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SOLAR TROUGH SYSTEMS

Specialty Definition: SOLAR TROUGH SYSTEMS

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Energy

A type of solar thermal system where sunlight is concentrated by a curved reflector onto a pipe containing a working fluid that can be used for process heat or to produce electricity. The world's largest solar thermal electric power plants use solar trough technology. They are located in California, and have a combined electricity generating capacity of 240,000 kilowatts. (see also Parabolic Trough, above). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SOLAR TROUGH SYSTEMS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 4F 4C 41 52      54 52 4F 55 47 48      53 59 53 54 45 4D 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001111 01001100 01000001 01010010 00100000 01010100 01010010 01001111 01010101 01000111 01001000 00100000 01010011 01011001 01010011 01010100 01000101 01001101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#79 &#76 &#65 &#82 &#32 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#85 &#71 &#72 &#32 &#83 &#89 &#83 &#84 &#69 &#77 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 004F 004C 0041 0052      0054 0052 004F 0055 0047 0048      0053 0059 0053 0054 0045 004D 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53494635522545249554142253595354394753

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