It’s cooler than that; they use the heat to make molten salt, then use a heat exchanger to boil water with that, the salt gets stupid hot and holds energy into the night.
Not meaning to be the achkshually guy, but, heat is a kind of “light” (EM radiation) within the Infrared range of the spectrum. We can’t see it, but snakes can.
If I may achkshually your achkshually, I believe that heat is the energy in the collective motion of particles of matter, and infrared photons are one way that energy can be radiated away from one body and absorbed by another.
how is solar water based?
Actually there’s also the mirror based solar which boils water in a central column.
It’s cooler than that; they use the heat to make molten salt, then use a heat exchanger to boil water with that, the salt gets stupid hot and holds energy into the night.
Sounds like it’s hotter than that not cooler
coincidentally, just saw a youtube short with more crazy shit
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l3CFqCgmumw
they mix three salts together to control the melting temperature so it’s still hot but not as hard on the equipment.
its basically a bowl of water made of solar panels, i mean its not a bad idea at all but its nothing crazy either, probably a bitch to maintain tho.
Photovoltaic panels don’t turn heat into electricity. It turns light into electricity.
Not meaning to be the achkshually guy, but, heat is a kind of “light” (EM radiation) within the Infrared range of the spectrum. We can’t see it, but snakes can.
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If I may achkshually your achkshually, I believe that heat is the energy in the collective motion of particles of matter, and infrared photons are one way that energy can be radiated away from one body and absorbed by another.
Solar uses radiation not just heat.
Solar and wind biggest energy revolution is not needing to boil water
Hydro doesn’t boil water, either. Just moves it around.