Transactions of the INDIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY Vol. 43 1984
High Temperature Solar Furnace as a
Research Facility*
S. TmAGARAJAN AND N. ANNAMALAI
Pages : 57-61
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.1984.10822680
Abstract
The available data on physico-chemical properties of materials at
high temperatures are scarce, particularly for solids. This is due to
constraints arising from containment or support environment, the
effect of heating techniques, and the difficulty in precision control of
temperatures. These difficulties could be overcome in a solar furnace
to a large extent. An account of different types of concentrators and
different solar furnace configurations is presented. The major aspects
in the design and construction of a high temperature solar furnace
are discussed and various applications of solar furnace as a research
facility are described.
