concentrator
noun
con·cen·tra·tor
ˈkän(t)-sən-ˌtrā-tər 
: one that concentrates: such as
a
: an industrial plant that produces concentrates from ores
b
: a mirror or group of mirrors that focus sunlight for use as an energy source
c
: a device in a computer network that collects data from separate low-volume transmission channels and retransmits it over a single high-volume channel
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In Fort Bend County, emergency medical services is providing oxygen refills, electricity to power oxygen concentrators and rides to cooling centers.
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Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
In Galveston County on Tuesday, someone who depended on medical oxygen died after electricity was knocked out, a generator failed, and the batteries on a portable oxygen concentrator went dead, state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, said at a news conference.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 10 July 2024
Many of the design concepts for solar-power satellites, including one your group published in a 2022 preprint, incorporate concentrators to reduce the amount of photovoltaic area and mass needed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
In the northeastern Atlanta suburbs, Lawrenceville’s utility disconnected a woman who used an oxygen concentrator to treat her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, leading her son to file a complaint with the utility.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2024
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Dalia Faheid, CNN, 13 July 2024
In Galveston County on Tuesday, someone who depended on medical oxygen died after electricity was knocked out, a generator failed, and the batteries on a portable oxygen concentrator went dead, state Sen. Mayes Middleton, R-Galveston, said at a news conference.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 10 July 2024
Many of the design concepts for solar-power satellites, including one your group published in a 2022 preprint, incorporate concentrators to reduce the amount of photovoltaic area and mass needed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2024
In the northeastern Atlanta suburbs, Lawrenceville’s utility disconnected a woman who used an oxygen concentrator to treat her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, leading her son to file a complaint with the utility.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2024
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“Concentrator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concentrator. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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