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PRONUNCIATION OF SOLAR FURNACE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOLAR FURNACE

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Solar furnace is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOLAR FURNACE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

solar furnace

Solar furnace

A solar furnace is a structure that uses concentrated solar power to produce high temperatures, usually for industry. Parabolic mirrors or heliostats concentrate light onto a focal point. The temperature at the focal point may reach 3,500 °C, and this heat can be used to generate electricity, melt steel, make hydrogen fuel or nanomaterials. The largest solar furnace is at Odeillo in the Pyrénées-Orientales in France, opened in 1970. It employs an array of plane mirrors to gather sunlight, reflecting it onto a larger curved mirror.

Definition of solar furnace in the English dictionary

The definition of solar furnace in the dictionary is a furnace utilizing the sun as a heat source, sunlight being concentrated at the focus of a system of concave mirrors.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOLAR FURNACE

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solar panel
solar plexus
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOLAR FURNACE

arc furnace
blast furnace
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reverberatory furnace
smelting furnace
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Synonyms and antonyms of solar furnace in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «solar furnace» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOLAR FURNACE

Find out the translation of solar furnace to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of solar furnace from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «solar furnace» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

太阳炉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

horno solar
570 millions of speakers

English

solar furnace
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सौर भट्ठी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفرن الشمسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

солнечная печь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

forno solar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সৌর চুল্লি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

four solaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Relau solar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sonnenofen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

太陽炉
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

태양 전지 로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Solar furnace
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

lò năng lượng mặt trời
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சூரிய உலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सौर भट्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Güneş ocağı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

forno solare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piec solarny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сонячна піч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cuptor solar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηλιακό φούρνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonkrag oond
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sol ugnen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

solenergi ovn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of solar furnace

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOLAR FURNACE»

The term «solar furnace» is normally little used and occupies the 131.853 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOLAR FURNACE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about solar furnace

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOLAR FURNACE»

Discover the use of solar furnace in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to solar furnace and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Mechanics
There's been a lot of talk about solar heating, but this simple little A-frame 'shed' may become the first to offer practical auxiliary sunpower for use with almost any home, old or new. by James M. Listen The first for-real solar furnace that you can  ...
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Solar Energy: Fundamentals and Applications
13.1 INTRODUCTION Solar furnace is an optical system in which solar radiations are concentrated on to a small area (generally, a cavity) where very high temperatures are obtained. Solar furnaces may also be called as solar energy ...
Garg & Prakash, H. P. Garg, 2000
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Clean Energy
Antoine Lavoisier, the notable French chemist, was among the first to build a solar furnace, in the 18th century. Focusing thermal energy has the potential either to allow the generation of electricity (solar-thermal electricity), or to carry out ...
Ronald Dell, David Anthony James Rand, 2004
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Springer Handbook of Nanotechnology
used to produce a wide range of carbon nanostructures ranging from carbon blacks to carbon nanotubes over fullerenes with a high product selectivity. Solar Furnace Solar furnace devices were originally utilized by several groups to produce ...
Bharat Bhushan, 2007
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Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Energy:: ...
Solar Furnace Advantages • Since the focal point is much further from the reflector, the furnace will be able to operate in conjunction with dirtier materials processing tasks. • The economics of the furnace is not dependent on the price of  ...
Committee on the Potential Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, 1991
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Popular Mechanics
The individual plates in the curved mirror are adjusted by a simple hand control to vary the concentration of the burning rays. According to the French National Center of Scientific Research, the apparatus is the largest solar furnace in the world ...
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Non-conventional Energy Sources and Utilization (Energy ...
SOLAR FURNACE A solar furnace is an optical equipment to get high temperatures by concentrating solar radiations on to a specimen. The ”primary components” of a solar furnace are: 1. Concentrator. In solar furnaces, either a paraboloidal ...
R K Rajput, 2012
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Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity
Odeillo This 1 MWt solar furnace, located at Odeillo, France, is the oldest major solar-thermal test facility. Constructed in 1970, this research station has been a center for rovestigations into matenals behavior The facility consists of a field of 63 ...
Thomas B. Johansson, Laurie Burnham, 1993
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Popular Science
ADVENTURES IN ALTERNATE ENERGY A monthly sampling of projects PS readers have devised to conserve or replace fossil fuels Charles Curnutt. Tracking solar furnace By GERALD FOSTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIF. While utilities ...
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ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEMS: THEORY AND PRACTICE
For large centralised units of power generation, the solar furnace system is used. Figure 6.19 describes the tower concept of power generation. A boiler is mounted on the top of the tower located near the centre of the field of large mirrors ...
M. N. BANDYOPADHYAY, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOLAR FURNACE»

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Solar furnace rises from the Soviet ashes in Central Asia
Only two solar furnaces capable of focusing a full megawatt of irradiance on a square-meter target exist in the world. One in Uzbekistan, built as a Soviet testbed ... «Science AAAS, Jun 14»
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ASU students experience cutting-edge technology at Sandia …
Rows of concentrated solar powered mirrors harness the sun's energy at the ... of Sandia's multiple concentrated solar power and solar furnace technologies, ... «Arizona State University, May 14»
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Renewable Energy Supporters Show Off Solar Furnace for Low …
Conservation Corps Iowa showcased the first home with a so-called "solar furnace" at an open house event on Friday. The home with the first solar furnace ... «KCRG, Mar 14»
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Soda Can Solar Furnace Helps Cut Heating Bills
Engineering students at Metro State University took up that challenge. They designed a furnace that uses recycled materials, is solar powered and costs less ... «Here And Now, Mar 14»
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Homemade solar furnace could spell business for NB man
A Fredericton man who built a solar furnace for $300 and decreased his heating bills says he's overwhelmed with the response to his design and is considering ... «CBC.ca, Feb 14»
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Fredericton man builds $300 solar furnace, decreases heating bill
A Fredericton-area man says his heating bills are decreasing thanks to a solar furnace that cost him $300 to build. Randy Buchanan, of Lower St. Mary's, ... «CBC.ca, Feb 14»
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Soda-can furnaces powered by solar energy heat Denver …
Metro students Richard Anderson and Zyola Mix install a solar furnace they ... With empty soda cans as one of the main parts of the design, the furnaces cost ... «Denver Post, Jan 14»
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Fate of Comet ISON Uncertain After Fiery Sun Encounter
... route to the sun, apparently dissipated as ISON buzzed the sun's surface, whipping around the solar furnace at a speed of 843,000 mph (1.3 million km/hour). «Space.com, Dec 13»
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'Zombie' Comet ISON may be back from the dead
Ice in a comet's body vaporizes from solar heating, causing a bright stream of ... Its long tail and nucleus seemingly vaporized in the solar furnace, dashing ... «GMA News, Nov 13»
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Solar furnace to keep race for hydrogen running hot
Is this a peek at the future of energy? This artist's impression shows a giant solar water-splitting array announced last week by a team from the University of ... «New Scientist, Aug 13»

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