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Energy | A solar collector that uses reflective surfaces to concentrate sunlight onto a small area, where it is absorbed and converted to heat or, in the case of solar photovoltaic (PV) devices, into electricity. Concentrators can increase the power flux of sunlight hundreds of times. The principal types of concentrating collectors include: compound parabolic, parabolic trough, fixed reflector moving receiver, fixed receiver moving reflector, Fresnel lense, and central receiver. A PV concentrating module uses optical elements (Fresnel lense) to increase the amount of sunlight incident onto a PV cell. Concentrating PV modules/arrays must track the sun and use only the direct sunlight because the diffuse portion cannot be focused onto the PV cells. (Solar). (references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4E 43 45 4E 54 52 41 54 4F 52 43 4F 4C 4C 45 43 54 4F 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001110 01000011 01000101 01001110 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 00100000 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001100 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O N C E N T R A T O R     C O L L E C T O R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004E 0043 0045 004E 0054 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052 0043 004F 004C 004C 0045 0043 0054 004F 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37494837394854523554495222374946463937544952 |
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