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| Essay:National Solar Test Facility"The National Solar Test Facility (NSTF) is North America¡¯s leading centre for testing and rating solar technologies under controlled sunlight, temperature, and wind. The NSTF houses one of the world's largest indoor solar simulators.CanmetENERGY and its project partners use the NSTF for the testing, research, product development, standards development, and model validation of solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies. Qualified staff can support NSTF projects with software applications such as Enerpool, a design tool that models the performance of indoor and outdoor solar heated swimming pools, and SWIFT, a design tool that models the performance of Solarwall air heating systems." More info of this article can be found on the web at: http://www.bodycote.com/ |