Potential applications of concentrated solar photons

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5494079

In 1989, the National Research Council formed a committee, upon the request of the Department of Energy (DOE), to assess potential applications of concentrated solar photons beyond the production of electricity. The committee interpreted the term applications to be those of commercial value, that is, applications in which the use of concentrated solar photons leads to a new product or process, creating a new market; cost reduction for an existing product or process; improvement in a product or process; or provision of a technical service. The goal of this study was to determine whether special advantages might result when concentrated solar photons are the source of energy for photochemical, photoelectrochemical, and thermal processes. The study undertook to assess the state of the art of potential applications, such as war and waste treatment. Other possible applications of solar photons, such as materials processing and solar pumping of lasers, also were considered. This work describes these applications.

• Sponsoring Organization: SERI; Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5494079
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
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ENERGY SOURCES
LASERS
MANAGEMENT
MARKET
MASSLESS PARTICLES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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