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Solar thermal collectors^W are apparatus designed to collect the thermal energy of the sun.

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Galleries of various uses of constructed solar thermal collectors.

[edit] Cookers

Solar thermal collectors functioning as food cookers

Earthen Solar Cookers A low cost and low environmental impact design envisioned by Bart Orlando.
Catch and CookA solar oven capable of reaching 160°F in 20 minutes
Solar Bowling Oven Solar oven kids can build and use on their own
The Solar Swing Solar oven for a school reaching 200°F in 30 minutes
Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker Parabolic Solar Cooker
Papasan Chair Solar Cooker A solar cooker and chair when not in use
Parabolic basket and tin can solar cooker Solar cooker out of local invasive species and waste materials
Sunbrella An umbrella in the rain, a solar cooker in the Sun
Umbrella solar cooker A multi-use solar cooker

[edit] Dehydrators

Solar thermal collectors functioning as food dehydrators

Window Shopper and Back Me Up Flock House solar dehydrator and backpack solar dehydrator
Tear the Roof offDry sliced apples in 18 hours of sunlight with this legless solar dehydrator
Sodhoppers' Solar DehydratorDurable food dehydrator for a school from a waste kitchen cabinet
Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food DehydratorA hybrid, solar food dehydrator

[edit] Hot Water

Solar thermal collectors functioning as hot water heaters

Thermosyphon Solar Shower System An outdoor shower that utilizes solar energy to heat the water
HBCSL solar shower A solar shower for the Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living

[edit] Other

Solar heating box
A passive solar heating box

[edit] Ideas

The solar thermal collector T1 draft drawing
The solar thermal collector T1 draft drawing: an idea for a special mount for the batch heater for using it in temperate climates
Solar thermal collector T1: draft of solar orientation platform
The solar thermal collector T2: first draft of evacuated tube collector
The finished 3D model of the T1 and T2 solar thermal collector

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Solar topics (Category)

Greenhouses

General	Composting greenhouse provides hot water · Construction of an Affordable Greenhouse · Humboldt greenhouse gallery

Tools	Kiva's straw bale greenhouse · Sequatchie Valley Institute cobb houses · Sunny Brae Middle School Garden · Greenhouse waste heat exchange

Passive solar

General	Direct gain · Parras passive solar design gallery · Thermal mass · Thermosiphon

Tools	Trombe wall

Photovoltaics

General	ASHRAE PVT · Amorphous silicon PVT · An open source simulation of photovoltic yield for Southeastern Ontario · CCAT PV system energy analysis · Combined photovoltaic solar thermal systems (PVT) - literature review · Deployment of Renewable Energy Technologies to Mitigate Climate Change Literature Review · Distributed generation · Diverting indirect subsidies from the nuclear to the photovoltaic industry: Energy and financial returns · Effects of Substrate Temperature on Indium Gallium Nitride Nanocolumn Crystal Growth · Effects of low concentration planer concentrators on array-scale solar photovoltaic systems performance · Effects of snow on photovoltaic performance · Electrical wiring and switching · Estimating the rooftop PV potential of a large-scale geographical region · Extracting data from the ILC · Government Investment and PV Manufacturing - Lit. Review · Government PV Manufacturing Policy Lit Review · Government support of photovoltaic manufacturing · Green Building Pre-Apprenticeship Program/Solar PV Installation and Design Principles · Grid connection · Holographic solar · Humboldt photovoltaic gallery · InGaN Solar Cells Literature Review · Industrial symbiosis in photovoltaic manufacturing · LCA of silicon PV panels · Levelised Cost of Electricity Literature Review · Leveraging solar photovoltaic technology for sustainable development in Ontario's aboriginal communities · Lifespan and Reliability of Solar Photovoltaics - Literature Review · Low level concentration for PV applications · Lunar Solar Power Generation · MECH820 · Maintenance of your Solar Electric System · Modeling shading for PV system · Open Solar Outdoors Test Field · PV and CHP Literature review · PV and CHP hybrid systems · PV penetration level Literature review · Parras solar gallery · Peer to Peer Lending and Microfinance for Solar - Lit. Review · Photovoltaic system at St. Jude's church · Producer responsibility and recycling solar photovoltaic modules · Programming a CR1000 Datalogger · Queen's Innovation Park Test Site · Refrigeration for developing countries · Regional Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Potential Literature Review · Renewable powered desalination in coastal Central and southern Vietnam · Rural lighting · SEARC OSOTF Design and Operations Manual · Solar (PV) Refrigeration of Vaccines · Solar (PV) water-pumping · Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Energy · Solar Photovoltaic Cells for the Kingston Home FAQ · Solar Photovoltaic Open Lectures · Solar Radiation Maps · Solar powered Internet cafe in Nairobi · Spectral Selective Coatings Literature Review · Spectral selective coatings - equipment · The solar resource · Tienda Hernandez photovoltaic feasibility study · Transport PV - Lit Review · Understanding Solar Cells

How tos	How to calculate how much PV you need to cover your electrical needs · PVTOM Operation Instructions · Solar resource measurement for PV applications · Troubleshooting a PV System/Literature Review · Troubleshooting a Photovoltaic System · Using Solid State Lighting

Tools	AEF photovoltaic system · AEF solar water heater · APSC 100 213B Solar Powered Laptop · Argentina photovoltaic · Bottle Cap LED Lighting · Briceland PV · Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps · Commercially available photovoltaic modules · Deep-cycle lead-acid batteries for renewable energy storage · Dye-sensitized solar cell · Engr 305 solar learning station · Gallium arsenide solar cells · HEIF music building PV system a · Multi-junction solar cells · Photovoltaic vaccine refrigeration at Centro De Salud · Potawot Health Village Solar Energy: Installation and History · Robin deterrent for solar charger · Solar Charged Lawnmower · Solar charged flashlight · Solar photovoltaic ground mounting · Solar photovoltaic software · Solar powered air conditioner · UTC photovoltaic learning station

Solar cooking

General	Analysis of a solar box cooker with inclined window · Solar cooking and development of solar cookers · Harnessing Solar Power · Solar Cooking and Health

Tools	Locally Delicious School Solar Oven · Parabolic cookers: Aleiha's · Focus-balanced paraboloid · Papasan Chair · Parabolic basket and tin can · Stadium Light · Sunbrella

Solar dehydrating

General	Food Drying with Superheated Steam · Solar drying in Uganda

Tools	AEF food dehydrator · Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator · Locally Delicious school solar dehydrator instructions · Locally Delicious solar dehydrator for kids with adult supervision

Solar distillation

General	Compound parabolic concentrator · Effect of water on light transmission of glass · Improving Basin Solar Stills · Solar distillation TB · Solar fuel alcohol distillation · Understanding Solar Stills

Tools	Greenhouse Solar Still · Solar Still · UTC Solar Distiller · Watercone

Solar energy

General

Amorphous silicon PVT · Concentrated solar power · Open Solar Outdoors Test Field · PVT · Preliminary Review of Geothermal Solar Assisted Heat Pumps · Smart windows · Solar energy conversion system · Solar Lighting · Sun related calculations · The solar resource · P2P financing of solar

Solar hot water

General	ASHRAE PVT · DIY solar thermal collectors · Solar Hot Water Installation and Design Principles · Solar hot water - system types

Tools	AEF solar water heater · CCAT solar shower · Hotel Perote solar pool heating system · Solar hot water pools

Solar power

General	Heliostats · Solar thermal energy · Understanding Solar Cells

Tools	Solar photovoltaic software · Solar power tower · Levelized cost of solar electricity · LiDAR for PV potential · Shading losses large scale · r.sun open source simulation · PV recycling · Estimating the rooftop PV potential of a large-scale geographical region

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