Power Generation Using Anchored, Buoyancy-Induced Columnar Vortices: The Solar Vortex (SoV) CX(s) Applied: B3.6, B5.15Date: 03/11/2013 Location(s): Multiple LocationsOffices(s): Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
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March 11, 2013
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Power Generation Using Anchored, Buoyancy-Induced Columnar Vortices: The Solar Vortex (SoV)
CX(s) Applied: B3.6, B5.15
Date: 03/11/2013
Location(s): Multiple Locations
Offices(s): Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Funding will support efforts to develop and test a SoVgen, a novel device that generates electricity by converting the potential energy of solar-heated air near the ground to kinetic energy in a columnar vortex.