Augustin Mouchot

Augustin Mouchot ( born April 7, 1825 Semur -en- Auxois, Burgundy, † October 4, 1912 in Paris) was a French school teacher of mathematics, who was best known as a pioneer of solar thermal utilization.

In 1860 he began the first experiments with a solar cooker which he referred to the investigations of Horace - Bénédict de Saussure and his investigations further developed. In 1866 he developed the first solar steam engine in which the sunlight was concentrated using a concave mirror to a glass cylinder and there brought water to evaporate. This technique he developed further and received for one of his machines at the Paris World Exhibition of 1878 a gold medal. In 1869 he published his solar technology book, the second edition of 1879 contained a history of solar equipment since ancient times and a description of its solar steam engines.

For the French government Mouchot worked in 1877 on the development of solar energy for the French colonies. However, the government evaluated in a report that solar energy as uneconomical. Thereupon Mouchot moved back to his teacher. He died in Paris in 1912.

Works

  • Mouchot, Augustin: The sun's heat and their industrial applications, 1877, reprint, and German translation in 1987 at Olynthus - Verlag ISBN 3-9071-7508-5
  • Engineer, inventor, engineer
  • Person (solar energy)
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1825
  • Died in 1912
  • Man
Semur-en-Auxois Solar thermal energy Exposition Universelle (1878)
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