Solar Furnace Applications

Parabolic mirrors or heliostats concentrate light onto a focal point the temperature at the focal point may reach 3 500 c 6 330 f and this heat can be used to generate electricity melt steel make hydrogen fuel or nanomaterials.

Solar furnace applications. A backup system may also be part of the solar. Application of solar furnaces in africa small natural convection solar dryer design 4 15 16. It can also be applied to several manufacturing and agricultural applications such as crop drying. The application of solar heating technology in a solar furnace happens when high temperature is obtained through the use of solar radiation in high concentration to a sample using some heliostats arranged on a slanting surface.

It is typically the most cost effective out of all the solar technologies especially in commercial and. Solar air heating is a renewable energy heating technology used to heat or condition air for buildings or process heat applications. Solar furnaces and their applications by felix trombe director of r trch. These collectors are used more frequently for u s.

A prototype scheffler reflector is being constructed in india for use in a solar crematorium. Solar water heating systems almost always require a backup system for cloudy days and times of increased demand. This 50 m 2 reflector will generate temperatures of 700 c 1292 f and displace. A variety of fuel like coal kerosene cooking gas firewood dung cakes and agricultural wastes are used for cooking purposes.

Application of solar furnaces in africa domestic uses cooking heating of water agricultural uses drying of farm produce incubation of chicken industrial uses recycling of waste welding of machine parts 14 15. Normally the solar furnace is utilized in research purposes where ceramics are studied at an. Bhatia in advanced renewable energy systems 2014. Solar air heating is a solar thermal technology in which the energy from the sun insolation is captured by an absorbing medium and used to heat air.

The solar furnace principle is being used to make inexpensive solar cookers and solar powered barbecues and for solar water pasteurisation. Unlike residential solar heating commercial solar heating applications tend to have much larger demand that is steady in its requirements and the demand is usually 365 days per year. Due to the energy crisis supply of these fuels are either deteriorating wood coal. This type of technology is best for heating air and ventilating indoor spaces.

A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures usually for industry. Conventional storage water heaters usually provide backup and may already be part of the solar system package. Centre national de h recherche jemifique paris france problems encountered in focusing the solar en ergy in the construction of the large solar fix mace at montlouis are discussed and the lo00 kw unit now being built is described. Process water heating is the term used for any commercial solar heating applications.