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This system uses a roof-integrated collector
that employs non-imaging optics to produce the most efficient solar
collector tube in the world. Arrays of these collectors are connected
together to capture enough energy to power double-effect absorption
cooling equipment for commercial and industrial buildings-the only
fixed solar system in the world to have this high temperature capability.
While cooling is the optimal use of this system, it also produces
space heating in the winter, heats domestic water, and can produce
electricity for office or small industrial buildings. When implemented
into a typical sawtooth roof, the system also allows for daylighting.
This
fixed array system can produce solar-heated fluids up to 400 degrees
F, and is capable of reliably converting the thermal energy to electricity,
absorption cooling and industrial process steam. Additionally, by
capturing the waste heat from these processes, the overall system's
efficiency can be greatly magnified by also fulfilling desalination,
space heating, and hot water needs.
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