Solar Steam Engine by www.acrosolarlasers.com

[prop23FAIL]

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[pacificcresttrans]

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[dzgfdg]

this is WAAAY better than hydrogen production

[VideoFeatured]

Hmmm... glad my neighbors don't have one!

[randommagnum]

Good gravy if I had to listen to that banshee racket all day I'd go nuts. How about a piston steam engine instead?

[garbizwal]

Whats the rotary steam engine look like?

[Draxis32]

Truly the sun is our future on obtaining energy to survive in this planet, but not trough solar power, as you see, it has a very high cost to make an efficient solar power engine, and obviously doesnt work at night, and will not suply power on the cloudy days as well.

But, why can't we create a sun right here on earth, yes...the future is the Fusion energy, if the sun uses it, why can't we use it too, it liberates a tremendous amount of energy just by fusioning 2 atoms of heavy hydrogen.

[hdkivela2]

Great!

[Loko915]

The boiler is not silver its just the reflection caused from the sun.. The actual boiler is copper tubing painted black, with water running through it.. This was not are actual boilers on the market that come with our units. This was a prototype boiler outfitted with a steam engine inside it..

[heidebill]

What are you using for reflective material,

[rayunseitig]

That was just great. Perhaps you have solved a problem, of how to heat boilers to generate steam.

I put up a 5 minute clip about a rotary steam engine consept if you'd care to check it out.

[randomuser888]

this sure looks interesting. Can you tell us what the output of the engine is?

[icovada]

Steam, of course.

[tooosweeet]

Wouldn't it be better if the boiler wasn't silver reflective :-/

[sfjohn5]

humm what if ya was to add a big magnifying glass to the end of it =)

[cdltpx]

This is why I think we need to invest in new ways to power things. Oil and gas is ridiculous we can power our lives with the sun it is there almost every day. I have cooked with and the meal was excellent youtube solar oven they work.

Way to go there hope the next one will be a larger engine to reduce noise.

[vqdset]

a stirling motor may have an efficiency of 55%, then a mirror of 10m2 you may take till 5kw/h. if you dont burn it.

search "Concentratore solare da parabola satellitare" an experiment of italian student in 2006.

Sorry for my english

[isrsan]

isn't better a solar panel?

[Loko915]

no this parabolic is way more efficient..

[shakaama]

it concentrates the light and thus makes it hotter in a much smaller area?

or what?

[ke4uyp]

@Loko915 It totally ceases to function on an overcast day or any time a cloud passes overhead. This is the reason why this technology cannot be used on a worldwide scale.

[dinewalton]

their are two major problems with solar panels, first they are expensive, and second, they decay in about 20-30 years. theoretically this parabolic lens is cheaper and will never decay and last forever.

[Rapido3d]

The drawback with fresnels are they have to be constantly cleaned as they trap a lot of dust so need constant cleaning. solar dishes are cheap to build, lots of used satellite dishes available.

[Zappyguy111]

@isrsan

Solar panels can only use the red/infra red spectrum, this device turns the WHOLE spectrum into heat then into steam energy, then to electricity.

[PukkPukk]

Interesting, How much power was that putting out? In lay mens terms, what could you power? A washing machine? 20 light bulbs?

[BanjoNaps]

I think a sterling engine might be a bit more efficient and less HORRIBLE SOUNDING.

[jasonmailley]

Going back to steam might be a good answer. As long as there is movement, there is electricity.