Solar steam generation: Steam by thermal concentration

Wen Shang and Tao Deng ()
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Wen Shang: Wen Shang and Tao Deng are at the State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.
Tao Deng: Wen Shang and Tao Deng are at the State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China.

Nature Energy, 2016, vol. 1, issue 9, 1-2

Abstract: The solar-driven generation of water steam at 100 °C under one sun normally requires the use of optical concentrators to provide the necessary energy flux. Now, thermal concentration is used to raise the vapour temperature to 100 °C without the need for costly optical concentrators.

Date: 2016
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