seems like you'd be better off slapping them on a pressure chamber filled with water/coolant and using that to run a steam turbine rather than just putting huge fields of them out...
Course, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about, so take me with a grain of salt, lol.
That's essentially the solar collector systems, where, instead of panels they reflect all the solar energy into a single point to super-heat a tank of some type of salt, the molten salt then flows to boil water.
You may not 'know what you're talking about,' but this is a pretty good example of intuitive/creative thinking.
There aren't many of them that I'm aware at least, California has one I believe. It was in the ballpark of 700F hitting the convergence point, so, you might as well put something in it that can hold the heat.
As an add-on to existing solar stations, it's one of those where there's extra heat you could soak up, but not quite what you could use to spin a turbine with, not without taking that creativity an extra level.
seems like you'd be better off slapping them on a pressure chamber filled with water/coolant and using that to run a steam turbine rather than just putting huge fields of them out...
Course, I don't know what the hell I'm talking about, so take me with a grain of salt, lol.
Honestly, that's not in the worst thinking.
That's essentially the solar collector systems, where, instead of panels they reflect all the solar energy into a single point to super-heat a tank of some type of salt, the molten salt then flows to boil water.
You may not 'know what you're talking about,' but this is a pretty good example of intuitive/creative thinking.
honestly, i was just thinking you'd use the waste heat from the panels, getting the best of both worlds
I do know they use boilers for some solar setups, I just didn't know molten salt was involved, lol
There aren't many of them that I'm aware at least, California has one I believe. It was in the ballpark of 700F hitting the convergence point, so, you might as well put something in it that can hold the heat.
As an add-on to existing solar stations, it's one of those where there's extra heat you could soak up, but not quite what you could use to spin a turbine with, not without taking that creativity an extra level.
ah, so you need something that can hold that heat until it reaches the necessary temp then?