| 单词 | solar thermal |
| 释义 | > as lemmassolar thermal solar thermal adj. (and n.) designating a device, technology, etc., that uses the heat energy of the sun's radiation directly for heating and hot water, or harnesses it to generate electricity (e.g. by heating steam to drive a turbine); also as n.In quot. 1845, designating the heat energy of the sun's radiation falling on the earth.Distinguished from technologies—such as photovoltaic systems—that capture energy from the sun's light. ΚΠ 1845 Westm. Rev. Sept. 184 The region of the most equal marine temperature lies between 10° north and 10° south latitude, and an observation of its variations has been proposed as the best test of the constancy of terrestrial temperature, and of solar thermal radiation.] 1956 H. Thirring Power Production xiii. 277 According to Putnam, their efficiency is less than 0.5 per cent—that is, one-twentieth of the efficiency we expected from the solar thermal plant. 1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 16 May 94 The utilities are far more interested in a process known as solar thermal electric conversion in which sunlight becomes the fuel for power plants. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Mar. c4/1 The workability of solar thermal power was established in the 1980s, when developers in California built a series of plants in the Mojave Desert, eventually reaching 354 megawatts of capacity. 2021 Australian (Nexis) 1 Nov. 4 In terms of the technical solution that delivers net zero by 2050, solar thermal is the missing piece of the puzzle for climates like ours. < as lemmas |
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