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    A solar still distills water with substances dissolved in it by using the heat of the Sun to evaporate water so that it may be cooled and collected, thereby...
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    concentrated solar still is a system that uses the same quantity of solar heat input (same solar collection area) as a simple solar still but can produce...
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  • Persian alchemists produced both freshwater and medicinal distillates. Solar stills were the first method used on a large scale to convert contaminated water...
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    vacuum; this is then collected as condensation before being stored. Solar stills can be relatively simple to design and build, with very cheap materials...
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    A solar panel is a device that converts sunlight into electricity by using photovoltaic (PV) cells. PV cells are made of materials that produce excited...
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    paraboloidal dish Solar Cookers International Solar still Solar updraft tower Solar water disinfection Solar water heating Concentrated solar power "Solar Cookers:...
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    alcohol. Distillation Distilled water Retort Alembic Column still Pot still Reflux still Solar still "DISTILLATION APPARATUS". Plymouth State University. Retrieved...
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    The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it. It formed about 4.6 billion years ago when a dense region...
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  • produce freshwater. One type of solar desalination unit is a solar still, it is also similar to a condensation trap. A solar still is a simple way of distilling...
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    are leaving the Solar System, all of which were launched by NASA. Three of the probes, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and New Horizons are still functioning and...
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    Sun (redirect from Solar diameter)
    The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion...
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    Solar power, also known as solar electricity, is the conversion of energy from sunlight into electricity, either directly using photovoltaics (PV) or indirectly...
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    Solar-powered Stirling engine Solar-powered watch Solar-pumped laser Solar roadway Solar Spark Lighter Solar still Solar vehicle Solar balloon Solar boat...
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    Solar thermal energy (STE) is a form of energy and a technology for harnessing solar energy to generate thermal energy for use in industry, and in the...
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    A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of Earth, totally or partially...
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    geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong auroral displays that were reported globally...
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    Solar maximum is the regular period of greatest solar activity during the Sun's 11-year solar cycle. During solar maximum, large numbers of sunspots appear...
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    This is a list of notable photovoltaics (PV) companies. Grid-connected solar photovoltaics (PV) is the fastest growing energy technology in the world...
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    either passive solar or active solar depending on how they capture and distribute solar energy or convert it into solar power. Active solar techniques include...
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    Charles Greeley Abbot (category Solar energy)
    researched the solar constant, research that led him to invent the solar cooker, solar boiler, solar still, and other patented solar energy inventions...
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  • other solar technologies, such as concentrated solar power or solar thermal, used for heating and cooling. A solar array only encompasses the solar panels...
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    Solar minimum is the regular period of least solar activity in the Sun's 11-year solar cycle. During solar minimum, sunspot and solar flare activity diminishes...
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    A solar cell or photovoltaic cell (PV cell) is an electronic device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by means of the photovoltaic...
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    There is evidence that the formation of the Solar System began about 4.6 billion years ago with the gravitational collapse of a small part of a giant...
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    The solar cycle, also known as the solar magnetic activity cycle, sunspot cycle, or Schwabe cycle, is a nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity...
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    The solar wind is a stream of charged particles released from the Sun's outermost atmospheric layer, the corona. This plasma mostly consists of electrons...
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    A solar term (or jieqi, simplified Chinese: 节气; traditional Chinese: 節氣) is any of twenty-four periods in traditional Chinese lunisolar calendars that...
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  • Solar Opposites is an American adult animated science-fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Mike McMahan for Hulu. Originally created for the Fox...
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    current value for the solar parallax is smaller still, yielding an estimated mass ratio of 1⁄332946. As a unit of measurement, the solar mass came into use...
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    significant solar power capacity into their electrical grids to supplement or provide an alternative to conventional energy sources. Solar power plants...
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