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Threshold   RE: Umm By mlmiller1 on 1/26/2012 1:22:39 PM ,
Rating: 2 The open carport receives enough radiant heat to raise
the air from 77 to 120 degrees? Peak solar about 1kw per meter
sq. So 1KW direct from sun and assume 1kw for reflection. With
120 degree ambient. So at what point does the black body mirror
housing obtain convective heat balance with the incident
radiation of 2kw/meter? Yep about 200C, good melting point for
most PVC's  RE: Umm By AnnihilatorX on 1/26/2012 5:02:38 PM ,
Rating: 1 Your figure is way too lax.  The black body mirror
cannot have 1kw per sq. meter surface area, that's a huge mirror
housing. More like 250cm^2= 0.025m^2.  Reflection is not 100%
efficient either, I'd say 90% since you are assuming a 1sq.
meter window project all it's reflection on the mirror with no
missed beam.  So the radiation input is 0.925kW  RE: Umm By
mlmiller1 on 1/26/2012 5:53:3