Energy From the Sun

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The total solar energy absorbed by Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land masses is approximately 3,850,000 exajoules (EJ) per year.  This is more energy gained in one hour than the world would use in one year. The amount of solar energy reaching the surface of the planet is so vast that in one year it is about twice as much as will ever be obtained from all of the Earth’s non-renewable resources of coal, oil, natural gas, and mined uranium combined.

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Solar Heat Pump Electrical Generation System

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This is a project to design and build a system that uses a combination of direct and indirect solar collection to generate electricity and store thermal energy in an economical, environmentally friendly, scalable, reliable, efficient and location independent manner using common construction materials. The project is being managed with a similar methodology to Open Source Software Development and the ideas and contributions are being published openly on the Internet without an attempt to secure patents. The hope is that with an open philosophy that the project shows similar Rapid Application Development and success as Linux and other Open Source Software projects and provides a system that can meet future energy requirements in a sustainable manner.

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Click to view Animation of the SHPEG System

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At 25 megawatts, the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center is the largest solar photovoltaic plant in the country

Annual estimated generation is about 42,000 megawatt-hours or enough power to serve about 3,000 homes

Located on FPL-owned property in DeSoto County, Fla.

Plant consists of more than 90,500 solar panels

Construction commenced in late 2008 and was completed in October 2009

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Solar photovoltaics are arrays of cells containing a material that converts solar  radiation into direct current electricity.

Solar photovoltaics panels that follow the suns path across the sky.

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Evacuated Solar Tube System

Evacuated Solar Tube Panels

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Liquid Battery

Offering a Promising Solar Energy Storage Technique

One of the biggest challenges currently facing large-scale solar energy technology is finding an effective way to store the energy, which is essential for using the electricity at night or on cloudy days.

The all-liquid battery:
discharged (left), charging (middle), and charged (right).
Molten magnesium (blue) is the top electrode, in the middle is the electrolyte (green), and molten antimony (yellow) is the bottom electrode.

Image credit: Arthur Mount.

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Latento Hot Water Storage System

When the fluid in the evacuated tube system has reached the desired temperature, it’s automatically pumped into a Latento storage tank. Heat exchange mechanisms then heat water within the tank ready for use. The revolutionary Latento storage system is an unpressurised unit designed so that hot water can be stored for several days. Thanks to the coupling and position of the exchanger, residual energy that is usually not available for heating or hot water can be utilised. In addition to multiple heat exchange coils, the Latento unit contains special food grade latent material that “melts” at a temperature of approx. 65 °C. In the process, the latent material absorbs thermal energy without changing the temperature in the storage tank. This material creates a highly efficient insulating layer. The efficiency of the Latento system means less solar collector surface is required to achieve the same results of other systems

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M-SERIES Compressor

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MYCOM Absorption Chiller
(Zeolite ADR-Z Series)

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Norlock Maintains Control with
Infrared Ice Temperature Sensors.

Constantly monitoring the surface temperature of the ice ensures less demand on the refrigeration plant. By constantly monitoring the surface temperature of the ice your refrigeration plant does not run unless required. Norlock Maintains precise ice temperature with an Infrared Temperature Sensor. By constantly monitoring the ice surface temperature the refrigeration computer system can adjust the refrigeration system to meet your specific programming schedule.

One of the largest problems with a conventional floor or brine thermostat is the lag time before the refrigeration system is turned on or off. In most cases by the time the brine thermostat has activated the refrigeration system, the activity on the ice has already started or has finished and the plant is still running. With the use of a floor thermostat and an infra red sensor you have double the protection to ensure a precise ice temperature at all times.

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HUMIDITY CONTROL

The most reliable and economical way of dealing with the humidity is through the use of a desiccant dehumidifier. This will provide you with an excellent ice surface during all weather conditions at a fraction of the operating cost of the old style mechanical dehumidifiers.

One of the largest contributing factors of having a great ice surface is proper humidity control in the building envelope. Excess humidity also increases the refrigeration load on the ice plant. The NHL has gone as far to set a humidity control standard for all their arenas. The NHL standard is 60 deg F and 40% RH or a dew point of 35 deg F. This level of control has been determined to maintain the best possible ice conditions and spectator comfort.

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RCI Micromorph Thin Film Photovoltaic
Solar modules

RCI Micromorph solar modules have a tandem structure with an additional microcrystalline absorber underneath amorphous layer, which converts the energy of the red and near infrared spectrum, allow an efficiency boost of approximately 50%

Product Features: Total solution for mounting system which ensures easy, quick & optimized installation. Roust structure with double-glass design &PVB lamination material. 20 year long product warranty Certified by IEC 61646 & 61730 : ID 0000024521 CSA Approved for Canada Thin film solar module Innovated and state of the art technologies filing 50 patents for world class high efficiency modules.

Moon Technology 1. Efficiency Enhanced · Stabilized output power (Pmpp) enhancement up to 10% 2. Better Energy Yield · Excellent low light performance through significantly improved shunt resistance (Rsh), energy yield is 10 _ 15% higher. 3. Superior Reliability · Leakage resistance surpass the criteria of TUV damp-heat test. 4. Micromorph modules use low voltage (90V, 60V, 30V) for customer satisfaction.

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RCI Micromorph BIPV Modules

RCI’s thin film PV modules are ideal for building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) applications. They not only generate electric energy from the sun but also can be customized to e any colour to match any specific architectural design. In addition, they have outstanding anti-UV properties and thus offer an alternative choice to conventional low-e glass used in eco-architects. With our patented Azur technology and custom made design as well as manufacturing partnership capabilities, our BIPV modules can be tailored to be any colour in the whole spectrum of visible light and can even be fine tuned to be versatile colours, such as light blue, blue and deep blue. Due to RCI’s superior technology and uncompromised quality control on the manufacturing processes, our thin filmed PV modules have superb and unprecedented uniformity in colour and appearance. They offer architects xtra degrees of freedom in choosing the colours for their BIPV modules, particularly suitable for appearance-oriented building, e.g. land marketing, tall buildings or public architecture.

Full Range Colour Micromorph BIPV
Solar Modules

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