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Transducer · transducer:solar-thermal-collector

Solar thermal collector

Absorber plate or receiver tube heating a working fluid; commercial for hot water and concentrating solar power.

K8 · commercial technologyalso: flat-plate collector, parabolic trough

Atlas record: 1 claim references this transducer — 1 established.

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Photothermal absorption—implemented by→Solar thermal collectorestablished

Cited sources · 1

  1. [1]
    A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
    Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119245964 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

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