A community plans to build a facility to convert solar radiation to electrical power. The community requires 2.60 MW of power, and the system to be installed has an efficiency of 30.0% (that is, 30.0% of the solar energy incident on the surface is converted to useful energy that can power the community). Assuming sunlight has a constant intensity of 1 200 W/m2, what must be the effective area of a perfectly absorbing surface used in such an installation?

A community plans to build a facility to convert solar radiation to electrical power. The community requires 2.60 MW of power, and the system to be installed has an efficiency of 30.0% (that is, 30.0% of the solar energy incident on the surface is converted to useful energy that can power the community). Assuming sunlight has a constant intensity of 1 200 W/m2, what must be the effective area of a perfectly absorbing surface used in such an installation?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter24: Electromagnetic Waves

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