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Solar Furnaces

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Advances in Solar Energy Technology

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Solar Furnace is an optical system in which solar radiations are concentrated in to a small area (generally a cavity) where very high temperatures are obtained. Solar furnaces may also be called as solar energy concentrators where area may vary from as small as 1 m2 paraboloid to several thousands of m2 of reflectors known as heliostats. Solar furnaces are ideal tools to study the chemical, optical, electrical, and thermodynamic properties of materials at high temperatures such as phase studies, vaporization studies, melting behaviours, purification and stabilization of ceramics and refractory materials, crystal growth, specific heat, thermal conductance, etc. Recently many alternative high temperature devices (beyond 2000°C) like induction and arc furnaces, electron beam bombardment apparatus, plasma torch, etc. are used with and without electromagnetic fields in varied atmospheres for the treatment and studies on different materials. However, contamination is inevitable in practically all these heating devices.

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