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><channel><title>Solar Power Engineering&#187; Solar Thermal Energy : Solar Power Engineering</title> <atom:link href="http://solarpowerengineering.com/category/technologies/thermal/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com</link> <description>Covering the engineering systems behind solar power development and infrastucture.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:13:03 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>High temperature insulation for connecting panels</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/06/high-temperature-insulation-for-connecting-panels/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/06/high-temperature-insulation-for-connecting-panels/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:09:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>kzipp</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connection panels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[insulation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[K-flex usa]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://solarpowerengineering.com/?p=759</guid> <description><![CDATA[Solar &#8211; R pre-jacketed, high temperature insulation (300°F) is suitable for eliminating heat loss on lines connecting solar panels with the storage tank, where UV protection is required.  K-Flex Solar &#8211; R comes in 6 ft or 50 ft coils for insulation of any type of copper tubing.
K-Flex USA
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Thermomax Ltd. manufactures equipment for  efficient and economical conversion of solar radiation into thermal  energy. Its evacuated-tube, solar collectors produce clean energy for  domestic and industrial hot water, space heating and cooling, and  seawater desalination.The company engineers needed new equipment to test their solar  [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/05/testing-evacuated-tube-solar-collectors-using-ni-labview-and-fieldpoint-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hybrid Photovoltaic Solar-Thermal Collector Does Both Jobs</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/03/hybrid-photovoltaic-solar-thermal-collector-does-both-jobs/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/03/hybrid-photovoltaic-solar-thermal-collector-does-both-jobs/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:57:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Panels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Photovoltaic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solar Power Technologies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solar panels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solar thermal energy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solimpeks]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://solarpowerengineering.com/?p=556</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Turkish company, Solimpeks Corp., has launched its Volther hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously. The hybrid system allows extra module heat to be absorbed to produce hot water while optimising efficiency, the company says.
Historically, the main drawback of many conventional photovoltaic (PV) systems has been the high initial cost [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/03/hybrid-photovoltaic-solar-thermal-collector-does-both-jobs/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Report Says The Major Solar Thermal Market Is China</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/02/new-report-says-that-the-major-solar-thermal-market-is-china/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/02/new-report-says-that-the-major-solar-thermal-market-is-china/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:40:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Hot Solar Power Topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solar Power Technologies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[market report]]></category> <category><![CDATA[report buyer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solar thermal energy]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://solarpowerengineering.com/?p=502</guid> <description><![CDATA[The report “Solar Thermal Power Report” describes  solar thermal energy technology in its various applications. Although  concentred solar power (CSP) generation is probably better known, solar  thermal (ST) collectors employ a much lower level of technology and  convert far more of the sun’s energy into useful heat. Perhaps least  well [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/02/new-report-says-that-the-major-solar-thermal-market-is-china/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Hybrid Solar Collector Produced By Solimpeks Corp.</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/02/new-hybrid-solar-collector-produced-by-solimpeks-corp/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/02/new-hybrid-solar-collector-produced-by-solimpeks-corp/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:28:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hot Solar Power Topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inverters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Panels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Photovoltaic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solar Power Technologies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hybrid modules]]></category> <category><![CDATA[return on investment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solimpeks]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://solarpowerengineering.com/?p=443</guid> <description><![CDATA[Solimpeks Corp., a solar company based in Karatay, Turkey, has released the Volther hybrid solar collector, which produces  electricity and hot water simultaneously.
The product hybrid  modules produced by Solimpeks Corp. allow extra module heat to be absorbed to produce hot water,  thus optimizing efficiency, the company says. Historically, the main  drawback [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/02/new-hybrid-solar-collector-produced-by-solimpeks-corp/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Thermal Towers May Be Going Down To The Ground</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/thermal-towers-may-be-going-down-to-the-ground/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/thermal-towers-may-be-going-down-to-the-ground/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:31:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Hot Solar Power Topics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Solar Power Technologies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[power towers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solar power tower]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tokyo institute of technology]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://solarpowerengineering.com/?p=351</guid> <description><![CDATA[Solar power towers have proven to be a fairly efficient way of converting solar energy into electricity. In a solar power tower, energy from a large array of mirrors focused onto a tower that captures the heat in some way, and then converts that heat to electricity using a boiler and turbine. It&#8217;s a great [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/thermal-towers-may-be-going-down-to-the-ground/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Solar-Driven Parabolic Dish Farm Opens</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-driven-parabolic-dish-farm-opens/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-driven-parabolic-dish-farm-opens/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:02:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured Solar Power Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Panels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Photovoltaic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Policies & Projects]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parabolic dish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[solar plant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stirling energy systems]]></category><guid
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Solar plant developer Tessera Solar installed 60 solar collectors, called the SunCatcher from Stirling Energy Systems, in Peoria, Ariz. Each dish is rated at 25 kilowatts and the entire facility will have a capacity of 1.5-megawatts of generation.
Utilities installing large-scale solar power generation are typically using arrays of flat photovoltaic panels or concentrating solar power [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-driven-parabolic-dish-farm-opens/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How effective is residential solar power?</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/how-effective-is-residential-solar-power/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/how-effective-is-residential-solar-power/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:50:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Photovoltaic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Residential Solar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rooftop Solar]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://solarpowerengineering.com/?p=254</guid> <description><![CDATA[The effectiveness of a solar power system for powering your home (or part of your home) depends upon a number of factors. For example:Electric or gas? In general, any appliance that uses electricity to power a heat element (for instance, an electric stove, an electric clothes dryer, or an electric water heater) is not very [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/how-effective-is-residential-solar-power/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Solar Thermal Energy Storage Media</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-thermal-energy-storage-media/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-thermal-energy-storage-media/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Energy Storage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[German Aerospace Center]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NREL]]></category><guid
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The German Aerospace Center constructed a facility at the University of Stuttgart for testing a concrete, thermal energy storage system. They are examining the performance, durability and cost of using a solid, thermal energy storage media (high-temperature concrete or castable ceramic materials) in parabolic trough solar power plants.This system uses the standard heat transfer fluid [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-thermal-energy-storage-media/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Solar Thermal Energy Storage</title><link>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-thermal-energy-storage/</link> <comments>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-thermal-energy-storage/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:01:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Solar Power Engineering</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured Solar Power Articles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NREL]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TES]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thermal Energy Storage]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://solarpowerengineering.com/?p=220</guid> <description><![CDATA[One advantage of parabolic trough power plants is their potential for storing solar thermal energy to use during times when the sun is not shining as well as to dispatch energy when it&#8217;s needed most. As a result, thermal energy storage (TES) allows parabolic trough solar power plants to achieve higher annual capacity factors—from 25% [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://solarpowerengineering.com/2010/01/solar-thermal-energy-storage/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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