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词条 Augustin Mouchot
释义

  1. Background

  2. Solar research

     Universal Exhibition, Paris 1878 

  3. References

  4. Further reading

  5. External links

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Augustin Mouchot ({{IPAc-en|m|uː|ˈ|ʃ|oʊ}}; {{IPA-fr|muʃo|lang}}; 7 April 1825 – 4 October 1912) was a 19th-century French inventor of the earliest solar-powered engine, converting solar energy into mechanical steam power.

Background

Mouchot was born in Semur-en-Auxois, France on 7 April 1825.[1] He first taught at the primary schools of Morvan (1845–1849) and later Dijon, before attaining a degree in Mathematics in 1852 and a Bachelor of Physical Sciences in 1853. Subsequently, he taught mathematics in the secondary schools of Alençon (1853–1862), Rennes and Lycée de Tours (1864–1871). It was during this period that he undertook research into solar energy, which led eventually to his obtaining government funding for full-time research.

Solar research

Mouchot was drawn to the idea of finding new alternative energy sources, believing that the coal which fueled the Industrial Revolution would eventually run out. In 1860 he began exploring solar cooking, drawing on the work of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Claude Pouillet. Further experiments involved a water-filled cauldron enclosed in glass, which would be exposed to the heat of the sun until the water boiled; the steam thus produced would provide motive power for a small steam engine. By August 1866, Mouchot had developed the first parabolic trough solar collector,[2] which was presented to the emperor Napoleon III in Paris. Mouchot continued development and increased the scale of his solar experiments. The publication of his book on solar energy, La Chaleur solaire et ses Applications industrielles ("Solar Heat and its Industrial Applications") (1869),[3] coincided with the unveiling of the largest solar steam engine he had yet built. This engine was displayed in Paris until the city fell under siege during the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, and was not found after the siege ended.

In September 1871, Mouchot received financial assistance from the General Council of Indre-et-Loire to install an experimental solar generator at the Tours library. He presented a paper on the generator to the Academy of Sciences on 4 October 1875, and in December of the same year he presented to the Academy a device he claimed would, in optimal sunshine, provide a steam flow of 140 liters per minute. Later the following year he sought permission from the ministry to take leave from his teaching position in order to develop an engine for the Universal Exhibition of 1878,[4] and in January 1877 obtained a mission and a grant for the purchase of materials and execution of his solar engines in French Algeria, where sunlight was in abundance. The director of science missions recommended Mouchot to the Governor of Algeria, stressing the importance of his mission to France, "for science and for the glory of the University".

Universal Exhibition, Paris 1878

Mouchot subsequently went back to teaching. He was not completely forgotten however, and was named Lauréat de l'Institut by the Institut de France in 1891 and 1892, receiving prizes for work of the imagination. He died in 1912 in Paris.[1]

References

1. ^"Augustin Bernard Mouchot", in Archives départementales, retrieved 22 January 2018
2. ^Gordon, Jeffrey, Solar energy, International Solar Energy Society, p.598 {{ISBN|978-1-902916-23-1}}
3. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=IU5DAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s Augustin Bernard Mouchot (1869) La Chaleur solaire et ses applications industrielles, Gauthier-Villars, Paris] (Google eBook)
4. ^Letter, 20 October 1876, the Minister of Education, National Archives File, Mission of Augustine Mouchot Algeria

Further reading

  • Librairie Scientifique et Technique Albert Blanchard, Augustin Mouchot : SOLAR HEAT AND ITS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • {{cite book|last=Kryza|first=Frank T.|title=The Power of Light|year=2003|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=0-07-140021-4}} This book describes Frank Shuman's solar project in Egypt and Mouchot's machine.

External links

  • Paul Collins, The Beautiful Possibility, Issue 6 Spring 2002
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20101207052929/http://www.earthportal.org/?p=82 Earth Portal Archives: Energy Quotes]
  • Larousse: Augustin Bernard Mouchot
  • Augustin Mouchot{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • La Chaleur Solaire
  • Utilization of Solar Heat
  • [https://en.paleo-energetique.org/#16 Solar Printer Mouchot 1882]
  • [https://paleo-energetique.org/soleil-journal-1882-paris-auguste-mouchot/ Call for research "Soleil Journal" newspaper printed in 1882]
  • [https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/789934] SteamPunk Solar - Solar Heat and its Industrial Applications. An English translation of La Chaleur Solaire et ses Applications Industrielles
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