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Presentations on the International Conference on Environment and Nuclear Energy
There are complex global connections between economics, energy, and the environment. Meeting the rising expectations of a growing world population depends on economic growth, but if that growth is fuelled by f...
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Presentations on the International Conference on Technology for the Global Economic, Environmental Survival and Prosperity
The Global Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit organization formed to examine forefront problems in science and technology. The International Conference on Technology for the Global Economic, Environmental Surviva...
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Presentations on the International Conference on Economics and Politics of Energy
The Global Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit organization for global issues and frontier problems in science, organized this International Conference around two closely related themes on which long-term energy str...
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The Role of Subsidies and Private Investments in Sustainable Rural Electrification
From several points of view (environmental, resource conservation, financial, and social) the widespread use of photovoltaic (PV) systems for rural electrification is desirable. In this presentation, it is arg...
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Presentations on Global Energy Demand in Transition: Informal Notes
The Global Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization for global issues and frontier problems in science, organized this conference to explore the technological prospects and long term availability of environ...
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Optical Losses
The DCS optical losses may be profitably discussed in terms of a four-factor formula: the optical efficiency is taken as the product of reflectance, intercept factor, transmittance, and absorptance. This paper...
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Receiver Thermal Performance: Theory
This paper discusses topics which are revelant to the quantitative evaluation of the thermal performance of a solar receiver. It outlines the general problem of thermal balance by considering the heat transpor...
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The SSPS Advanced Sodium Receiver: Transient Response
High-flux sodium-cooled receivers have low thermal inertia and short response times. Controls must keep the outlet temperature constant at changing power levels, without compromising structural integrity. The ...
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Receiver Behavior Comparison
Sodium has very attractive heat transfer characteristics, thus it is an obvious candidate cooling fluid for a high temperature, high performance, central receiver system. The SSPS project has operated with two...
