High temperature solar furnace: Current applications and future potential

Energy Sources

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Bjorndalen, N ^a   Mustafiz, S ^a   Islam, M R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

High temperature; Metal reduction; Silicon chip production; Solar furnace

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242695668     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: 15210510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310303431     Document Type: Article

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