josh, there is a good philosophical point there, but physics does in fact show a real difference between rotating and non-rotating systems based on inertia.Rotating systems exhibit Coriolis and other forces (such as centripetal) while non-rotating ones do not.
is the earth spinning or is it everything else? this is a question that is only possible to prove if we establish a standard, but before that standard is established, the correct answer is "neither" because everything in the universe is at equilibrium, and all perception is flawed, and thankfully so, because these so called "perceptual errors" are what gave birth to awareness itself.
You are probably too young to know that Star Wars was a real weapons program in the 80s. Directed energy and kinetic-kill weapons such as hypervelocity projectiles were developed and tested. Look up pop-up and x-ray lasers, Brilliant Pebbles, Compass Hammer, and so on. I did some work on this.
First, a parabolic trough can also be used. If the trough line is curved, it shouldn't require a sun tracker.
To harness energy, a thermal electric generator can be used. Also, it occurs to me there is enough heat to make wood gas, which can fuel a gasoline engine/generator.
@mangyscavenger The cost of making a custom curved parabolic trough will far outweight the cost of a sun tracker. Also, a sun tracker does not need to be aligned- it automatically follows the Sun. A parabolic trough would need to be lined up properly.
@thorargent "The cost of making a custom curved parabolic trough will far outweight the cost of a sun tracker."
No it doesn't. There are plenty of solar generation plants that use a trough. The advantage of a trough is no moving parts to maintain in a desert filled with grit.
The heat oil and use a heat engine to recover the energy. Still, because the oil has to travel through pipes, they aren't nearly as efficient as the design from Stirling energy systems.
@fuzzywzhe Most people don't live in a desert where a trough makes sense. One disadvantage of a parabolic trough is that the focus changes with the Sun angle and is only most effective head-on. For oil-filled pipes it doesn't make a lot of difference because transport losses are comparable or greater but the trough means that you must insulate the entire sun-facing side of your pipe or suffer those losses. A sun-tracker has far better efficiency and lower loss and can be done very cheaply.
@DieterMe This is known, so your point would be? A device that follows the apparent movement of the Sun is a sun tracker. It does not matter which is truly moving, the mechanism and the result is exactly the same.
Still we want to be confident enought that this new ENERGY source by out govt, wont be used in any way against us...As was said befor...noone owns the sun...But plenty want to own the earth!
We are thinking of our earh right?...Well..in the wrong hands it could destroy citis and destroy people important to us...when and if and how...in the wrong hands!
LOOK i created a flying soucer..i can reach the moon in 1 minute, and i got oxtgen tanks for 10 days!.....What the fuck would u think happened if this was true?
take those panels and put them in the basement.first you take a parabolic solar concentrator and put an robotic arm on it to follow the suns path.then make the focal point a mirrored shape cone that will send the light down through mirrored glass tubing straight into a mirrored shape glass box inside the mirrored shape box will be several solar panels that spin to keep them cool the mirrored box must have the mirrors inward to reflect the light sending from the parabolic focal point.ken van horn
@jermia025 That is called CPV or concentrated photovoltaic. You would cool the photovoltaic chip that is located at the focus so it would not be destroyed. The problem is the cost of the type of chips that can take this sort of punishment. Multi-junction cells made of gallium arsenide are often used for this but they cost hundreds of dollars apiece commonly. They have better efficiency but still are limited and must be water cooled to work.
@thorargent it has bed driving me crazy that these lens have not been used for harnessing solar power. I will look at your tracker.... this should be used to create steam to power a small turbine to power homes. Private use is the way to go, keeps cost down and allows people to be self sufficient.
@datzfast I don't make the lenses, they are made by large injection molding companies. it is a multi-million dollar investment to do that. I simply purchase them and use them in my systems and for research. This video was meant as a demonstration to show what sort of power you can get cheaply. My other videos show these lenses in use on power systems. You can see them on my channel.
Could we have a little basic physics here please? You cannot get out more power than you put into any device. If it gathers 1.2kw of solar power, you'll always get less than 1.2kw out, no matter what you do to it. And the energy density of this device is 1.2kw per square centimeter, not megawatts. You took approximately 1.2kw per square meter and concentrated it to 1.2kw per square centimeter. No magic. And 1.2kw isn't going to run much in the average modern house.
@veryquiet The power density error was noted at the beginning of the thread. The figure of 1.2 megawatts per square meter is correct. And yes, 1.2 kilowatts does not power a lot in terms of home usage in the US, but the larger system (10 lenses at 1.4 kilowatts each) does a fine job. This is simply a demonstration of potential. The power system is in another video here.
Great video! Solar Power will become a great energy resource in the future! Here in Hawaii - we have lots of sun and many people are choosing wind turbines, and solar panels as a great alternative to oil, coal and natural gas! Clean energy is the future of the world! See pristinesun . com/what-we-do.html for information on how to save 20% on your electrical bill every month & get solar panels installed for free for your business or non-profit company in any state in US! Aloha & Mahalo!!!
Why don't you buy a 7k generator head from harbor freight and use super heated air to turn a cup turbine attached to it? This is enough to power most homes. We are waiting for plans or products to buy. You have the lens and you have been experimenting. We NEED this! Go to it!
@astrialkil This is a good solution and one worth pursuing. The problems I have encountered have at their root one principle- greed. Literally every person or company that I have dealt with has wanted to own this or sit on it. What a shame that business people are so short sighted that they perceive only self-interest and not the greater good of the species.
My efforts to manufacture my compact steam turbine systems have been stymied by the poor economy and the greed of businessmen. Pity.
@thorargent Could you put 5 turbines (one on each side) on each boiler so you don't loose heat threw all the tubes running back n forth and you would only need 1 lens. it would be cheaper and take up less space.
@astrialkil The cost of the turbines was the issue. Larger objects lose less heat through the square-cube law because they have lower surface area to volume ratio so they are more effective. With mass-produced turbines this is a good solution but we had to make everything from scratch. My power pods are exactly this- compact turbines in a sealed unit. The overall efficienct is lower but the cost is also, so it's win-win.
@astrialkil I have no idea what they are doing in the meantime. They were hiring other people to work on this and may be redesigning it. In this economic environment I have not got the means of setting up large scale manufacturing without some sort of backing and you certainly cannot depend on banks. They won't loan to people with nearly 800 credit ratings because they aren't making enough interest, in their opinions. So now what? I will persist.
Could we have a little basic physics here please? You cannot get out more power than you put into any device. If it gathers 1.2kw of solar power, you'll always get less than 1.2kw out, no matter what you do to it. And the energy density of this device is 1.2kw per square centimeter, not megawatts. You took approximately 1.2kw per square meter and concentrated it to 1.2kw per square centimeter. No magic. And 1.2kw isn't going to run much in the average modern house.
@veryquiet What can I run off 1.5k? hmmm my refrigerator is 500 watts(.5k) my swamp cooler is 250 watts. (total .75k) 11 LED light bulbs 5 watts each =55watts (total .805 K) 2 florescent "ring" lights 15 watts each = 30 watts (total 1.15 K) Radio 20 watts (total 1.35K) Recharge cell phone 1 watt,no joke (total 1.36 K) recharge gell cell for lights at night 10 watts (total 1.46 K) line loss 4 watts (total 1.5k)
Cont... So what can I do with 1.5 K ? Light every light in my house, Listen to the radio, Run my Frigidaire for me cold drink , run my swamp cooler to keep me cool, Charge my cell phone and a back up battery so i have some Lights/power during the night. As I haven't turned my TV on in 3 years this is largely how i live my life any way. I don't always keep all my lights on so I would have extra power available most of the time . If i turned off 300 watts worth I could run my computer.
Straight foward thermal mechanics.beautiful, whats not to understand I've also envisioned the use of fresnel lenses to generate high pressure steam as well as super heated forced air.yours is a sound,viable and cost effective aproach compared to many other solar powered methods.
I invented a breakthrough energy source which violates the law of energy conservation. I have a PROOF that there are electrodynamic phenomena which violate the law of energy conservation. Making a 6kW generator will cost $1200 in mass production, value of the energy produced yearly $5400.
The elite are simply holding back the renewable energy truth from us as they know the massive impact it would have on the elite Oil & other dirty energy giants this technology would change the world forever poor countries would benefit dramatically with their usally warm climates. The NWO will plan ahead with the Carbon Tax agenda- pay as u pollute, makes so much sense for a greener future- whatever.
@realtimes1980 At the same time, we are seeing a move to classify carbon dioxide as "toxic" as some politicians in Canada have done. This means that eventually they could literally tax you for breathing. This is evil at its core.
There are no shortages, just a lack of perception. We can solve every problem with what we have and live very, very well.
the camera focusses on the very bright but because it's way to bright for the camera so it reduces the brightness of the video. that's why it's so dark around it
This is why cheap solar power is not available to all of the public sector! Busineses want to make money by making you a slave to services & a slave to things! This power cheap as it is is hated by big business who fight it to the nth degree to keep you from it by not producing it for you long ago!
I invented a breakthrough source of energy, which contradicts the law of conservation of energy. I have a PROOF that there are electrodynamic phenomena which contradict the law of energy conservation. It will cost about $1200 to make a 6 kW generator in mass production. Value of the energy produced yearly about $5400. I am looking for $300 000 for a prototype and for $3M for patents.
too bad its just a giant magnifying glass and you are trying to sound like you've solved the worlds energy promblems. You are an idiot. Throwing some math out and speaking good english doesnt make you a genious. And take the title sir off your name. You didnt earn that title. you are Mr. SHmuck
@playermodelz The real problem is outlined by the fact that our government keeps a 30 year "strategic petroleum reserve" which clearly shows that they have no intention of quitting petroleum for the next 30 years. We have had the answers all along but the cost of energy was low enough to make many of them unworkable. Now the costs are on par and this can proceed.
Note that you are not offering solutions. Try elevating your standards. Do you have a problem with "good english"? Grow up.
Could one use this method to heat a large amount of water such as an outdoor swimming pool? I am wondering if such a device would have to be re-focused constantly.
@Woweerobert A swimming pool is very hard to heat unless you have a very large area. Almost any flat panel heat collector can do this and the more area you have, the faster it will heat the pool. Of course most flat panel heaters are made with a fair amount of copper and can be very expensive. The cheapest way is to use a black plastic liner on the bottom of the pool for a few days and remove it when it is warm enough.
@7777dmith7777 The lens is about 3 x 4 feet but the lens you have will work. The limits are the area (which determines how much power you will end up with) and the size of the focus, because the hotter it is, the more effective it is at transferring heat to your target.
So let me get this straight. You can put a boiler in the "hot spot" filled with water to create steam, which powers a steam engine, connected to an alternator and then to a battery? Is that viable?
The brick will continue to heat and will radiate away heat from its bulk- you reach a balance where the incoming energy is matched by the heat loss. Brick and stone are fine for heat mass but water is far more effective overall. Consider that water can be circulated through a radiant floor heating system. I am presently building a solar heating system for my home using this principle.
Hey, check out my website at ScientificallyGreener(Dot) com and get all the new and improved Equipments to build or buy your own solar panels and wind energy turbine systems ScientificallyGreener(Dot) com is a website that sells the most modern environmental products available
The issue is that most people do not have the skill or knowledge to produce a power system using lenses, or much of anything else for that matter.
I have moved my business to Truth or Consequences near the spaceport specifically to set up manufacturing power systems based on this design. I expect to be selling power pods in about six months from the time we open the doors.
funny how we dont see people on here using these lenses to actually "power" things...all we here is talk talk talk and no energy or electricity being produced...boring...
A google search of "elevator return energy", found that modern elevator systems in tall buildings do have special drive mechanisms that generates return energy when the elevator is going down. Thus, the complete needed technology for storing residential solar energy in a special heavy-concrete-weighted solar energy storage elevator is already available. The "overall energy" use for tall building elevators is very small ( just the cost of resistance and inefficiency ). No explosive hydrogen.
You might wish to correct the lapse that crept into the last line of text shown at 0:57 of your video. You of course meant to type "...megawatts per square METER"
@dzgfdg Oh no, it's true. It took forever for it to get cold here, in wintertime. But since you're so stubborn, do you have any evidence that global warming is a myth? I thought not...
@dzgfdg It's been warming up slowly for centuries. That's the normal rate. We humans, the ones who don't give a shit, have been adding to the ozone layer with uneeded crap such as O2 and Smog and other pollutants. We have accelerated the warming up very quickly. So yeah, the earth is in global warming... No questions asked.
@dzgfdg Me and a lot of other people who care. The earth is where you live, treat it with respect! Tell me this, if you lived along the coast or on an island, taking into account of rising sea levels, would you worry that if no one "Gave a damn", that your house would be underwater in the future?
i,ve bought a solar power adapter for wich i could charge (up to 9 voltage) my mobile phones,mp3s,handhelds and even the nds lite etc,,
all for free and nothing and i could use t annywhere whenever i want it ideal during holyday,s when your camera is emty and there,s no wallet socket in the neberhut, you will save alot of money
Is there a way to not get so high temperatures? If we put a metal pipe with water for power generation I think is good that the lenses don't melt down the pipe. I also wonder if the focus shape can be modified so not be a small square but a long line (for hit the pipe)?
Solar power rocks! All our energy really comes from the sun. Wind is coming from the sun. The power in oil is just trapped sunlight. So we know it must be able to cover all our energy needs.
I have reached over 5,000 F easily at the focus of the larger lenses. A small piece of steel at the focus spits and boils almost immediately (due to impurities and flaws in the metal structure).
We now have a functional power system made from 10 of the larger lenses. The volume of steam is nothing short of incredible. More video coming soon.
at 0:57 it is stated that 1.2 kW concentrated in 1 cm^2 means an energy density of 12 MW per cm^2. That is ridiculous. The energy density would be 1.2 kW/cm^2. where does that factor of 10,000 come from?
Educate yourself a little before making such claims.
UV does fog many lenses, but there are plastics that resist this. Glass is good but a hailstorm will wreck your power system. Distributed energy production makes any country more secure from attack because you can't wreck the power grid if there is a complete backup system.
As for the death ray comment, something I made years ago has been labeled "the back yard death ray" and can be found through Google that way. I made a flexible mirror from Mylar for that one.
Internationalist energy investors do not like solar power. Solar powered homes, industry and vehicles would, in effect, take many consumers off the 'grid'. With customers actually SELLING electric power from solar collectors TO the energy companies during off peak hours. Profits would go down. These investors also fear that, one day, solar energy technology would advance to the point where their "customers" could exit OFF the grid entirely & become totally idependant. NOT good for the greedy!
I agree. Also, politicians would loose vast amounts of revenue were solar power commonplace. Total cost of UK gas and electricity bills is millions. Politicians add 17.5% VAT to these bills to be paid by householders.
Yes! In the US, ANYTHING that is wired or piped into your house is peppered with "add ons". I have taken drastic measures to greatly reduce energy use, not because I can't afford it but because I don't want to enrich these people. The new business tac is to INCREASE price for lESS product. My electric (from filthy coal technology) bill last month for a 5 bedroom, 3 bath home was $49 (66% reduction). ACTUAL energy use was $27, the rest being "add on" government scams. The same with gas & phone.
Solar power makes me laugh.... Sure it can melt rock but it will only happen on the clearest day in summer. To make photo voltaic cells requires a lot of processes taking energy and many harmful chemicals.
Not to mention the area needed for such a plant, solar power only works because people force it to work through subsidies.
People need to do more research into cleaner classic fuels and nuclear. No alternative fuel source currently has a chance in a free market.
Investors don't agree. The new solar technologies work efficiently on overcast days as well as in full sun.
The fossil fuel cartels are fighting both solar & wind energy technologies tooth & nail for more than obvious reasons.
The government/corporate lobbyists against passive energy sources say they are concerned about the environment. As an environmental engineer I can say with certainty that fossils fuels are absolutely filthy, coal being the worst. (Levelling mountains: good ecology?)
Do you know of an sites with information on the new solar technologies, I agree that coal mining is not really low impact but I would rather bank on a easy and cheap source of power like nuclear.
LOL duh but the majority of it in the US doesn't Maybe you need to go back and check your sources for coal in the US. Not very many mountains being leveled for it. Some hella big holes being dug though. Coal trains come from all over the US to Wyoming to get their coal. My dad lived in wyoming for a while and he visited that mine and related all the info to me. time for you to go back to school if you dont know about wyoming.
to consaka1: Hey dumbass, looks like your the one that needs to go back to school! Your fucking English is so bad it looks like you graduated from the same college as this fucking moron we have for a President! ahahHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
I have just seen another youtube video, where the guy said that some of his Fresnel lenses were "foggy"
Does this impair their function ? Is it caused by UV light? If so these lenses cannot be of use as assistants to collectors for long periods. Perhaps they could be made in glass, or some other stable material
You can do that but it is expensive to have a lens designed. They have to make a mold to produce it. You would be better off trying to find an existing one that would meet your needs.
The round spot is because it is a spot focus lens but also because the Sun is round. It is possible to make one with a square focus but this will add a great deal of calculation to the design process.
So, I need to find a manuacturer. Then tell them the size lens I want - length X width. Then tell them the focal length I want it to have.
Your brick has little circles of glass burnt into it. Is this because your lens is a spot lens? Is it possible the manufacture could carve squares into the lens rather than circles? Would this produce little squares instead of little circles in a brick ?
most photovoltaic cells are packaged for use at one sol of illumination (standard sunlight brightness). Since you usually only get about 20% or so as useful power, the other 80% goes to heating the cell. Without a heat sink or cooling system, it is not recommended that you run the cells at higher light levels because you will destroy them. Think about this- double the light, double the waste heat. The cells lose efficiency as they get hotter than their operating range and soon fail.
In fact, you can use a lens to concentrate the light on a photovoltaic panel. The only problems are that you must cool the panel with heat sinks or water to prevent it from being destroyed, and the cells that perform best are made of gallium arsenide or other expensive materials. So in the end, you will spend a lot of money getting the cells that will take this sort of treatment and then putting a cooling system on it. Still, it can be (and has been) done.
Just a thought.. could one not simply adjust the focus of the lens(es) aimed onto the photovoltaic panels to a point where you "split the difference" in light/solar concentration, thereby still allowing for more concentration using the lenses for better power conversion yet without harming them (less expensive panels)?
ive been thinking about this exact idea for a long time.glad to see this.would like to see more of it.if u had a lens about 15ft dia seems like u could make a hot enough spot to run a good size turbine.much cheaper than solar panels.
A 200 square meter home in the US uses on average about 30 kwh per day, but this figure can vary significantly based on location (think of air conditioning or heating, for example).
For an estate with about 500 square meters your figure will probably be closer to 45-50 kwh per day, since most of the overhead is in things like water heating and cooking, and there are only so many kitchens and bathrooms in a house.
Please post the location and needs and I will estimate it for you.
Solar cells at the focus generate a lot of power, IF you keep them cooled. Otherwise they vaporize or melt. Steam engines can be run easily and we are using small turbines for our research in making power.
Our turbine system is in fact a closed cycle one that uses the condensate over. I will post more tests once my backers agree to let the results out.
Please do. I will need all the information possible on your great work. This will help a lot of people in my country. You're a great person and dont stop what you're doing. I will subscribe to you.
I will be posting more details on how to generate steam pressure and use this for sterilizing drinking water. In many places there are water sources but not a means of making them drinkable. If there is enough interest, I can post a complete solar still that works very rapidly.
Thanks for the vid. You have to show me how to make that lens and which solar panel is cheaper and effective to use. Im from Africa and i want to electrify the rural areas in Africa. Only the urban areas have electricity. With solar power, i can manage to bring power to the rural areas. Please send me a PM with all the details. thanks.
Ah, you speak of technocracy! The reason is because there is no profit in such devices and concepts for: bankers, lawyers, power companies, merchants--you get the idea... parasites in general who survive by skimming the cream off from your hard work. A world without the need for hard work with an abundance of time for recreation and enlightenment means no cream.
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kimkim1199 4 months ago
josh, there is a good philosophical point there, but physics does in fact show a real difference between rotating and non-rotating systems based on inertia.Rotating systems exhibit Coriolis and other forces (such as centripetal) while non-rotating ones do not.
thorargent 5 months ago
is the earth spinning or is it everything else? this is a question that is only possible to prove if we establish a standard, but before that standard is established, the correct answer is "neither" because everything in the universe is at equilibrium, and all perception is flawed, and thankfully so, because these so called "perceptual errors" are what gave birth to awareness itself.
joshgura 5 months ago
i want one for the BBQ
OttoVanluchene 6 months ago
By the way, it is called Naveda Solar one, it is being used in LVegas, go check it out in you tube
waqarsadia 8 months ago
You are probably too young to know that Star Wars was a real weapons program in the 80s. Directed energy and kinetic-kill weapons such as hypervelocity projectiles were developed and tested. Look up pop-up and x-ray lasers, Brilliant Pebbles, Compass Hammer, and so on. I did some work on this.
thorargent 8 months ago
@thorargent Did you work for GE Aerospace?
bradbeckett 4 months ago
@bradbeckett No, I worked for Martin Marietta years ago but it was in weapons systems. I don't have any association that I am aware of with GE.
thorargent 4 months ago
@bradbeckett No, I worked for Martin Marietta years ago but it was in weapons systems. I don't have any association that I am aware of with GE.
thorargent 4 months ago
star wars weapons are real?
olzzn 8 months ago
First, a parabolic trough can also be used. If the trough line is curved, it shouldn't require a sun tracker.
To harness energy, a thermal electric generator can be used. Also, it occurs to me there is enough heat to make wood gas, which can fuel a gasoline engine/generator.
mangyscavenger 9 months ago
@mangyscavenger The cost of making a custom curved parabolic trough will far outweight the cost of a sun tracker. Also, a sun tracker does not need to be aligned- it automatically follows the Sun. A parabolic trough would need to be lined up properly.
thorargent 9 months ago
@thorargent "The cost of making a custom curved parabolic trough will far outweight the cost of a sun tracker."
No it doesn't. There are plenty of solar generation plants that use a trough. The advantage of a trough is no moving parts to maintain in a desert filled with grit.
The heat oil and use a heat engine to recover the energy. Still, because the oil has to travel through pipes, they aren't nearly as efficient as the design from Stirling energy systems.
fuzzywzhe 7 months ago
@fuzzywzhe Most people don't live in a desert where a trough makes sense. One disadvantage of a parabolic trough is that the focus changes with the Sun angle and is only most effective head-on. For oil-filled pipes it doesn't make a lot of difference because transport losses are comparable or greater but the trough means that you must insulate the entire sun-facing side of your pipe or suffer those losses. A sun-tracker has far better efficiency and lower loss and can be done very cheaply.
thorargent 7 months ago
@thorargent "Most people don't live in a desert where a trough makes sense. "
Anything that requires direct sunlight requires no cloud cover. About the only place any focusing technology makes sense is the desert.
If you don't have that, get photovoltaic.
fuzzywzhe 7 months ago
This could be turned into an amazing weapon
Jamoteee 9 months ago
@Jamoteee Why weapons, don't you strive for peace & the good will for ALL persons......gregor
gregornot 7 months ago
@gregornot Well let's be realistic, we're all human, all we've known is war and that's not going to change anytime soon
Jamoteee 7 months ago
now what will that do to your eye? after all it came from a tv right?
u4eagun 10 months ago
The sun does not move relatively to Earth. The Earth is spinning.
DieterMe 10 months ago
@DieterMe This is known, so your point would be? A device that follows the apparent movement of the Sun is a sun tracker. It does not matter which is truly moving, the mechanism and the result is exactly the same.
thorargent 10 months ago 3
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Still we want to be confident enought that this new ENERGY source by out govt, wont be used in any way against us...As was said befor...noone owns the sun...But plenty want to own the earth!
NeoDyne112 6 months ago
@thorargent
We are thinking of our earh right?...Well..in the wrong hands it could destroy citis and destroy people important to us...when and if and how...in the wrong hands!
NeoDyne112 6 months ago
@thorargent
LOOK i created a flying soucer..i can reach the moon in 1 minute, and i got oxtgen tanks for 10 days!.....What the fuck would u think happened if this was true?
NeoDyne112 6 months ago
@DieterMe the earth DOES move relatively to the earth. correction fail.
volound 8 months ago
this is SO awesome! Why havent i heard about this sooner!
a10fjet 11 months ago
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take those panels and put them in the basement.first you take a parabolic solar concentrator and put an robotic arm on it to follow the suns path.then make the focal point a mirrored shape cone that will send the light down through mirrored glass tubing straight into a mirrored shape glass box inside the mirrored shape box will be several solar panels that spin to keep them cool the mirrored box must have the mirrors inward to reflect the light sending from the parabolic focal point.ken van horn
kennethvanhorn 11 months ago
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LookOverTheEdge 1 year ago
what would happen if you put a solar panel under that thing?
jermia025 1 year ago
@jermia025 That is called CPV or concentrated photovoltaic. You would cool the photovoltaic chip that is located at the focus so it would not be destroyed. The problem is the cost of the type of chips that can take this sort of punishment. Multi-junction cells made of gallium arsenide are often used for this but they cost hundreds of dollars apiece commonly. They have better efficiency but still are limited and must be water cooled to work.
thorargent 1 year ago
@jermia025 I think it'll melt it. What do you think?
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what would happen if you put a solar panel under that thing?
jermia025 1 year ago
what would happen if you put a solor panel under that amount of light?
jermia025 1 year ago
what would happen if you put a solor panel under that amount of light?
jermia025 1 year ago
the biggest problem with this is that you need a unit that will follow the sun and keep the hot spot focus tight
dmm663 1 year ago
@dmm663 No problem at all, see the videos of my sun tracker that I built afterwards. See my other YouTube videos.
thorargent 1 year ago
@thorargent it has bed driving me crazy that these lens have not been used for harnessing solar power. I will look at your tracker.... this should be used to create steam to power a small turbine to power homes. Private use is the way to go, keeps cost down and allows people to be self sufficient.
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smokesupp 1 year ago
make this in a larger scale and there you have a super weapon.
makjep 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this video. This gives us enough information about how powerful solar energy is.
amberjacksolar 1 year ago
why dont you manufacture the lenese befor you make videos
datzfast 1 year ago
@datzfast I don't make the lenses, they are made by large injection molding companies. it is a multi-million dollar investment to do that. I simply purchase them and use them in my systems and for research. This video was meant as a demonstration to show what sort of power you can get cheaply. My other videos show these lenses in use on power systems. You can see them on my channel.
thorargent 1 year ago
Could we have a little basic physics here please? You cannot get out more power than you put into any device. If it gathers 1.2kw of solar power, you'll always get less than 1.2kw out, no matter what you do to it. And the energy density of this device is 1.2kw per square centimeter, not megawatts. You took approximately 1.2kw per square meter and concentrated it to 1.2kw per square centimeter. No magic. And 1.2kw isn't going to run much in the average modern house.
veryquiet 1 year ago
@veryquiet The power density error was noted at the beginning of the thread. The figure of 1.2 megawatts per square meter is correct. And yes, 1.2 kilowatts does not power a lot in terms of home usage in the US, but the larger system (10 lenses at 1.4 kilowatts each) does a fine job. This is simply a demonstration of potential. The power system is in another video here.
thorargent 1 year ago
@veryquiet you're wrong, if you disagree, explain nuclear fusion jackass.
1LyKo1 1 year ago
Die Another Day anyone?
GerbilEssences 1 year ago
How did you film that without burning the camera? I suppose you used a filter?
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Rewgj 1 year ago
@Rewgj Hey
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californiadude777 1 year ago
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worseto 1 year ago
I did that with a magnifying glass...
TriopsGuy 1 year ago
Why don't you buy a 7k generator head from harbor freight and use super heated air to turn a cup turbine attached to it? This is enough to power most homes. We are waiting for plans or products to buy. You have the lens and you have been experimenting. We NEED this! Go to it!
astrialkil 1 year ago
@astrialkil This is a good solution and one worth pursuing. The problems I have encountered have at their root one principle- greed. Literally every person or company that I have dealt with has wanted to own this or sit on it. What a shame that business people are so short sighted that they perceive only self-interest and not the greater good of the species.
My efforts to manufacture my compact steam turbine systems have been stymied by the poor economy and the greed of businessmen. Pity.
thorargent 1 year ago
@thorargent Could you put 5 turbines (one on each side) on each boiler so you don't loose heat threw all the tubes running back n forth and you would only need 1 lens. it would be cheaper and take up less space.
astrialkil 1 year ago
@astrialkil The cost of the turbines was the issue. Larger objects lose less heat through the square-cube law because they have lower surface area to volume ratio so they are more effective. With mass-produced turbines this is a good solution but we had to make everything from scratch. My power pods are exactly this- compact turbines in a sealed unit. The overall efficienct is lower but the cost is also, so it's win-win.
thorargent 1 year ago
@thorargent Ok so when can we buy or build(plans) one of these or the fabric windmill ? We are hungry for them now!
astrialkil 1 year ago
@thorargent How do they make money if they own it and sit on it?
astrialkil 1 year ago
@astrialkil I have no idea what they are doing in the meantime. They were hiring other people to work on this and may be redesigning it. In this economic environment I have not got the means of setting up large scale manufacturing without some sort of backing and you certainly cannot depend on banks. They won't loan to people with nearly 800 credit ratings because they aren't making enough interest, in their opinions. So now what? I will persist.
thorargent 1 year ago
@thorargent all theyd need is a mirror and theyd fry ur nuclear weapon
jermia025 1 year ago
Could we have a little basic physics here please? You cannot get out more power than you put into any device. If it gathers 1.2kw of solar power, you'll always get less than 1.2kw out, no matter what you do to it. And the energy density of this device is 1.2kw per square centimeter, not megawatts. You took approximately 1.2kw per square meter and concentrated it to 1.2kw per square centimeter. No magic. And 1.2kw isn't going to run much in the average modern house.
veryquiet 1 year ago
@veryquiet What can I run off 1.5k? hmmm my refrigerator is 500 watts(.5k) my swamp cooler is 250 watts. (total .75k) 11 LED light bulbs 5 watts each =55watts (total .805 K) 2 florescent "ring" lights 15 watts each = 30 watts (total 1.15 K) Radio 20 watts (total 1.35K) Recharge cell phone 1 watt,no joke (total 1.36 K) recharge gell cell for lights at night 10 watts (total 1.46 K) line loss 4 watts (total 1.5k)
astrialkil 1 year ago
Cont... So what can I do with 1.5 K ? Light every light in my house, Listen to the radio, Run my Frigidaire for me cold drink , run my swamp cooler to keep me cool, Charge my cell phone and a back up battery so i have some Lights/power during the night. As I haven't turned my TV on in 3 years this is largely how i live my life any way. I don't always keep all my lights on so I would have extra power available most of the time . If i turned off 300 watts worth I could run my computer.
astrialkil 1 year ago
Your assuming we would only have one panel! If you watched his video with the steam engine, he had 10 panels with a 14K rating.
watch?v=4C97-i7N36Q&feature=related
astrialkil 1 year ago
Straight foward thermal mechanics.beautiful, whats not to understand I've also envisioned the use of fresnel lenses to generate high pressure steam as well as super heated forced air.yours is a sound,viable and cost effective aproach compared to many other solar powered methods.
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henrykay01 1 year ago
The elite are simply holding back the renewable energy truth from us as they know the massive impact it would have on the elite Oil & other dirty energy giants this technology would change the world forever poor countries would benefit dramatically with their usally warm climates. The NWO will plan ahead with the Carbon Tax agenda- pay as u pollute, makes so much sense for a greener future- whatever.
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thorargent 1 year ago
for all the dumbasses.
the camera focusses on the very bright but because it's way to bright for the camera so it reduces the brightness of the video. that's why it's so dark around it
willeyboy2 1 year ago
This is why cheap solar power is not available to all of the public sector! Busineses want to make money by making you a slave to services & a slave to things! This power cheap as it is is hated by big business who fight it to the nth degree to keep you from it by not producing it for you long ago!
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henrykay01 1 year ago
too bad its just a giant magnifying glass and you are trying to sound like you've solved the worlds energy promblems. You are an idiot. Throwing some math out and speaking good english doesnt make you a genious. And take the title sir off your name. You didnt earn that title. you are Mr. SHmuck
playermodelz 1 year ago
@playermodelz
OK. Please enlighten us all as to how you know he is wrong, with details please.
pommyrooter 1 year ago
@playermodelz The real problem is outlined by the fact that our government keeps a 30 year "strategic petroleum reserve" which clearly shows that they have no intention of quitting petroleum for the next 30 years. We have had the answers all along but the cost of energy was low enough to make many of them unworkable. Now the costs are on par and this can proceed.
Note that you are not offering solutions. Try elevating your standards. Do you have a problem with "good english"? Grow up.
thorargent 1 year ago
Could one use this method to heat a large amount of water such as an outdoor swimming pool? I am wondering if such a device would have to be re-focused constantly.
Woweerobert 1 year ago
@Woweerobert A swimming pool is very hard to heat unless you have a very large area. Almost any flat panel heat collector can do this and the more area you have, the faster it will heat the pool. Of course most flat panel heaters are made with a fair amount of copper and can be very expensive. The cheapest way is to use a black plastic liner on the bottom of the pool for a few days and remove it when it is warm enough.
thorargent 1 year ago
What size lens are you using in this video ? I just found a 25''x 33'' one out of an old projection tv. Is this a viable lens ?
7777dmith7777 1 year ago
@7777dmith7777 The lens is about 3 x 4 feet but the lens you have will work. The limits are the area (which determines how much power you will end up with) and the size of the focus, because the hotter it is, the more effective it is at transferring heat to your target.
thorargent 1 year ago
After watching your video and having a understanding of fresnel lenses, how could you use this to store solar electricity if possible
smkurtz 2 years ago
you can produce hydrogen with the energy you get and it is storable
nambress 1 year ago
WOOT WOOT!!! go solar power!!
profjaykay 2 years ago 3
So let me get this straight. You can put a boiler in the "hot spot" filled with water to create steam, which powers a steam engine, connected to an alternator and then to a battery? Is that viable?
Great video btw.
QwidgyboMan 2 years ago 12
@QwidgyboMan Yes, this works perfectly well. See my other videos and some show that I have built such a system. You can see it in operation.
thorargent 2 years ago
@thorargent Show us the lens boiling steel!
MrKaddan 1 year ago
@QwidgyboMan yes it is there other videos of a fresnel lens heating a boiler look it up
protectoroffaith 1 year ago
The brick will continue to heat and will radiate away heat from its bulk- you reach a balance where the incoming energy is matched by the heat loss. Brick and stone are fine for heat mass but water is far more effective overall. Consider that water can be circulated through a radiant floor heating system. I am presently building a solar heating system for my home using this principle.
thorargent 2 years ago
i'm wondering how hot the whole brick gets and how long it takes for it too cool down. thinking of making some form of solar mass heater...
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taraff1 2 years ago
The issue is that most people do not have the skill or knowledge to produce a power system using lenses, or much of anything else for that matter.
I have moved my business to Truth or Consequences near the spaceport specifically to set up manufacturing power systems based on this design. I expect to be selling power pods in about six months from the time we open the doors.
thorargent 2 years ago
Awesome stuff
knockxobile 2 years ago
funny how we dont see people on here using these lenses to actually "power" things...all we here is talk talk talk and no energy or electricity being produced...boring...
linuxbox25 2 years ago
Actually I am making electricity using this concept. I have some warmup tests for a taste. A very small taste.
luc59457 2 years ago
I am making some power with this stuff.. And I have done some calculations.
luc59457 2 years ago
actually there are solar power plants in the mojave desert in california
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irockguitarhero3 2 years ago
Profound ignorance is what's wrong with our world today. If you don't know how something works, it may as well be 'Magic'.
I appreciate the commentary on the video, it helps in explaining what's going on in simple terms. 5 stars.
dplind87 2 years ago 2
Way to take something rad and make it boring. 0 stars.
Alphasuede 2 years ago
No, Star Wars was a military directed energy project as well, including beam weapons and kinetic kill weapons. I worked on some portions of it.
thorargent 2 years ago
Shouldn't be better to use red color lance to heat water.
janosik150 2 years ago
Hey, man, Star Wars was just a movie.
jmheather 2 years ago
Great stuff!
extremetrees 3 years ago
Military Chemtrail operations are blocking the sun from reaching the earth.
cdimmm 3 years ago
Thank you.
Minuvash 3 years ago
A google search of "elevator return energy", found that modern elevator systems in tall buildings do have special drive mechanisms that generates return energy when the elevator is going down. Thus, the complete needed technology for storing residential solar energy in a special heavy-concrete-weighted solar energy storage elevator is already available. The "overall energy" use for tall building elevators is very small ( just the cost of resistance and inefficiency ). No explosive hydrogen.
trader0108 3 years ago
wait so if they're more powerful than star wars laser guns why cant that blow up a planet im just kidding thank you for info
SilverFox135 3 years ago
Sir Charles...
You might wish to correct the lapse that crept into the last line of text shown at 0:57 of your video. You of course meant to type "...megawatts per square METER"
eleog813 3 years ago
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How2MakeSolarPanel 3 years ago
dude you should do this with a time lapse camera.... it'd be a lot better for display purposes... but thats sweet.... did u make that lens yurself?
cmorls 3 years ago
Wow! T hat was amazing! This could end globnal warming forever! But noooooooooo! The car companies just care for money! Awesome job! 5/5!
IsaacNorman 3 years ago 3
@IsaacNorman u my friend just proved to me ur intelligence level
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg Aw, thanks.
IsaacNorman 1 year ago
@IsaacNorman global warming is a myth, and car companies should not be made fun of. They provide gas for your lazy ass
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg Oh no, it's true. It took forever for it to get cold here, in wintertime. But since you're so stubborn, do you have any evidence that global warming is a myth? I thought not...
IsaacNorman 1 year ago
@IsaacNorman the earth has been warming up for centuries, recently because of the weird rise in solar activity
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg It's been warming up slowly for centuries. That's the normal rate. We humans, the ones who don't give a shit, have been adding to the ozone layer with uneeded crap such as O2 and Smog and other pollutants. We have accelerated the warming up very quickly. So yeah, the earth is in global warming... No questions asked.
IsaacNorman 1 year ago
@IsaacNorman so ok, the earth is warming up. who gives a damn?
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg Me and a lot of other people who care. The earth is where you live, treat it with respect! Tell me this, if you lived along the coast or on an island, taking into account of rising sea levels, would you worry that if no one "Gave a damn", that your house would be underwater in the future?
IsaacNorman 1 year ago
@IsaacNorman honestly, if it was up to me i would kill of all life. but i'm not capable of doing that
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg Wow, it sounds like you hate your life.
IsaacNorman 1 year ago
@IsaacNorman and everything that surrounds me
dzgfdg 1 year ago
i,ve bought a solar power adapter for wich i could charge (up to 9 voltage) my mobile phones,mp3s,handhelds and even the nds lite etc,,
all for free and nothing and i could use t annywhere whenever i want it ideal during holyday,s when your camera is emty and there,s no wallet socket in the neberhut, you will save alot of money
Hengeloyo 3 years ago
Is there a way to not get so high temperatures? If we put a metal pipe with water for power generation I think is good that the lenses don't melt down the pipe. I also wonder if the focus shape can be modified so not be a small square but a long line (for hit the pipe)?
camikaze76 3 years ago
ya, its all about the lens shape... for a line you wuld need kind of like a V shape instead of a cone
cmorls 3 years ago
Solar power rocks! All our energy really comes from the sun. Wind is coming from the sun. The power in oil is just trapped sunlight. So we know it must be able to cover all our energy needs.
nyguy18 3 years ago
GOOD STUFF!
AStateofAffairs 3 years ago
I have reached over 5,000 F easily at the focus of the larger lenses. A small piece of steel at the focus spits and boils almost immediately (due to impurities and flaws in the metal structure).
We now have a functional power system made from 10 of the larger lenses. The volume of steam is nothing short of incredible. More video coming soon.
thorargent 3 years ago
Boil steel???? My god that was incredible
starwarsgeek8 3 years ago
This was a typo, I am fully aware of the actual number. This has also been pointed out in the other comments.
thorargent 3 years ago
at 0:57 it is stated that 1.2 kW concentrated in 1 cm^2 means an energy density of 12 MW per cm^2. That is ridiculous. The energy density would be 1.2 kW/cm^2. where does that factor of 10,000 come from?
Educate yourself a little before making such claims.
aredmidge 3 years ago
UV does fog many lenses, but there are plastics that resist this. Glass is good but a hailstorm will wreck your power system. Distributed energy production makes any country more secure from attack because you can't wreck the power grid if there is a complete backup system.
As for the death ray comment, something I made years ago has been labeled "the back yard death ray" and can be found through Google that way. I made a flexible mirror from Mylar for that one.
thorargent 3 years ago
say good bye to trash
backspace8908 3 years ago
Sound like a death ray to me.
RunDanson 3 years ago
Internationalist energy investors do not like solar power. Solar powered homes, industry and vehicles would, in effect, take many consumers off the 'grid'. With customers actually SELLING electric power from solar collectors TO the energy companies during off peak hours. Profits would go down. These investors also fear that, one day, solar energy technology would advance to the point where their "customers" could exit OFF the grid entirely & become totally idependant. NOT good for the greedy!
t4705mb6 3 years ago
I agree. Also, politicians would loose vast amounts of revenue were solar power commonplace. Total cost of UK gas and electricity bills is millions. Politicians add 17.5% VAT to these bills to be paid by householders.
sickbuffalo 3 years ago
Yes! In the US, ANYTHING that is wired or piped into your house is peppered with "add ons". I have taken drastic measures to greatly reduce energy use, not because I can't afford it but because I don't want to enrich these people. The new business tac is to INCREASE price for lESS product. My electric (from filthy coal technology) bill last month for a 5 bedroom, 3 bath home was $49 (66% reduction). ACTUAL energy use was $27, the rest being "add on" government scams. The same with gas & phone.
t4705mb6 3 years ago
Solar power makes me laugh.... Sure it can melt rock but it will only happen on the clearest day in summer. To make photo voltaic cells requires a lot of processes taking energy and many harmful chemicals.
Not to mention the area needed for such a plant, solar power only works because people force it to work through subsidies.
People need to do more research into cleaner classic fuels and nuclear. No alternative fuel source currently has a chance in a free market.
link10909 3 years ago
Investors don't agree. The new solar technologies work efficiently on overcast days as well as in full sun.
The fossil fuel cartels are fighting both solar & wind energy technologies tooth & nail for more than obvious reasons.
The government/corporate lobbyists against passive energy sources say they are concerned about the environment. As an environmental engineer I can say with certainty that fossils fuels are absolutely filthy, coal being the worst. (Levelling mountains: good ecology?)
t4705mb6 3 years ago
Do you know of an sites with information on the new solar technologies, I agree that coal mining is not really low impact but I would rather bank on a easy and cheap source of power like nuclear.
link10909 3 years ago
You are an engineer and you dont know that coal doesnt come from mountains? It comes from Huge holes in the ground in wyoming!
consaka1 3 years ago
WHAT!? Coal has been found at the tops of mountains as well as at the bottom of the sea. Are you for real?
Ever hear of tectonics? Where are you getting your information, Wyoming?
t4705mb6 3 years ago
LOL duh but the majority of it in the US doesn't Maybe you need to go back and check your sources for coal in the US. Not very many mountains being leveled for it. Some hella big holes being dug though. Coal trains come from all over the US to Wyoming to get their coal. My dad lived in wyoming for a while and he visited that mine and related all the info to me. time for you to go back to school if you dont know about wyoming.
consaka1 3 years ago
to consaka1: Hey dumbass, looks like your the one that needs to go back to school! Your fucking English is so bad it looks like you graduated from the same college as this fucking moron we have for a President! ahahHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
4merCIA 3 years ago
All this from the wisdom of someone with the grammar of an 8 year old. Boy this country is sure moving up.
consaka1 3 years ago
Where did he go? Harvard or Yale or something?
tomorronow 3 years ago
Someplace 4merCIA should have tried to go to. We all know they have minimum IQ requirements so he would never get in. still he could have tried.
consaka1 2 years ago
rofl. look at your grammar and its obvious you didn't even go to school
consaka1 2 years ago
I have just seen another youtube video, where the guy said that some of his Fresnel lenses were "foggy"
Does this impair their function ? Is it caused by UV light? If so these lenses cannot be of use as assistants to collectors for long periods. Perhaps they could be made in glass, or some other stable material
sickbuffalo 3 years ago
Thank you. I wish you success
sickbuffalo 3 years ago
You can do that but it is expensive to have a lens designed. They have to make a mold to produce it. You would be better off trying to find an existing one that would meet your needs.
The round spot is because it is a spot focus lens but also because the Sun is round. It is possible to make one with a square focus but this will add a great deal of calculation to the design process.
thorargent 3 years ago
So, I need to find a manuacturer. Then tell them the size lens I want - length X width. Then tell them the focal length I want it to have.
Your brick has little circles of glass burnt into it. Is this because your lens is a spot lens? Is it possible the manufacture could carve squares into the lens rather than circles? Would this produce little squares instead of little circles in a brick ?
sickbuffalo 3 years ago
1. The lens is designed to have a particular focal length. It can be anything, within reason.
2. Our lenses have different focal lengths and most are right at a meter to 1.3 meters.
3. Smaller lenses usually do have much shorter focal lengths. It is usually about the same as the long side of the lens.
4. The groove angle of the lens is a major factor in setting focal length. That is set at design time.
5. The focus is typically about a square centimeter. A boiler is forgiving.
thorargent 3 years ago
What is the relationship between the size of the fresnel lens, and its focal length?
Your lens seems to have a focal length of about a yard.
Would a smaller lens have a shorter focal distance?
Perhaps focal distance is not related to size of lens, but related to how the lens has been manufactured.
At focus with your lens, what area is covered on the target?
sickbuffalo 3 years ago
most photovoltaic cells are packaged for use at one sol of illumination (standard sunlight brightness). Since you usually only get about 20% or so as useful power, the other 80% goes to heating the cell. Without a heat sink or cooling system, it is not recommended that you run the cells at higher light levels because you will destroy them. Think about this- double the light, double the waste heat. The cells lose efficiency as they get hotter than their operating range and soon fail.
thorargent 3 years ago
In fact, you can use a lens to concentrate the light on a photovoltaic panel. The only problems are that you must cool the panel with heat sinks or water to prevent it from being destroyed, and the cells that perform best are made of gallium arsenide or other expensive materials. So in the end, you will spend a lot of money getting the cells that will take this sort of treatment and then putting a cooling system on it. Still, it can be (and has been) done.
thorargent 3 years ago
Just a thought.. could one not simply adjust the focus of the lens(es) aimed onto the photovoltaic panels to a point where you "split the difference" in light/solar concentration, thereby still allowing for more concentration using the lenses for better power conversion yet without harming them (less expensive panels)?
voicetube 3 years ago
This is simply incredible. Could such a lens, focused on a photovoltaic solar panel vastly increase its potential, or would it trash the solar panel?
sickbuffalo 3 years ago
ive been thinking about this exact idea for a long time.glad to see this.would like to see more of it.if u had a lens about 15ft dia seems like u could make a hot enough spot to run a good size turbine.much cheaper than solar panels.
EASTWOODO4 3 years ago 2
A 200 square meter home in the US uses on average about 30 kwh per day, but this figure can vary significantly based on location (think of air conditioning or heating, for example).
For an estate with about 500 square meters your figure will probably be closer to 45-50 kwh per day, since most of the overhead is in things like water heating and cooking, and there are only so many kitchens and bathrooms in a house.
Please post the location and needs and I will estimate it for you.
thorargent 3 years ago
how much watts is needed for an estate (with ground floor and first floor) Estimate...
bubbaUK 3 years ago
Those lenses are kool, I dread the day the sun turns black as sack cloth cause solar would become impossible to use then huh?
KARStarla 3 years ago
Solar cells at the focus generate a lot of power, IF you keep them cooled. Otherwise they vaporize or melt. Steam engines can be run easily and we are using small turbines for our research in making power.
Our turbine system is in fact a closed cycle one that uses the condensate over. I will post more tests once my backers agree to let the results out.
thorargent 3 years ago
If this is phocused on a solar cell for collecting power what are the results.
I am also interested in the results using a small steam engine.
How about simply heating water which results in its raises and spinning a turbine ? with recyrculated wated being sent back to the source?
There was a gentalment doing this some years ago heating a steam engine and creating electrity, untimely death came to him.
You Tube allows us to show the world these tricks now.
Lavymelech 3 years ago
reminds me of that adam west batman episode where the joker straps batman to the top of a building with a magnifying glass pointed at him.
the problem with this for generating electric power is that a lot of energy goes to waste as heat and so a certain lower density is optimal.
robhirsch 3 years ago
I absolutely LOVE THIS!
jednoucelovy 3 years ago
Please do. I will need all the information possible on your great work. This will help a lot of people in my country. You're a great person and dont stop what you're doing. I will subscribe to you.
cameraphone84 3 years ago
I will be posting more details on how to generate steam pressure and use this for sterilizing drinking water. In many places there are water sources but not a means of making them drinkable. If there is enough interest, I can post a complete solar still that works very rapidly.
thorargent 3 years ago
Thanks for the vid. You have to show me how to make that lens and which solar panel is cheaper and effective to use. Im from Africa and i want to electrify the rural areas in Africa. Only the urban areas have electricity. With solar power, i can manage to bring power to the rural areas. Please send me a PM with all the details. thanks.
cameraphone84 3 years ago
Why the hell arn't we using this power now?
tmc515 3 years ago 2
Ah, you speak of technocracy! The reason is because there is no profit in such devices and concepts for: bankers, lawyers, power companies, merchants--you get the idea... parasites in general who survive by skimming the cream off from your hard work. A world without the need for hard work with an abundance of time for recreation and enlightenment means no cream.
dolofonos 3 years ago
There is not enough energy fo