POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF CONCENTRATED SOLAR PHOTONS -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS -- Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Waste Treatment -- Materials Processing and Synthesis -- Photochemical and Photobiological Synthesis -- Solar Pumping of Lasers -- Solar Fuels/Biomass Conversion -- 1 Introduction -- GENESIS AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- Technical Background -- ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY AND REPORT -- REFERENCES -- 2 Review and Evaluation of Various Application Areas -- WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT* -- Brief Description -- Status of Technology -- Economics -- Assessment of Knowledge Base -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- REFERENCES -- WASTE TREATMENT -- Brief Description -- Status of Technology -- Assessment of the Knowledge Base -- Homogeneous Thermal Reactions -- High-Temperature Photochemistry -- Photocatalytic Destruction of Airborne Organics Over Semiconductors at Near Ambient Temperatures -- Catalytic Steam Reforming -- Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- MATERIALS PROCESSING AND SYNTHESIS -- Brief Description -- Status of Technology -- Solar Concentrators -- Electric Arc Concentrators -- Lasers -- Special Characteristics -- Limitations -- Economic Comparisons -- Potential Applications -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- PHOTOCHEMICAL AND PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SYNTHESIS -- Brief Description -- Assessment of Knowledge Base -- Recommendations -- Organic Photochemistry -- Heterogeneous Photochemistry -- Thermal-Assisted Photochemistry -- Production of High-Value Biochemicals -- Conclusions -- NOTES AND REFERENCES -- SOLAR PUMPING OF LASERS -- Brief Description -- Status of the Technology -- Assessment of Knowledge Base -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Applications and Economics -- REFERENCES -- SOLAR FUELS AND BIOMASS CONVERSION -- Background -- Status of Technology.

Solar-Driven Methods of Hydrogen Production -- Biomass as a Source of Fuels and Chemicals -- Research and Development of Solar Fuels Production Technologies in Various Countries -- Competitive Technologies to Solar-Driven Fuels -- Economic Analyses -- An Industry's Experience in Solar Fuel Research -- Development and Commercialization of New Technologies -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- REFERENCES -- SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING -- Brief Description -- Recommendation -- 3 Organization, Technology Transfer, Program Direction, and Institutional Issues -- APPLICATIONS OF CONCENTRATED SOLAR PHOTONS -- Program and Personnel Dimensions -- Organizational and Institutional Aspects of Research on Applications of Concentrated Solar Photons -- 4 Conclusions and Recommendations -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS -- Personnel -- Long Term Fundamental Research -- Market Analysis -- User Facilities -- SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS -- Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Waste Treatment -- Materials Synthesis and Processing -- Photochemical Synthesis -- Solar Pumping of Lasers -- Solar Fuels and Biomass Conversion -- APPENDIX A Statement of Task -- SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- STUDY PLAN -- APPENDIX B Committee Meetings and Activities -- PLENARY SESSION -- APPENDIX C List of European Visits -- APPENDIX D Intensity Influence -- REFERENCE -- APPENDIX E Pressure Dependence of Photochemical Reactions -- REFERENCE -- APPENDIX F Knowledge Base and Status of Technology of Solar Fuels -- DIRECT DECOMPOSITION OF H2X (X = O, S) -- HYBRID SYSTEMS -- REFERENCES.