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Testing heats up at Sandia’s Solar Tower with high temperature falling particle receiver

July 1, 2015 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to lower the cost of solar energy systems and improve efficiencies in a big way, thanks to a system of small particles. This month, engineers lifted Sandia’s continuously recirculating falling particle receiver to the top of the tower at the...
Receiver on tower

Sandia Labs harnessing the sun’s energy with tiny particles

September 16, 2013, Media Advisory • [caption id="" align="alignright" width="313"] Joshua Mark Christian working with the falling particle receiver, which more efficiently converts the sun’s energy to electricity in large-scale, concentrating solar power plants. (Photo by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnai…
Falling particle receiver