Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Point Focus Solar

Location:   Makers Market   

The general scope of the exhibit covers some description and contextual analysis of the solar concentrators. This includes power towers at Barstow, Wiezman Institutes prototype beamdown technology, ring arrays, compact linear freznal arrays from Australia, Kramer junctions parabolic trough plants, aspects of the reflective lens. Other technologically relevant threads will include windowed flux reaction chambers for making flux augmented fuels and detoxifying waste, space propulsion, space chemical materials processing, and space power systems in relation to terrestrial implementation.

Web site: http://pointfocus.com

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Topic(s): Engineering | Science

Tags: solar+power power+towers solar+concentrators

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