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... HEAT ) HYDROLOGIC CYCLE ( EVAPORATION , PRECIPITATION , ETC. ) AIR AND OCEAN CURRENTS PHOTOSYNTHESIS RE - RADIATED AS HEAT ( 47 % ) 81,000,000,000 MEGAWATTS RADIATION AS HEAT ( 23 % ) 40,000,000,000 MEGAWATTS CONVERTED TO HEAT , AND ...
... HEAT ) HYDROLOGIC CYCLE ( EVAPORATION , PRECIPITATION , ETC. ) AIR AND OCEAN CURRENTS PHOTOSYNTHESIS RE - RADIATED AS HEAT ( 47 % ) 81,000,000,000 MEGAWATTS RADIATION AS HEAT ( 23 % ) 40,000,000,000 MEGAWATTS CONVERTED TO HEAT , AND ...
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... heat from the steam / water mixture is transferred to a secondary working fluid such as isobutane . Heat transfer to a secondary fluid may be attractive anyway , since many hot water sources are heavily mineralized and cannot be readily ...
... heat from the steam / water mixture is transferred to a secondary working fluid such as isobutane . Heat transfer to a secondary fluid may be attractive anyway , since many hot water sources are heavily mineralized and cannot be readily ...
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... heat - conducting medium . The pipe coatings would be highly absorbent to the solar wavelengths but would have low emissivity in the infrared range so the incident heat would be mostly retained . Such coatings have already been de ...
... heat - conducting medium . The pipe coatings would be highly absorbent to the solar wavelengths but would have low emissivity in the infrared range so the incident heat would be mostly retained . Such coatings have already been de ...
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