1Low-temperature collectors are solar thermal collectors that generally operate at temperatures below 110° F. |
6Other sectors, such as government, including the military but excluding space applications. |
2Medium-temperature collectors are solar thermal collectors that generally operate in the temperature range of 140° F to 180° F but can also operate at temperatures as low as 110° F. Special collectors are included in this category. Special collectors are evacuated tube collectors or concentrating (focusing) collectors. They operate in the temperature range from just above ambient temperature (low concentration for pool heating) to several hundred degrees Fahrenheit (high concentration for air conditioning and specialized industrial processes). |
Notes: · Data are for domestic and export shipments, and may include imports that subsequently were shipped to domestic or foreign customers. · Data are preliminary. · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. |
3High-temperature collectors are solar thermal collectors that generally operate at temperatures above 180° F. These are parabolic dish/trough collectors used primarily by independent power producers to generate electricity for the electric grid. |
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| 4Cooking, water pumping, water purification, desalinization, distillation, and other uses. |
Source: Energy Information Administration, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Collector Manufacturing Activities 2005 (August 2006), Table 38. |
| 5Includes all independent power producers. |
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