Parabolic-trough solar water heating: renewable technology for reducing water-heating costs

Original publisher: Washington, D.C. : Federal Energy Management Program, U.S. Dept. of Energy, [2000] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)554575374 Subject: Parabolic troughs. Excerpt: ... Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories helped develop the technology, and as mentioned earlier, Sandia measured its performance. FEMP and the two laboratories have worked closely with IST to identify good opportunities to apply the technology at Federal facilities. The two laboratories also supported past efforts to use parabolic-trough heating for electrical generation and industrial process water and continue to work on solar thermal electrical PIX06068 generation. Cost-shared, collaborative technology ries / development testing and evaluation projects rato with NREL and Sandia have allowed IST Labo to greatly improve the performance of nal parabolic-trough collector Natiotechnology. Solgel antireflective coating for the glass ndia enclosure surrounding the receiver tube is Sa made by IST under license from Sandia Figure 11. Gould Electronics of Chandler, Arizona, has had its parabolic-trough National Laboratories. ECP-305 + ® silvered collector system since 1982. An example of use of oil for heat transfer for higher-polymer reflector film was developed under temperature uses, the system provides process water for copper foil production. a collaborative project between NREL and the 3M Company and was tested and FTAs are about new technologies identified The FEMP Tracks database of Federal evaluated by IST. Both of these improve-through advertisements in the Commerce facilities lists 16 prisons, 87 hospitals, and ments enhance energy capture. For example, Business Daily and trade journals and 147 housing complexes that are located the system installed in 1996 for the Jefferson through direct correspondence soliciting within Southwestern or other states where County Detention Facility in Golden, technology ideas. Those technologies are there are probably adequate sola...