Sentences with phrase «than flat plate»

Even relatively thin clouds will cut concentrated solar power radically, and hence concentration systems have much lower availability fraction than flat plate systems.

However the cost could be up to 20 - 40 % more expensive than flat plate collectors.

Evacuated tubes are generally 30 % more effective than their flat plate companions and tend to work better in cold, humid environments such as Ireland.

Not exact matches

Dangling from the balloon was a payload that extended flat plates out into the thin air and exposed tens of millions of spores — far more than the estimated 56,000 that rode on the surface of the Curiosity rover to Mars.

Flat plate collectors have proven to be more robust than an evacuated tube system, and as a result would be well suited in areas susceptible to high wind speeds.

Anyway, in this design, we did not have room or budget for fins on the heat sink or a fan, so the heat elimination would be more radiative than convective — just a flat plate.

Flat - plate collectors are the most common type of nonconcentrating collectors and are used when temperatures lower than 200 °F are sufficient.

This setting is a bit flatter than I like, but for a casual and fun setting, the salad plate is perfect.