It has been proposed that solar collectors could be deployed in space, and that the collected power

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It has been proposed that solar collectors could be deployed in space, and that the collected power could be beamed to Earth using microwaves. A potential limiting factor for this technology would be the possible hazard of human exposure to the microwave beam. One proposal involves a circular receiving array of diameter 10 km for a transmitted power of 750 MW. Compute the energy flux in this scenario and compare to the energy flux of solar radiation.

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The Physics of Energy

ISBN: 978-1107016651

1st edition

Authors: Robert L. Jaffe, Washington Taylor

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