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Definition

A solar collector is a device that collects sunlight energy in order to provide heat for electricity generation or water and space heating.

Background Information

Solar thermal collector [View Resource]
Solar water heating [View Resource]
Solar air heat [View Resource]
Renewable heat [View Resource]
Concentrated solar power [View Resource]
Parabolic trough [View Resource]
Solar power tower [View Resource]
Glossary of Solar Heating Terms [View Resource]

K-12 Experiments, Labs, Lesson Plans and Science Fair Projects
Solar Water Heaters & Collectors Science Fair Projects and Experiments [View Experiment]
Which Passive Solar Collector Absorbs the Most Heat? [View Experiment]
Solar collector with a insulated heat-absorbing will be giving less heat loss [View Experiment]
Identify appropriate uses and locations for a solar collector [View Experiment]
Methods of collecting and storing solar energy [View Experiment]
Measuring Collector Performance and Efficiency [View Experiment]
A simple Solar Water Heater [View Experiment]
Construct Serpentine Collectors [View Experiment]
Build Your Own Solar Water Heating Panel [View Experiment]
Solar Flat Plate vs. Evacuated Tube Collectors [View Experiment]
Build a Solar Collector [View Experiment]
Build batch solar collectors, using different colors of plastic bags, to see which color heats water the best. [View Experiment]
Determining the efficiency of a solar collector as a function of the volume of water and the thermal insulation [View Experiment]
Efficiency of solar heaters and solar energy in different times of the day [View Experiment]
Science is Cool Experiments with simple solar collectors heating up water in plastic bags [View Experiment]
Efficiency of a Solar Module [View Experiment]
Experiment Analysis of Flat Plate Collector and Comparison of Performance with Tracking Collector [View Experiment]
Experiments on solar adsorption refrigeration using zeolite and water [View Experiment]

College Experiments, Labs, Studies and Articles
Experimental results of using a parabolic trough solar collector for thermal treatment of crude oil [View Experiment]
Experiments on solar adsorption refrigeration using zeolite and water [View Experiment]

Theses and Dissertations
Feasibility of photovoltaic cells on a fixed mirror distributed focus solar bowl [View Thesis]

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Solar Hot Water [View Experiment]
Solar Thermal Energy [View Experiment]

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