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Potential applications of concentrated solar energy : proceedings of a workshop : held at the Solar Energy Research Institute, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado, November 7 and 8, 1990 / Committee on Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons, Energy Engineering Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solar energy--Congresses.
- Solar energy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book assesses the current state of the field in a number of potential applications and discusses technologies for which concentrated solar energy might be utilized. It contains all the papers submitted by the speakers as well as summaries of the presentations and discussions that followed each session.
- Contents:
- PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- SESSION 1 WATER TREATMENT: ADVANCED PHOTOOXIDATION PROCESSES
- RAPPORTEUR'S REPORT
- Systems Considered
- Factors Affecting Treatment Efficiencies: Kinetic Considerations
- Treatments Using UV, Ozone, and/or Hydrogen Peroxide
- Photocatalytic Treatment
- Future Research Areas
- CHEMICAL MODELS OF ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES
- Abstract
- List of References
- MECHANISTIC STUDIES OF THE PHOTOCATALYTIC BEHAVIOR OF TIO2 PARTICLES IN A PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SLURRY CELL AND THE…
- Conclusions
- EFFECT OF LIGHT INTENSITY ON PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTION
- Introduction
- Theory
- Experimental Data
- References
- A COMPARISON OF ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES WITH SEMICONDUCTOR-CATALYZED PHOTO-OXIDATION
- Mechanisms and Application of AOPS and SCPO
- Recommended Research Objectives for SCPO
- ULTROX OPERATING EXPERIENCES WITH UV/OXIDATION
- ECONOMICS
- Description of the UV-Oxidation Process
- Application of UV-Oxidation to Various Waters
- Oxidation Treatment and Operating Costs
- SOLAR PHOTOCATALYZED PROCESS ECONOMICS
- Definitions of a Representative Plant
- Projected Costs for Solar and Competitive Technologies
- Path to Cost Competitiveness
- PHOTOCATALYZED REMOVAL OF MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS FROM WATER
- IMMOBILIZED CATALYSTS IN SOLAR CONCENTRATORS
- Desired Characteristics
- Experiments
- Conclusion
- PHOTOCATALYSIS WITH LARGE-SCALE TROUGH COLLECTORS
- SESSION 2 WASTE TREATMENT
- HIGH-TEMPERATURE PHOTOCHEMISTRY INDUCED BY CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION
- Background
- Fundamental Research Aspects
- Applied Research Aspects
- CHEMICAL PROCESSES DURING INCINERATION AND IMPLICATIONS OF DETOXIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTES USING SOLAR PROTONS.
- References
- SOLAR TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
- The Vanishing-Niche Problem
- High Associated Costs:
- Application to Solar Treatment Technologies
- SESSION 3 MATERIALS PROCESSING AND SYNTHESIS
- INTRODUCTION
- PRESENT SURFACE TREATMENT TECHNIQUES
- Surface Heating with Light
- Thermal Spray/Plasma Arc
- Chemical Vapor Deposition
- Physical Vapor Deposition
- Ion Beam Techniques
- MATERIAL USES OF CONCENTRATED SOLAR PHOTONS
- Thermal Applications
- Photolytic Applications
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- APPLICATIONS OF ENERGETIC PARTICLES IN IMPROVING COATING ADHESION PROPERTIES
- Ion-Beam-Assisted Deposition
- Discussion
- Summary
- PULSED LASER PROCESSING OF SOLAR CELLS
- Laser-Solid Interactions
- Electrical Properties of Laser Annealed Samples
- SURFACE MODIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES USING CONCENTRATED SOLAR RADIATION
- PROGRESS
- Phase Transformation Hardening
- Cladding
- Radiative Joining
- Self-Propagating High Temperature Synthesis Reactions
- Thin Film Growth in Controlled Atmospheres
- FUTURE AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- A COMPARISON OF THE ECONOMICS OF MATERIALS PROCESSING WITH SOLAR FURNACES AND HIGH-INTENSITY ARC LAMPS
- Description of the Arc Lamp System
- Description of the Solar Furnace System
- Definition of Case Studies
- Economic Models
- Case Study Results
- Summary and Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- SESSION 4 SOLAR PUMPING OF LASERS
- SOLAR PUMPED LASERS: WORK IN PROGRESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- THERMODYNAMIC OVERVIEW OF SOLAR LASERS
- Thermal Cycle.
- Down-conversion Cycle
- Solar Laser Program at the University of Chicago
- Solid-State Lasers
- Dye Lasers
- BLACKBODY PUMPED LASERS
- SOLAR PUMPED LASERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
- Solar Pumped Lasers
- Solar Pumped Laser Applications
- SESSION 5 PHOTOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS
- Models for Charge Separation in Photosynthesis
- Industrial Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons
- Overall Assessment
- PHOTOPHYSICS AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF PORPHYRIN SYSTEMS
- Future Directions
- Acknowledgment
- POTENTIAL INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF PHOTONS
- SESSION 6 FUEL PROCESSING AND THERMOCHEMICAL/PHOTOCHEMICAL CYCLES
- GAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE EXPERIENCE IN SOLAR FUEL RESEARCH
- Photochemical Synthesis
- Thermochemical Fuel Synthesis
- Photochemical Processes
- Thermal Processes
- Collector Systems
- THERMAL, THERMOCHEMICAL, AND HYBRID SOLAR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
- EVALUATION METHODS
- Thermodynamics
- Engineering
- HIGH TEMPERATURE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS
- HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESSES
- Thermochemical and Hybrid Processes
- R&
- D DIRECTIONS
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS DRIVEN BY CONCENTRATED SOLAR ENERGY
- Oil Shale Gasification
- Methane Reforming
- INEXPENSIVE PHENOL REPLACEMENTS FROM BIOMASS: AN ON-GOING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER EFFORT
- Overview
- Approach - Coupling of Basic and Applied Research
- Inexpensive Phenol Replacements from Biomass
- DOE-OIT/SERI Adhesives Program - Case Study in Technology Transfer
- Acknowledgments
- SESSION 7 ADVANCED RESEARCH
- THE BIOTECHNOLOGY OF CULTIVATING DUNALIELLA RICH IN BETA CAROTENE: FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
- References.
- PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF BIOCHEMICALS FROM ALGAE AND OTHER BIOTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ENABLED BY HIGHER SOLAR CONCENTRATION
- PLENARY SESSION STATUS OF EUROPEAN R&
- D IN SOLAR CHEMISTRY AND INDUSTRIAL INTEREST IN THIS TECHNOLOGY
- ABSTRACT
- GENERAL
- SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS
- D Issues
- Photochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry
- High Temperature Thermochemistry and Photo-Assisted Thermochemistry
- Remark Concerning Comparison Criteria for Different Solar Technologies
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- APPENDIX A National Academy of Sciences/National, Research Council COMMITTEE ON POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF CONCENTRATED…
- Appendix B National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council COMMITTEE ON POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF CONCENTRATED….
- Notes:
- "NAP S-416"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-20332-3
- 9786610203321
- 0-309-58357-8
- 0-585-15557-7
- OCLC:
- 43477325
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