Shuman built the world's first solar thermal power station in Maadi, Egypt (1912-1913). Shuman's plant used semi circle shaped troughs to power a 60-70 horsepower engine that pumped 6,000 gallons of water per minute from the Nile River to adjacent cotton fields. Frank Shuman was an American inventor, engineer and pioneer known for his work on solar engines, especially those that used solar energy to heat water that would produce steam. Shuman was born in 1862 in,. At 18 he skipped college and took up work as a chemist at an dye company in. In 1891 he moved to to work with his uncle Frank Schumann, who had kept the original German spelling. At the 11th International Cairo Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2008-09, the Swiss artists couple Christina Hemauer and Roman Keller drew attention to Shuman's Sun Project. Their contribution entitled "No1 Sun Engine" consisted of two parts: apart from a. In 1891 Frank Shuman invented, for which he was granted a patent in 1892. Additional patents were issued relating to the process of making wire glass and machines for making wire glass. In 1914 Shuman invented a process for making laminated. • Kryza, Frank T. (2003).. This book describes Shuman's solar project in Egypt.• Butti, Ken (1980). Golden Thread Twenty Five Hundred Years of Solar Architecture and Technology. Cheshire Books.
