Energy
Air with a weight of 0.075 pounds per cubic foot with an equivalent density of dry air at a temperature of 86 degrees Fahrenheit and standard barometric pressure of 29.92 inches of mercury.
Industry:Energy
Air that provides the necessary oxygen for complete, clean combustion and maximum heating value.
Industry:Energy
Air that is returned to a heating or cooling appliance from a heated or cooled space.
Industry:Energy
Air that is returned from a heated or cooled space, reconditioned and/or cleaned, and returned to the space.
Industry:Energy
