Edgard Nazare (1914–1998) was a French aeronautical engineer and inventor.
He specialized in fluid mechanics, co-founder of the Aeronautical Research Office of Algiers, which became
ONERA
The Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales ( English: National office for aerospace studies and research) or ONERA, dubbed ''The French Aerospace Lab'' in English, is the French national aerospace research center. Originally f ...
after the Second World War. Having worked for a long time in the Sahara, he had the opportunity to observe many whirlwinds of sand (dust devil). In 1956 he filed his first patent in Algiers on the artificial cyclone generator, this patent was re-filed later in Paris.
Patents
* Artificial cyclone generator – French patent 1439849
* Tower construction for solar aero-thermal and aero-cooling stations – has metal framework mounted on central telescopic mast – French patent 8205544
See also
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Solar updraft tower
The solar updraft tower (SUT) is a design concept for a renewable energy, renewable-energy power plant for generating electricity from low temperature solar heat. Sunshine heats the air beneath a very wide greenhouse-like roofed collector struct ...
References
Energy conversion
Power station technology
Solar power
Sustainable energy
1914 births
1998 deaths
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