Solar Water Heater Steam Parabolic Mirror Trough
This video teaches the way a trough parabolic mirror can produce steam and domestic hot water. http://www.greenpowerscience.com/ This is the first test of th…
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Looks like a lot of heat is leaving the pipe through air convection. I
wonder if there is some simple way of putting either a half-pipe “roof”
over the pipe or encapsulating the pipe in a glass tube that can handle
high heat and let through majority of infra red.
serimpala pretalia
November 29, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Now we’re getting somewhere. What if you took say a 4 inch black pipe over
your 1 inch pipe and pack sand in between them for even more surface area
to heat up. You could have the rig laying in Y’s instead of going through
holes in the wood.
John Holmes
November 29, 2013 at 3:47 pm
dont mean to sound like an a.hoel but a little bit of observation of the
math behind the focal equation of a “parabola” would really increase the
amount of enery that you’re putting on the spot. . .
D Priv
November 29, 2013 at 4:46 pm
So flowing watter how hot it gets?
Luis Garcia Alanis
November 29, 2013 at 4:56 pm
Any ideas on how to deal with snow? It looks like the trough would fill up
and brushing it off could scratch up the mirror. Maybe put the whole thing
in a glass enclosure like the oven you made?
UKBB
November 29, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Really cool!!
GetMeThere1
November 29, 2013 at 6:47 pm
please i wanted to know if you can take a shower with this one i mean if
you want considerable amounts of continious hot water, is that possible? in
other words, will the cool Water throughput beats the sun heat ? second, i
dont have those flexi mirrors where i live , then can a shinny aluminum
foil do a good result ?
tyreza79
November 29, 2013 at 7:08 pm
Nice work, Dan. That’s alot of energy…
matrixm777
November 29, 2013 at 7:15 pm
steam cannon!
andruha11234
November 29, 2013 at 8:14 pm
love the music makes me wanna salsa great video
doug daniels
November 29, 2013 at 8:35 pm
🙂 I Have GE Quartz Fused glass tubes on the way.
GREENPOWERSCIENCE
November 29, 2013 at 8:48 pm
Such cute and uplifting music.
brt5470
November 29, 2013 at 9:28 pm
could you make a steam room using ur hurricane shelter u showed in a
different vid w/ this and several pipes j/w cuz im getting sick and have
heard the term sweat it out i could be way off any who instant free hot
water would be good for a pool who doesnt like a pool party 5*
godsend420
November 29, 2013 at 9:57 pm
So why don’t you circulate water through this thing and see how many
gallons of water you can heat up a day and what temperatures you can
achieve. I’m curious if this system is more efficient than the box systems
you normally see for solar water heaters. Also, if you have multiple pipes
parallel to the center one can you still achieve high temperatures.
anticlementous
November 29, 2013 at 10:22 pm
Could you attach a small fan and some ducting to make a solar convection
oven?
jokidder
November 29, 2013 at 11:17 pm
oh man this is so cool… a cheapest way to the clean energy
Vuk Mirasevic
November 29, 2013 at 11:25 pm
lol at 3:36 i agree with 1234doc4321 Rojas for president!!
advancedintellect
November 29, 2013 at 11:51 pm
Under a tree for 2 weeks of rain.
GREENPOWERSCIENCE
November 30, 2013 at 12:20 am
Put crushed aluminum foil inside your heating pipe. It will create metallic
channels for the water to pass through, increasing the surface area, so
that the water heats much hotter much faster!
David Spector
November 30, 2013 at 1:15 am
As always, 5 stars for cool science & a cool video!
madjimms
November 30, 2013 at 2:06 am
Very nice setup. As AcidRaZor already said, I too cant wait to see a steam
engine and a motor connected to that rig. If you do this, please include
info like what type of generator is best for the job as well as some
measurements like rpm, temperatures, voltage/current, materials for the
tubing, etc. Thanks and keep up the good work.
d3ly51d
November 30, 2013 at 2:41 am
I was thinking of putting an evacuated glass tube around the pipe.
UKBB
November 30, 2013 at 3:01 am
I’m excited to see what else you can do with this. Would you be able to
generate steam at a constant pace for a steam driving engine of some kind
to be powered and generate electricity?
AcidRaZor
November 30, 2013 at 3:36 am
It’s cheating to preheat the pipe then run water through it. The real test
is how many degrees can it heat water at a sustained (and measured) flow
rate? If you had those numbers we could calculated the watts you are
getting.
sjh7132
November 30, 2013 at 4:35 am
Am I the only one that enjoys the music? 😛 Really nice man, keep up the
good work!
Rafael Ribeiro
November 30, 2013 at 5:26 am