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SRML Glossary "F" Special thanks to NREL We'd like to thank the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for making available to us their glossary, which is the basis of ours. We've edited and reformatted it, and linked it to our Web pages, and we'll continue to add our own specialized terms, illustrations, and examples. Please note that the Solar Radiation Monitoring Laboratory takes full responsibility for any inaccuracies that may occur. Links to other glossary sections: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | ||||
| The English
temperature scale for which 32°C is the temperature at which water freezes
and 212°C is the temperature at which water boils, at standard atmospheric
pressure. The conversion from Celsius
to Farenheit is
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A solar power system analysis and design program. For more information, see the
F-CHART home page.
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| A set (array)
of solar power collectors that do not pivot
to follow the track of the Sun in the sky. In the Northern Hemisphere, they
are usually mounted with a southern tilt that will maximize the amount of
energy that they can receive.
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| A solar
power collector that absorbs the Sun's energy
on a flat surface without concentrating or refocusing it.
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| The rate
at which a substance flows. The Watt is a unit of energy flux, because it
indicates the amount of energy (in joules) that
flows every second.
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| A collector
that enhances solar energy by focusing it onto a smaller area through mirrored
surfaces or lenses.
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