Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants use mirrors to concentrate the sun's energy to drive traditional steam turbines or engines that create electricity. The thermal energy concentrated in a CSP plant can be stored and used to produce electricity when it is needed, day or night. Today, roughly 1,815 megawatts (MWac) of CSP plants are in operation in the United States.
Parabolic Trough
Parabolic trough systems use curved mirrors to focus the sun’s energy onto a receiver tube that runs down the center of a trough. In the receiver tube, a high-temperature heat transfer fluid (such as a synthetic oil) absorbs the sun’s energy, reaching temperatures of 750°F or higher, and passes through a heat exchanger to heat water and produce steam. The steam drives a conventional steam turbine power system to generate electricity. A typical solar collector field contains hundreds of parallel rows of troughs connected as a series of loops, which are placed on a north-south axis so the troughs can track the sun from east to west. Individual collector modules are typically 15-20 feet tall and 300-450 feet long.
Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector
CLFR uses the principles of curved-mirror trough systems, but with long parallel rows of lower-cost flat mirrors. These modular reflectors focus the sun's energy onto elevated receivers, which consist of a system of tubes through which water flows. The concentrated sunlight boils the water, generating high-pressure steam for direct use in power generation and industrial steam applications.
Answer: The electric field decreases because of the insertion of the Teflon.
Explanation:
If the charge on the capacitor is held fixed, the electric field as a consequence of this charge distribution (directed from the positive charged plate to the negative charged one remains unchanged.
However, as the Teflon is a dielectric material, even though doesn't allow the free movement of the electrons as an answer to an applied electric field, it allows that the electrons be displaced from the equilibrium position, leaving a local negative-charged zone close to the posiitive plate of the capacitor, and an equal but opposite charged layer close to the negative plate.
In this way, a internal electric field is created, that opposes to the external one due to the capacitor, which overall effect is diminishing the total electric field, reducing the voltage between the plates, and increasing the capacitance proportionally to the dielectric constant of the Teflon.
Answer:
Three objectives of a tariff are
1) To control trade between countries
2) To protect domestic industries
3) To provide a source of income
Three characteristics of a tariff are;
1) Adequate return
2) Attractive
3) Fairness
Explanation:
A tariff is an import or export tax placed on goods traded between countries, it serves to control the foreign trade between the two countries and to protect or develop local industry
A Tariff is an important source of income to countries
Three characteristics of a tariff are;
1) Adequate return
Proper return from the consumer should be factored in a tariff to account for the alternatives or normal expense pattern
2) Attractive
The tariff should be attractive to encourage consumption of electricity or complimentary goods
3) Fairness
Based on the consumption of related resources brought about by large scale utilization, large consumer tariff should be lower than those that consume less complementary resources.
Answer:
Multiplying impulse response by t ( option D )
Explanation:
We can obtain The impulse response of strength 1 considering a unit step response by Multiplying impulse response by t .
When we consider the Laplace Domain, and the relationship between unit step and impulse, we can deduce that the Impulse response will take the inverse Laplace transform of the function ( transfer ) . Hence Multiplying impulse response by t will be used .
