A micro solar heater for portable energy generation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6800, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zimmerman, Raúl ^a   Morrison, Graham ^a   The, Owen ^a   Rosengarten, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Micro heater; Micro reactor; Portable energy; Solar hydrogen

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT LOSSES; METHANOL; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFABRICATION; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER;

MICRO HEATER; MICRO REACTOR; PORTABLE ENERGY; SOLAR HYDROGEN;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 41149127938     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.759263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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