mattr888 Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 (edited) new diagram.bmp The question im going to arks is what type of lenses should i use and what dimensions would it have to be to work efficiently. Also any other improvements i could make would be yourself Edited October 12, 2010 by mattr888
CaptainPanic Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 The water level in the tube and the water-container would be at the same level... but then you can heat the water in the tube, and evaporate it to run a turbine. It would work, yes. Your lens should focus sunlight onto the tube. It does not have to be more concentrated than the tube (no need to focus it on a single point - just an area with the same width as the tube tube is enough). You must now choose: 1. The power you like to get (expressed in Watts) 2. The surface area of sunlight that you need to focus on the tube (note: "insolation" is your keyword)... note: you cannot convert 100% of the sun's energy... You're lucky to convert 30%. 3. Find a way to focus all that light (it's probably a larger area than most cheap lenses can focus) 4. Realize that mirrors can work too! (Huzzah!) 5. Proceed to develop something very much similar to this: idea... only a little smaller. Good luck!
mattr888 Posted October 12, 2010 Author Posted October 12, 2010 thanks mate i will do some experimenting with mirrors and other type of lenses and all that. and i think thew water butt will be slightly lower than it is in the picture.
CaptainPanic Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 Your free keyword of today is parabolic reflector.
between3and26characterslon Posted October 15, 2010 Posted October 15, 2010 anyone elce got any thing to say? Yeah, have fun 1
mattr888 Posted October 15, 2010 Author Posted October 15, 2010 Yeah, have fun yer i sore that lol and i was going to get it off u tube as well
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