@gabigowriel It shouldn't- weare not talking about optical imaging, here- just need a 6-8" disc. This looks much like the units (4) that will soon provide electricity & hot water/heat @ my Ranch. Nicely-done. Oh- you DO have it rigged to track the sun, sunup-sundown, don'tcha??
these would be great for deaf communities, if they existed! Perhaps far out at sea or in the middle of the desert, but not much water in the desert, at least the sterling engine seems to be a bit quieter, good effort
I'm pretty sure the "solar turbine' is just a DEMO of how much steam the dish can generate. Solar 'power' of this nature is usually used in hot water heat exchange for heating pools, spas, hot water heaters... or the situation I'm looking for replacing a good share of my propane bill in my steam heat (Yeah I bought a old house... but price was great and I have 5,500 sq feet to heat)
Someone was wondering where to get a dish like this Look for a company called Arco Solar Lasers. - Dan
There is a whinning like a turbine running so I suppose there actually is one there somewhere although I don't think I saw it. Good shot of the empty bucket and the guy squatting while holding a beer can!
Why not use the turbine and use it to run a small gen set? i fail to see the need for a turbine to make steam. any one could just hang a pot at the focal point and boil water. but to make the water do work is what people are looking for. now is this turbine running off the steam created? or is it a stir stick? if solar energy is to take a foot hold. it needs to do some kind of work, like make electricty. heat water for the house, run a car! So please share with us just what are your plans. thanx
What I'd like to see done is a dish something along the line as what is shown here, convert some type of liquid in a closed/sealed loop that powers a generator that feeds electricity to a inverter then interfaces with the electric company on a typical home.
advice for your design: you could use an Intelligent Lighting software program, like a DMX software program for moving head lights--would allow you to pre program down to a fraction of a second with full range of motion via X and Y axis controls. that technology along with what you have now would work well (with a steam engine at the end of the hose of course:) i use MyDMX by American DJ, about $250 for the program, best one for the money. anyway, good luck with everything. good work!
I'm confused, what in the world is this video about other than making a very annoying noise? If this solar collector can do useful work, then show it to us. Why show us the end of a garden hose? What was that all about? You also might think about making the yard neat and tidy.
@Harrower13 Hmm, you gave an answer to a question I didn't ask and a comment I didn't make. I am aware of the developement of steam technology from Thomas Newcomen and James Watt to the present day. It is true that many important scientific and technological breathroughs have been made by backyard tinkerers. Perhaps the video is on to something. It is noisy and the production values are a bit scrappy, however, so the average viewer probably leaves early.
if you really want to make something work here it is take a parabolic solar concentrator and send light into a mirrored cone shape focal point then send that light into mirrored glass tubing which will send the light into a mirrored box with solar panels in it the solar panels must be cooled by spinning or cooling system.now get to work
@kennethvanhorn Light loses power every time it is reflected, its best to capture that energy with as few reflections as possible. The heat you seek to eliminate from pv cells is a byproduct of photons being absorbed by the cell and can not really be eliminated but, it could be put to practical use. Perhaps cylindrical pv cells that circulate water through the home would be a better use of pv tech than combining pv tech with parabolic tech. Run with it, have fun.
i think you can use it better if you put a glass mirrored cone there then solid glass tubes (bend as needed)then mirror them. send the light into a box, cylinder,or water tank shape inside the tank will be solar panels that are protected from dust moister so forth the only thing is if the light gives off to much heat the solar panels will have to spin to cool themselves off. this is my invention for 2011 Kenneth van horn...!
Very nice- and similar to my design, except mine is on an equatorial mount, and tracks the sun. Also, mine is hooked into an old, big truck turbo, acting as a turbine, which drives a generator. This looks very well made, congratulations!!! Well done!
Without more info this is useless . Max power is about 1.8kW , That wold mean 100% effecient . The dish and boiler are not 100% efficient . 50% max . Then it comes to the turbine and generator . No info given at all . Microturbines are for the moment not to find ., so beside a noise making machine we actually see nothing .
PS , if somebody got info about a less then 1kWatt microturbine , pls let me know .
Instead of the U.N sending inefficient photo voltaic cells into Africa they should send solar powered steam engines because the steam engine has a thermodynamic efficiency of around 50% compared to the 3% efficient photo voltaic cells that are also very costly to produce.
hi, nice video. Friends and Subscribers welcome if you want to have a look at my Home Wind/Solar Energy stuff. I won a Green Design Contest with my system on Earth Day. Have a look if you like.
nice, but I have a good idea, using a more closed parabolic lens that instead of focusing the light out into the antennae like a satellite dish, would focus the light and heat into it's center, like a reverse working flashlight reflector, where the light comes in and reflects to the bulb(in this case, the boiler), I think this would be a more powerful and more compact design, since your not focusing the light outside of the lens, but inside, holding the heat in.
@toastyovens noisy? ok, go to about any of the 80% of powerplants in the world that use turbine generators to produce electricity, they're all noisy as fuck, so whether you use oil, sun, nuclear radiation, your using water and turbines.
so your idea of nuclear power being quieter then any other form of electricity production is wrong, they use the heat from fissioning nuclear fuel to produce steam that runs turbine generators, which are amazing loud unless they have sound proofing.
@toastyovens continued, if they'd make solar thermal plants, they'd run on the same principle as any nuclear powerplant, except for the threat of nuclear holocaust in the immediate area in the case of a accident, the worst a solar thermal plant could do is either have a failure in the boilers or a failure in the lenses, I believe this is a better option then threatening the public with nuclear radiation.
@mhoyer01 Look at the still image at the end. It is painted black, it's just that the sunlight is so intensely focused that some of it still reflects off
Love it!! -- keep it up! We need to grow the green sector in California, but prop 23 is a danger to the industry. 23 is down in the polls, but the Yes on 23 campaign just got a new influx of hot, anonymous cash, so we'll need to fend them off in the home stretch to Election Day.
Hit me back if you'd like to talk Prop 23. We're coming out with a bunch of great No on Prop 23 videos soon!
Nice job guys. Nw impress me. Make my idea happen. I want a solar concentrator equipped with sun tracking...focusing light through high temp fibre optics...focusing light through them into an oven...with the ability to control oven temps by turning a dial that opens and closes the shutters within the fibre optics as neccessary to achieve a regulated temp within the oven. My wife doesn't believe my idea would work. Come on guys...make it happen.
@magicyte It'd work, but your concept is over thought. If the idea is to make things efficient, just cook outside! It simplifies and cheapens the build and doesn't heat up your house. you could easily run an oil through an insulated line and through a radiator with fans blowing through it to get the heat convection. temperature can be controlled by having a servo move the "boiler" in and out of the focal point.
@gumpdy I was actually gonna do an oil radiator design for my solar heater till I realized the government would totally be all over it...and ultimately screw me on it. It's a little overthought...but sadly I don't see how it could be any other way with so many lazy peple who won't lift a finger without it matching todays ease of use. It's sad but it's the reality. People are lazy...but...I think it's inevitable...I mean...to have better tech, ultimately leads to less effort on our part.
you got a good point, what I can say that this plant as a basis of principle can 'produce electricity (summer) if you enter a solar tracker and if the water would do the cross before a panel is preheated so you would have less downtime for the operation of the turbine and a turbine could make a little 'more grande.E hot water in winter for the people is always saving.
I gave you the basics on which you can leave if you become famous write.
This is a good idea, but it requires a constant sunlight, if there is no sun the turbine will die and it took several minutes to let the turbine work once the sun is out again, those constant delay to make the turbine work is a waste of time, and energy..........anyway, good work
@frilink Thats why you save the over abundance of electricity while you have sunlight. I think there would be use for a sun tracker here that automatically adjusts to the sun's position. I still think with manual maneuvering you can still capture a vast amount of electricity and store it via battery or some other capture method.
@SimpleWindSolutions I agree! The Sun delivers around 1000W per square meter... only around midday! But... the actual efficency of that kind of Steam Turbine (to convert this energy into electrical power) is... at most 20%!
@SimpleWindSolutions Don't wanna burst your bubble. Yes...the sun puts out 1000W roughly per square meter. However...thanks to the ATMOSPHERE, we only receive roughly 500w at sea level. Too many people take what others say for granted without doing there own research. I don't knock solar power. I'm even starting a solar air heater business...but it realy bothers me when I see people give out bad information.
Gee, where did you get that estimate? How much energy do you figure would come from a constant heat source that exceeds 1000 degrees Fahrenheit? Gee, you sure are informed. Did you know that science is just now learning how light works. Whatever you thought you knew, you forgot one thing... Knowledge is not a constant force of remembering what you've already learned. It's the constant task of learning new things. You don't even know how much power the sun gives.
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 (and also experimental evidence of such phenomena). Making a 6 kW generator will cost $1200, value of the energy produced yearly $5400, zero operating costs. I am looking for $300 000 for a prototype and for $3M for patents.
Well I think you guys have done a brilliant job, busy getting my bits together for the last 2 years already. Got a 4mtr dish and steam turbine already, just need to make other bits. Good job.
Why did youer team oppt for a standing tube boiler as opposed to the use of a mono tube in form of multiple convex focal point pancake coil.
If you would like I have a turbine pattern I could share with you?
It is a new form and noterized but not as of yety under pattent, and is for development purpose only, though if you have a market? I will sub it at 7% of net bi-yearly.
That's beautiful. You are productively working on green energy.
So then you connect the turbine to a dc generator and charge a basement full of
Batteries. Or even better , a huge array of high quality homemade Leyden Jars to store the charge, then run it through a voltage regulator and invertor to produce AC voltage. fun Stuff with ":Potential".
@OleMarUlberg That's the open steam supply that gets connected to the steam engine. Goodbye whining sound, hello steam turbine sound. The turbine would need a sound supressor.
Hi, I am a engineering student in New Zealand and I am doing a group project and we are looking designing a solar steam turbine, could I please have your email address so we could enquire more?
I'm impressed of course I always have been. Maybe you will get lots of contracts and get rich from this. I tell all my friends how smart you are. God Bless. Sandy
David or Dennis, I was thinking that you guys should make a documentary of Acro solar Lasers, it would be even more interesting with the Mirror dish and BTUs, but its up too you guys, well see you guys later
Very impressive video guys. You're on the right track. SunCatcher is catching everyone's eyes, but I think scaled-down, home applications like this are where we want to be eventually.
PVs are dirty technology. All the industry does is hide their dirtiness better.
There's silicon tetrachloride and Sulfur hexafluoride and many other not so friendly chemicals used.
Sulfur hexafluoride has 67 million times the greenhouse warming potential of CO2 yet after 30 years of use the PV industry has yet to be required to release a study on how much of it they emit during PV production. That's no accident.
Silicon Tetrachloride (SiF4) is a byproduct of the production of fertilizers. It is also naturally and readily available in nature. Volcanic plumes contain significant amounts of silicon tetrafluoride and the daily production from currently active volcanoes can reach several tons per day. SiF4 may be used in the purification of silicone but it is not created in that process. The Chinese may dump in in their rivers but that is not necessary.
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is inorganic, colorless, odorless, non-toxic, non-flammable, and nearly inert. It is safe enough to use in medical proceedures. SF6 is only 22,800 times more potent a greenhouse gas than C02 (not 67 million as suggested). Its greenhouse potential is not problematic because: according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to its high density vs air, SF6 flows to the bottom of the atmosphere which limits its ability to heat the atmosphere.
A lot of industries conceal as much as they can. Look at the flouride that is added to the drinking water, as an example. It was once a expensive byproduct of aluminum manufacturing until they spun it into a massive profit when they sold the public on the idea that it would be not only safe to add to the drinking water, but also beneficial. This kind of shit happens more than even I know and I spend a fair amout of time researching it.
I don't give a shit. Drink your fluoride. I'm using filtration to includes fluoride. It would be less expensive, otherwise, but I'll just do it myself. Go ahead. I don't care.
@brianwesley28 Sir, I have been drinking this flouridated water for 53 years now and have seen no ill affects upon my health. Butt I didd heer a roomer that it kin afext yer spellling abbbilities an lattely I hav beeen havng probbblems in ritten kommmunicshuns heer on dis Youtubbe postin. Gud dai, Sur.
@brian wesley 28 the test for cholesterol has a similar story. the test was sold as a method to determine cardiovascular heath even though it doesn't measure it.it also has a zero chance of predicting any health concern.
@brianwesley28 What a joke. Fluoride helps in reducing tooth decay, and in children can help reduce cavities by up to 50%. It is in fact safe to add to drinking water, and is regulated heavily in the US and other industrialized countries.
@brianwesley28 Please give other examples. I am interested to know. I am on a raw diet and try to do everythign as natural as possible fm Deo to toothpaste to shaving cream to prevent the tampering with my system. Next step is to move from sprouts to my own organic garden that is able to substain my whole diet.
Oh! You're going to do one of the things that I've been wanting to do and that is trying to establish an organic garden for all of my own food supplies, or the vast majority, thereof! That's so nice! They don't make it easy to be self-sustaining like that. Unfortunately, I have more knoweldge than I actually practice. Maybe I'll be able to actually practice these things, as well, sometime soon? What do you want to know? Health? Diet? Energy? Above Top Secret stuff?
It's just a bunch of kids commenting in here.. Their is one that provides 25kw enough to power about 10 homes, and you could fit it in a reasonable sized backyard.
@goaliedude32 /watch?v=OTQ4cFn5sXs&feature=related The claim is up to 25Kw, one dish enough to power about 10 homes. This one works on steam, the one I am talking about uses a sterling engine, which is also fairly efficient, working on temperature differences rather than steam pressure.
@luc59457 25 kW isn't enough to provide power to 10 homes... more like 2 !!!! Unless You dont need heat durind winter... and You dont use a hairdryer... On earth, The sun sends (roughly) 1kW per square meter... (about 10sq. feet)... at midday... The most efficient solar pannels can provide about 20% of that energy... 25 x 10 x (100%/20%) = 1'250 sq. feet !!! for 25 kW at midday... Stop dreaming Plz!
@VederchiHarry The word unless, proved yourself incorrect.I didn't mention,but these dishes are in Arizona,I doubt any heat is required for homes nearby. A hair dryer is usually about 1000-1500w,same with a toaster. 1-1.5kw. With homes becoming ever more efficient with their appliances,it is possible to provide up to 10 homes in the best conditions. Furthermore, it is not accurate to calculate the output watts of the sun to equal the output watts of the device.Dish is not 25FT, not hard to see!
@VederchiHarry To go from energy received to energy generated requires conversion of solar energy into other forms (heat, electricity) at some reduced level of efficiency.
@flamedrag18 In the related videos (2nd one for me) apparently there is a power plant in Arizona using parabolic mirrors, however it uses Stirling Engines instead and the mirrors are larger.
Hook that thing up to a large Tesla Turbine. You could generate some serious electricity. Check out the youtube videos on Tesla Turbines. Pretty simple to make.
No you couldn't. Tesla turbines are nowhere near as efficient as regular steam turbines. If they were then power plants would be using them. Tesla turbines do not generate anywhere near enough torque so you would have to get them up to extremely high RPM and then use gearing to convert some of that speed into torque. You see, the more load you put on a generator the more torque required to turn it. There is always give and take, it is called energy conversion.
Is the cold water inlet simply a spigot? Any idea was your flow rate of water is? And as asked before, what kind of pressure are you generating on the hot end of things?
i got a idea. what about if you use the steam to power a piston with the steam, and make it to turn the power into a spinning wheel with enough weight to send the piston back and restarting the cycle. then we got a generator with it. and so, your on your way to get free energy
Power plants don't use steam piston engines to drive generators because there is a practical limitation to how fast a steam piston can turn a shaft, besides it is far less efficient. A steam turbine converts the energy of the steam directly to rotary energy while a piston first converts it to linear and then the linear is converted to rotary plus you lose a lot on the return stroke. Turbines are far far more efficient.
I don't know how you have figured this, but youre wrong. Not only are you losing a lot of power in the conversions but you are losing power in far greater friction between the moving parts and, as I stated before, the return stroke. The energy conversion in a turbine is as close to 100% as you could hope
Sure a turbine can be made to be more efficient than a piston engine at almost any size with unlimited funding. I'm only arguing that at lower power ratings, say below 1000 hp, a piston steam engine can be made to be more efficient and at a lower cost. 40% plus net thermal efficiency is possible. But we don't see them because we have Diesels for this. Would be nice to see them as they can use just about anything as fuel. But note that we don't see the small efficient steam turbines either.
I'm not arguing that turbines don't require less maintenance, or that they can't be made small, or that they can't be made inexpensively. I'm arguing that it's extremely difficult (and therefore costly) to make a very small steam turbine that is also highly efficient. I expect for the same cost and hp rating, a piston steam engine will be a lot cheaper to build. It should not be discounted for use in small solar thermal projects IMO.
Hello, I've been searching for small steam turbines. Like a small scaled down model of the ones used in power-plants. Anyway, would you please share with me the brand that you were talking about in this post? Maybe were aren't thinking of the same thing, but if so, I thank you in advance for your kind help!
As for it being cheaperHow do you figure? First off a piston engine is far more complex and has far more wear points. So construction and maintenance costs of enough piston engines to equal a single turbine used by the power company is astronomical in comparison.
If I needed high torque and fine control of speed such as in a locomotive, than I would use your piston engine. But, since I want to generate as much electricity as possible, as efficiently as possible, I will use a turbine
A turbine requires a lot of very precise machining and expensive alloys to see very high efficiency. Also, the clearance between the blades and housing of a turbine goes up relative to the blade diameter as the turbine is made smaller. Both of these contribute to the reason why we don't see small highly efficient steam turbines. Small turbines do better with organic fluids, but the efficiency will suffer there. Steam is the best working fluid IMO.
U sound like a high school kid arguing about his favorite football team.
Steam turbines r better for larger applications.For smaller systems, recip steam motors are more feasible. Just look around if you are looking for a proof or justification for this argument. You won't see many 3 kW steam turbine engine. Bc its a whole lot easier to make a piston engine when the size is that small. If you are talkng about the order of MegaWatts then you will see the turbines. I am a mech engr, PE, with MSc
you're a mech engr. who uses letters like U and r for words like "you" and "are". just putting that out there while you're accusing others of being highschool kids.
Ok you got me. I was trying to fit my message into the character limit. It is funny to see people take these things like religion. There is no right or wrong here. You put together your system. Here is the cost and here is the benefit.. Do you have short term or long term goals? Everything depends on what you want to do. But generally speaking you cannot make tiny commercial steam turbines economically. You could, if it is gonna be your hobby as in model airplains.... Sorry if I was too strong..
Tesla turbines have to run at extremely high RPM--like 30k in some cases--to produce usable power. Noise would still be an issue. Plus, most people screw up the nozel configuration so the turbine won't work and they blame the failure on Tesla.
Yes the turbine is powering a generator! Use the heat to heat some water or the pool, or a Refridgerator. or just bury the exaust pipe to condence the steam back to water, and try to make the thing run more quiet... the sounds of high rpm turbine all day would drive me crasy! Other then that Awesome FREE POWER! hook it up to the grid and insted of paying for electric bills, they pay you! HAHA!
dude, hurry up and perfect this idea...i'll buy one and cut the power line to my house and just produce my own electricity and store it in batteries. I actually got the idea to do this too, but your way ahead of me...you'll be a billionaire if you do it first.
why do we even need the electric company anyway could we use this to generate electricity for our own house via steam electric generator even wood boilers in some areas?
Sunlight is concentrated as a beam using the dish and focused on a prototype boiler which has steam pipes inside. The water in the boiler gets converted into steam and drives a steam turbine/engine.
The steam can also be used to heat homes. This is far more efficient and far less expensive than Solar panels.
@dzgfdg Steam is the opposite of a greenhouse gas. What are clouds? And they reflect sunlight back into space.
You are thinking of a muggy day with a lot of moisture in the air. True, it holds heat but then it rises, pulling the heat away from the Earth, cools and then turns into clouds.
@dzgfdg is English your primary language? Look up the word 'opposite'.
A greenhouse gas does not absorb and retain heat. It reflects the infrared that would normally radiate into space back towards the ground.
Water molecules absorb the heat, transfer it to the upper atmosphere and release it into space. At the same time they condense into clouds and intercept even more heat that would normally strike the Earth and reflect it away. This is the opposite of a greenhouse gas.
So the bigger the parabolic dish the higher the temperature ?
I saw a 4,5 meters parabolic dish ; doesn't a big dish have "focusing problems" in windy conditions?
Very nice video!
By the way , for those that don't have a clue what's going on and on what world they live on : SOLAR ENERGY IS FREE ENERGY!
Good day!
gabigowriel 1 month ago
@gabigowriel It shouldn't- weare not talking about optical imaging, here- just need a 6-8" disc. This looks much like the units (4) that will soon provide electricity & hot water/heat @ my Ranch. Nicely-done. Oh- you DO have it rigged to track the sun, sunup-sundown, don'tcha??
Patriotgal1 1 month ago
these would be great for deaf communities, if they existed! Perhaps far out at sea or in the middle of the desert, but not much water in the desert, at least the sterling engine seems to be a bit quieter, good effort
izzzzzz6 4 months ago
YOUR VIDEO IS VERY GOOD BUT I COULD SAY WHAT THE SOLAR COLLECTOR NOT UNDERSTAND YOU WILL HAVE A COPPER SPIRAL, ME EXPLAIN IT PLEASE .... THANKS
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SurvivalGuide2012 4 months ago
I'm pretty sure the "solar turbine' is just a DEMO of how much steam the dish can generate. Solar 'power' of this nature is usually used in hot water heat exchange for heating pools, spas, hot water heaters... or the situation I'm looking for replacing a good share of my propane bill in my steam heat (Yeah I bought a old house... but price was great and I have 5,500 sq feet to heat)
Someone was wondering where to get a dish like this Look for a company called Arco Solar Lasers. - Dan
Sumrknght 4 months ago
where did you get the turbine from? i want one.
im looking at putting a parabolic trough on my roof.
ahut10 5 months ago
How much for a boiler like this, if you're offering to sell that is...?
I have a project I'm working on and don't wanna reinvent the wheel if I don't have to..
Something probably of interest to you as well.
AdvancedInnovations 6 months ago
There is a whinning like a turbine running so I suppose there actually is one there somewhere although I don't think I saw it. Good shot of the empty bucket and the guy squatting while holding a beer can!
GoldDustMD 7 months ago
@GoldDustMD im sure thats a coke can seeing how it says coke on it and its red.
Madcow800 4 months ago
ho many psi ? on the boiler?
Felish85 7 months ago
no conversion to electical power -> boring
megalomania345 8 months ago
Why not use the turbine and use it to run a small gen set? i fail to see the need for a turbine to make steam. any one could just hang a pot at the focal point and boil water. but to make the water do work is what people are looking for. now is this turbine running off the steam created? or is it a stir stick? if solar energy is to take a foot hold. it needs to do some kind of work, like make electricty. heat water for the house, run a car! So please share with us just what are your plans. thanx
advthinker 8 months ago
What I'd like to see done is a dish something along the line as what is shown here, convert some type of liquid in a closed/sealed loop that powers a generator that feeds electricity to a inverter then interfaces with the electric company on a typical home.
MrUscellulartexas 9 months ago 9
@MrUscellulartexas search: infinitia stirling solar generator
eudaemonian 1 month ago
advice for your design: you could use an Intelligent Lighting software program, like a DMX software program for moving head lights--would allow you to pre program down to a fraction of a second with full range of motion via X and Y axis controls. that technology along with what you have now would work well (with a steam engine at the end of the hose of course:) i use MyDMX by American DJ, about $250 for the program, best one for the money. anyway, good luck with everything. good work!
cojobo34 11 months ago
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Do you have an automatic solar tracking mechanism?
chenchomac 11 months ago
Do you have an automatic solar tracjing mechanism?
chenchomac 11 months ago
I'm confused, what in the world is this video about other than making a very annoying noise? If this solar collector can do useful work, then show it to us. Why show us the end of a garden hose? What was that all about? You also might think about making the yard neat and tidy.
zeekwolfe 11 months ago
@zeekwolfe Are you an idiot? Steam engines have been used to power machinery since before you were born.
It's like you just watched someone catch a lightning bolt, convert it to usable energy, and then asked "So what's it do?"
Harrower13 11 months ago
@Harrower13 Hmm, you gave an answer to a question I didn't ask and a comment I didn't make. I am aware of the developement of steam technology from Thomas Newcomen and James Watt to the present day. It is true that many important scientific and technological breathroughs have been made by backyard tinkerers. Perhaps the video is on to something. It is noisy and the production values are a bit scrappy, however, so the average viewer probably leaves early.
ZeekWolfe1 11 months ago
if you really want to make something work here it is take a parabolic solar concentrator and send light into a mirrored cone shape focal point then send that light into mirrored glass tubing which will send the light into a mirrored box with solar panels in it the solar panels must be cooled by spinning or cooling system.now get to work
kennethvanhorn 11 months ago
@kennethvanhorn Light loses power every time it is reflected, its best to capture that energy with as few reflections as possible. The heat you seek to eliminate from pv cells is a byproduct of photons being absorbed by the cell and can not really be eliminated but, it could be put to practical use. Perhaps cylindrical pv cells that circulate water through the home would be a better use of pv tech than combining pv tech with parabolic tech. Run with it, have fun.
FFCS2009 10 months ago
There are now high performance mirror films available. This makes the reflectors much cheaper. Will this lead to the revolution?
maccniall 11 months ago
forgot to say that the tank is mirrored as well capturing the light and send it where ever you want it to go is my way of thinking
kennethvanhorn 11 months ago
forgot to say that the tank is mirrored as well
kennethvanhorn 11 months ago
i think you can use it better if you put a glass mirrored cone there then solid glass tubes (bend as needed)then mirror them. send the light into a box, cylinder,or water tank shape inside the tank will be solar panels that are protected from dust moister so forth the only thing is if the light gives off to much heat the solar panels will have to spin to cool themselves off. this is my invention for 2011 Kenneth van horn...!
kennethvanhorn 11 months ago
Seems like a good idea... but my kettle makes steam too... and doesn't make nearly as much noise!
(seriously tho... it IS some clever stuff...)
DaveDarling1 1 year ago
Very nice- and similar to my design, except mine is on an equatorial mount, and tracks the sun. Also, mine is hooked into an old, big truck turbo, acting as a turbine, which drives a generator. This looks very well made, congratulations!!! Well done!
Patriotgal1 1 year ago
Without more info this is useless . Max power is about 1.8kW , That wold mean 100% effecient . The dish and boiler are not 100% efficient . 50% max . Then it comes to the turbine and generator . No info given at all . Microturbines are for the moment not to find ., so beside a noise making machine we actually see nothing .
PS , if somebody got info about a less then 1kWatt microturbine , pls let me know .
sezze100 1 year ago
Oh my god it's the Luftwaffe!!! At 1:05-1:19 XD
Vim281 1 year ago
That thing was annoying!
SuperSneakySteve 1 year ago
Instead of the U.N sending inefficient photo voltaic cells into Africa they should send solar powered steam engines because the steam engine has a thermodynamic efficiency of around 50% compared to the 3% efficient photo voltaic cells that are also very costly to produce.
Vim281 1 year ago
@Vim281 Gotta agree with that!!! PV SUCKS!!!!
Patriotgal1 1 year ago
That dish looks to be about 1.5m across so it would produce about 1.75kW it is a nice toy.
johnlane1001 1 year ago
hi, nice video. Friends and Subscribers welcome if you want to have a look at my Home Wind/Solar Energy stuff. I won a Green Design Contest with my system on Earth Day. Have a look if you like.
WindPowerKits 1 year ago
nice, but I have a good idea, using a more closed parabolic lens that instead of focusing the light out into the antennae like a satellite dish, would focus the light and heat into it's center, like a reverse working flashlight reflector, where the light comes in and reflects to the bulb(in this case, the boiler), I think this would be a more powerful and more compact design, since your not focusing the light outside of the lens, but inside, holding the heat in.
flamedrag18 1 year ago
THE FUCK IS THE NOISE!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE SOLAR POWER THRE NOISSY AS FUCK!!! NUCULAR POWER ANY DAY OF THE WEEK
toastyovens 1 year ago
@toastyovens noisy? ok, go to about any of the 80% of powerplants in the world that use turbine generators to produce electricity, they're all noisy as fuck, so whether you use oil, sun, nuclear radiation, your using water and turbines.
so your idea of nuclear power being quieter then any other form of electricity production is wrong, they use the heat from fissioning nuclear fuel to produce steam that runs turbine generators, which are amazing loud unless they have sound proofing.
flamedrag18 1 year ago
@toastyovens continued, if they'd make solar thermal plants, they'd run on the same principle as any nuclear powerplant, except for the threat of nuclear holocaust in the immediate area in the case of a accident, the worst a solar thermal plant could do is either have a failure in the boilers or a failure in the lenses, I believe this is a better option then threatening the public with nuclear radiation.
flamedrag18 1 year ago
@toastyovens Bigot.
Vim281 1 year ago
Go here to see some of that concealed technology.
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SweetDoug 1 year ago
SeanTravis You fucking retard, just look on the brighter side. Your neighbors would fucking you with all sorts of noise once the Arabs run out of oil
craccky 1 year ago
cool a solar powered noise maker. neighbors will love it
SeanTravis 1 year ago 52
Shouldn't the boiler be painted black to increase radiation heat transfer?
mhoyer01 1 year ago
@mhoyer01 Look at the still image at the end. It is painted black, it's just that the sunlight is so intensely focused that some of it still reflects off
mynith 1 year ago
I love seeing all the brilliant ideas brought to fruition.
Can someone please invent a rain powered home electricity generator for use in the UK!!!!!
Aydosh1991 1 year ago
to gumpdy, atleast the tea partiers are think in outside the box..why don't you try a political site instead
s4a4v4y 1 year ago
Love it!! -- keep it up! We need to grow the green sector in California, but prop 23 is a danger to the industry. 23 is down in the polls, but the Yes on 23 campaign just got a new influx of hot, anonymous cash, so we'll need to fend them off in the home stretch to Election Day.
Hit me back if you'd like to talk Prop 23. We're coming out with a bunch of great No on Prop 23 videos soon!
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prop23FAIL 1 year ago
Well if it doesnt work out as a boiler you have one nasty weapon on your hands.
helloman1976 1 year ago
amazing more power
reyes3kelfoundation 1 year ago
I saw somethink very similar, but parabolic light contrentrator was connectet not with boiler but with stirling engine.
Yoyo378 1 year ago
Just wandering and just lest me know if im wrong but these are to generate power right?.
heathfiedler 1 year ago
I would like to talk to you. Where can I get informaton about this turbine?
Thank you.
Aquacruiser1 1 year ago
Nice job guys. Nw impress me. Make my idea happen. I want a solar concentrator equipped with sun tracking...focusing light through high temp fibre optics...focusing light through them into an oven...with the ability to control oven temps by turning a dial that opens and closes the shutters within the fibre optics as neccessary to achieve a regulated temp within the oven. My wife doesn't believe my idea would work. Come on guys...make it happen.
magicyte 1 year ago
@magicyte It'd work, but your concept is over thought. If the idea is to make things efficient, just cook outside! It simplifies and cheapens the build and doesn't heat up your house. you could easily run an oil through an insulated line and through a radiator with fans blowing through it to get the heat convection. temperature can be controlled by having a servo move the "boiler" in and out of the focal point.
gumpdy 1 year ago
@gumpdy I was actually gonna do an oil radiator design for my solar heater till I realized the government would totally be all over it...and ultimately screw me on it. It's a little overthought...but sadly I don't see how it could be any other way with so many lazy peple who won't lift a finger without it matching todays ease of use. It's sad but it's the reality. People are lazy...but...I think it's inevitable...I mean...to have better tech, ultimately leads to less effort on our part.
magicyte 1 year ago
Y sun wen u can use cold fusion
UNIVERSSOUL 1 year ago
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TheNibbio9 1 year ago
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you got a good point, what I can say that this plant as a basis of principle can 'produce electricity (summer) if you enter a solar tracker and if the water would do the cross before a panel is preheated so you would have less downtime for the operation of the turbine and a turbine could make a little 'more grande.E hot water in winter for the people is always saving.
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TheNibbio9 1 year ago
This is a good idea, but it requires a constant sunlight, if there is no sun the turbine will die and it took several minutes to let the turbine work once the sun is out again, those constant delay to make the turbine work is a waste of time, and energy..........anyway, good work
frilink 1 year ago
@frilink Thats why you save the over abundance of electricity while you have sunlight. I think there would be use for a sun tracker here that automatically adjusts to the sun's position. I still think with manual maneuvering you can still capture a vast amount of electricity and store it via battery or some other capture method.
screwopenborders 1 year ago
I estimate the maximum power available around 0.6 kW (600 W)... You cannot get more power than the sun will give You!
VederchiHarry 1 year ago
Show your calculations. 800-1000 watts/sq meter. a 2 meter dish would have 3.14 sq meters so maybe 3000 watts less losses
SimpleWindSolutions 1 year ago
@SimpleWindSolutions I agree! The Sun delivers around 1000W per square meter... only around midday! But... the actual efficency of that kind of Steam Turbine (to convert this energy into electrical power) is... at most 20%!
0.20 x 3000W = 600W...
at midday... and of course... clear sky!
VederchiHarry 1 year ago
@SimpleWindSolutions Don't wanna burst your bubble. Yes...the sun puts out 1000W roughly per square meter. However...thanks to the ATMOSPHERE, we only receive roughly 500w at sea level. Too many people take what others say for granted without doing there own research. I don't knock solar power. I'm even starting a solar air heater business...but it realy bothers me when I see people give out bad information.
magicyte 1 year ago
@VederchiHarry
Gee, where did you get that estimate? How much energy do you figure would come from a constant heat source that exceeds 1000 degrees Fahrenheit? Gee, you sure are informed. Did you know that science is just now learning how light works. Whatever you thought you knew, you forgot one thing... Knowledge is not a constant force of remembering what you've already learned. It's the constant task of learning new things. You don't even know how much power the sun gives.
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henrykay01 1 year ago
Well I think you guys have done a brilliant job, busy getting my bits together for the last 2 years already. Got a 4mtr dish and steam turbine already, just need to make other bits. Good job.
basiedp 1 year ago
this thing is loud as shit... who would want this in their back yard?????????
presbarkeep 1 year ago
what is the purpose?
spanglerangle 1 year ago
chametrail at the sky xd
ruconio 1 year ago
what kind of PSI were you getting out of this setup?
Martegon 1 year ago
Why did youer team oppt for a standing tube boiler as opposed to the use of a mono tube in form of multiple convex focal point pancake coil.
If you would like I have a turbine pattern I could share with you?
It is a new form and noterized but not as of yety under pattent, and is for development purpose only, though if you have a market? I will sub it at 7% of net bi-yearly.
FireDropTechnologies 1 year ago
That's beautiful. You are productively working on green energy.
So then you connect the turbine to a dc generator and charge a basement full of
Batteries. Or even better , a huge array of high quality homemade Leyden Jars to store the charge, then run it through a voltage regulator and invertor to produce AC voltage. fun Stuff with ":Potential".
dandoty001 1 year ago
@dandoty001 care to explain more? email me and we can talk... jasonpowell188@bigpond.com
Thanks
gingerninja188 1 year ago
thanks a lot for sharing !! great !!
domyaska 1 year ago
@OleMarUlberg That's the open steam supply that gets connected to the steam engine. Goodbye whining sound, hello steam turbine sound. The turbine would need a sound supressor.
rnordquest 1 year ago
Has anyone been in contact with the people in this video - supposedly acro solar laser. I have tried to email them but the email fails
kenar510 1 year ago
Hi, I am a engineering student in New Zealand and I am doing a group project and we are looking designing a solar steam turbine, could I please have your email address so we could enquire more?
dreamteam4040 1 year ago
sounds like music to me!
correocasa3 1 year ago
I'm impressed of course I always have been. Maybe you will get lots of contracts and get rich from this. I tell all my friends how smart you are. God Bless. Sandy
laughpig 1 year ago
David or Dennis, I was thinking that you guys should make a documentary of Acro solar Lasers, it would be even more interesting with the Mirror dish and BTUs, but its up too you guys, well see you guys later
YancyAdan 1 year ago
Okay, now put a tesla on it and lets see some wattage!
NICE SETUP!
SpencahD 1 year ago
Wish I had that PSI to play with. Nice rig,
TheTeslaJet 2 years ago
agreed "Very impressive video guys. You're on the right track."
MikesAngelBaby 2 years ago
Very impressive video guys. You're on the right track. SunCatcher is catching everyone's eyes, but I think scaled-down, home applications like this are where we want to be eventually.
happypanda6999 2 years ago
luc59475: Imagine what the 25kW unit sounds like! I don't want it in my backyard. Good 'ole PV is friendlier.
egdoh88 2 years ago
PVs are dirty technology. All the industry does is hide their dirtiness better.
There's silicon tetrachloride and Sulfur hexafluoride and many other not so friendly chemicals used.
Sulfur hexafluoride has 67 million times the greenhouse warming potential of CO2 yet after 30 years of use the PV industry has yet to be required to release a study on how much of it they emit during PV production. That's no accident.
happypanda6999 2 years ago
Silicon Tetrachloride (SiF4) is a byproduct of the production of fertilizers. It is also naturally and readily available in nature. Volcanic plumes contain significant amounts of silicon tetrafluoride and the daily production from currently active volcanoes can reach several tons per day. SiF4 may be used in the purification of silicone but it is not created in that process. The Chinese may dump in in their rivers but that is not necessary.
egdoh88 2 years ago
You make it sound almost nontoxic.
happypanda6999 2 years ago
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is inorganic, colorless, odorless, non-toxic, non-flammable, and nearly inert. It is safe enough to use in medical proceedures. SF6 is only 22,800 times more potent a greenhouse gas than C02 (not 67 million as suggested). Its greenhouse potential is not problematic because: according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, due to its high density vs air, SF6 flows to the bottom of the atmosphere which limits its ability to heat the atmosphere.
egdoh88 2 years ago
"is only 22,800 times more potent a greenhouse gas than C02 (not 67 million as suggested)."
Sorry, misplaced the decimal. 670,000 times more potent than CO2.
happypanda6999 2 years ago
@happypanda6999
A lot of industries conceal as much as they can. Look at the flouride that is added to the drinking water, as an example. It was once a expensive byproduct of aluminum manufacturing until they spun it into a massive profit when they sold the public on the idea that it would be not only safe to add to the drinking water, but also beneficial. This kind of shit happens more than even I know and I spend a fair amout of time researching it.
brianwesley28 2 years ago 15
@brianwesley28 "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. " - Stephen Hawking
You crazy conspiracy theorists are the tea partiers of science.
gumpdy 1 year ago
@gumpdy
I don't give a shit. Drink your fluoride. I'm using filtration to includes fluoride. It would be less expensive, otherwise, but I'll just do it myself. Go ahead. I don't care.
brianwesley28 1 year ago
@gumpdy i cant agree with you more
hukt0nf0nikz 1 year ago
@brianwesley28 Sir, I have been drinking this flouridated water for 53 years now and have seen no ill affects upon my health. Butt I didd heer a roomer that it kin afext yer spellling abbbilities an lattely I hav beeen havng probbblems in ritten kommmunicshuns heer on dis Youtubbe postin. Gud dai, Sur.
kdc43 1 year ago
@brian wesley 28 the test for cholesterol has a similar story. the test was sold as a method to determine cardiovascular heath even though it doesn't measure it.it also has a zero chance of predicting any health concern.
datzfast 1 year ago
@brianwesley28 What a joke. Fluoride helps in reducing tooth decay, and in children can help reduce cavities by up to 50%. It is in fact safe to add to drinking water, and is regulated heavily in the US and other industrialized countries.
jib1000 1 year ago
@brianwesley28 Please give other examples. I am interested to know. I am on a raw diet and try to do everythign as natural as possible fm Deo to toothpaste to shaving cream to prevent the tampering with my system. Next step is to move from sprouts to my own organic garden that is able to substain my whole diet.
semiconscience1 1 year ago
@semiconscience1
Oh! You're going to do one of the things that I've been wanting to do and that is trying to establish an organic garden for all of my own food supplies, or the vast majority, thereof! That's so nice! They don't make it easy to be self-sustaining like that. Unfortunately, I have more knoweldge than I actually practice. Maybe I'll be able to actually practice these things, as well, sometime soon? What do you want to know? Health? Diet? Energy? Above Top Secret stuff?
brianwesley28 11 months ago
@semiconscience1 You should look up hydroponics. It's soilless agriculture.
FuriousImp 10 months ago
Specs say 60Db- medium stereo. This rig is LOUD.
bmecher 1 year ago
Nice catch of the geo engineering "magic" expanding contrail too! those make investment in solar a big gamble.
STEVEDIGIBOYtv 2 years ago
OMG that should be titled Blair Witch Solar Power Project. Stick a counter-weight on the video cam guys. Seriously.
garmgorn 2 years ago 2
Add a polarizing lense, or a focusing unit and you have a sun-death-ray....
eyetheskies 2 years ago
...And people actually believe that we need to burn coal to make electricity...
WOW.
Psychentist 2 years ago
@Psychentist
We do. It all comes down to size. How much electricity can that develope? That's always the big question.
It will not supply all the power you want at your house. Ya know, that big airconditioner you turn on in the summer and bitch about burning coal.
zeedee21 2 years ago
It's just a bunch of kids commenting in here.. Their is one that provides 25kw enough to power about 10 homes, and you could fit it in a reasonable sized backyard.
luc59457 2 years ago 10
@luc59457 wow realy where can my farm get one
ManabuFarms 1 year ago
@luc59457 o.0 how much does it cost to pull in, i like that number of 25kw
goaliedude32 1 year ago
@luc59457 o.0 how much, 25kw sounds very nice
goaliedude32 1 year ago
@goaliedude32 /watch?v=OTQ4cFn5sXs&feature=related The claim is up to 25Kw, one dish enough to power about 10 homes. This one works on steam, the one I am talking about uses a sterling engine, which is also fairly efficient, working on temperature differences rather than steam pressure.
luc59457 1 year ago
@luc59457 25kw can power 25 of my computers. lol
dav1dhoang 1 year ago
@luc59457 is this something that has a set of plans available online? because I sure would be interested in building something like that!
146546468416 1 year ago
@luc59457 25 kW isn't enough to provide power to 10 homes... more like 2 !!!! Unless You dont need heat durind winter... and You dont use a hairdryer... On earth, The sun sends (roughly) 1kW per square meter... (about 10sq. feet)... at midday... The most efficient solar pannels can provide about 20% of that energy... 25 x 10 x (100%/20%) = 1'250 sq. feet !!! for 25 kW at midday... Stop dreaming Plz!
VederchiHarry 1 year ago
@VederchiHarry The word unless, proved yourself incorrect.I didn't mention,but these dishes are in Arizona,I doubt any heat is required for homes nearby. A hair dryer is usually about 1000-1500w,same with a toaster. 1-1.5kw. With homes becoming ever more efficient with their appliances,it is possible to provide up to 10 homes in the best conditions. Furthermore, it is not accurate to calculate the output watts of the sun to equal the output watts of the device.Dish is not 25FT, not hard to see!
luc59457 1 year ago
@VederchiHarry To go from energy received to energy generated requires conversion of solar energy into other forms (heat, electricity) at some reduced level of efficiency.
luc59457 1 year ago
@luc59457 imagine making a powerplant like that.
flamedrag18 1 year ago
@flamedrag18 In the related videos (2nd one for me) apparently there is a power plant in Arizona using parabolic mirrors, however it uses Stirling Engines instead and the mirrors are larger.
luc59457 1 year ago
@luc59457 my home needs around 10 kilowatt. hell, a hand held hair dryer is 1.5 kilowatts.
datzfast 1 year ago
@datzfast My shop, needs 40KW. At present, I provide that, with a diesel generator, Luckily, I don't have to run it often! :)
Patriotgal1 1 year ago
That was a motherf'ing milk can and a drain cover! Brilliant! Very resourceful!
RuffleTheTeacher 2 years ago
Ok paisa' very good wolk
nikos833 2 years ago
How do you feed the water into the boiler?
imikewillrockyou 2 years ago
That is my question as well.
eyetheskies 2 years ago
OH MY GOD that's a lot louder then it has to be.
HWGuyEG 2 years ago
Does it produce at least 600w of energy?????????
jerryaltman 2 years ago
Hook that thing up to a large Tesla Turbine. You could generate some serious electricity. Check out the youtube videos on Tesla Turbines. Pretty simple to make.
VisionQuest2012 2 years ago
No you couldn't. Tesla turbines are nowhere near as efficient as regular steam turbines. If they were then power plants would be using them. Tesla turbines do not generate anywhere near enough torque so you would have to get them up to extremely high RPM and then use gearing to convert some of that speed into torque. You see, the more load you put on a generator the more torque required to turn it. There is always give and take, it is called energy conversion.
HatTrick1914 2 years ago
are you a mechanical engineer?
whiteknightef 2 years ago
Is the cold water inlet simply a spigot? Any idea was your flow rate of water is? And as asked before, what kind of pressure are you generating on the hot end of things?
CmoneyGo 3 years ago
XXX Mega Watts running in southern USA..rest in Spain ...your right the steamer is missing
noddyhasbigears 3 years ago
Where exactly do you all see an engine here. I just see the hose with the steam output... am i missing something?
glourie 3 years ago
it is on top of the parabolar, a turbine engine ...making the whining noise!
MattBlytheTheOne 3 years ago
maybe a stirling engine would work better in this one.
RA2lover 3 years ago
i got a idea. what about if you use the steam to power a piston with the steam, and make it to turn the power into a spinning wheel with enough weight to send the piston back and restarting the cycle. then we got a generator with it. and so, your on your way to get free energy
RA2lover 3 years ago
I would imagine you would loose more power compared to just expanding the high pressure steam through a properly designed turbine.
adam3141 3 years ago
Power plants don't use steam piston engines to drive generators because there is a practical limitation to how fast a steam piston can turn a shaft, besides it is far less efficient. A steam turbine converts the energy of the steam directly to rotary energy while a piston first converts it to linear and then the linear is converted to rotary plus you lose a lot on the return stroke. Turbines are far far more efficient.
HatTrick1914 2 years ago
Not necessarily. At lower outputs the piston steam engine can be made to be more efficient than turbines, and at a lower cost.
mariasman100 2 years ago
I don't know how you have figured this, but youre wrong. Not only are you losing a lot of power in the conversions but you are losing power in far greater friction between the moving parts and, as I stated before, the return stroke. The energy conversion in a turbine is as close to 100% as you could hope
HatTrick1914 2 years ago
Sure a turbine can be made to be more efficient than a piston engine at almost any size with unlimited funding. I'm only arguing that at lower power ratings, say below 1000 hp, a piston steam engine can be made to be more efficient and at a lower cost. 40% plus net thermal efficiency is possible. But we don't see them because we have Diesels for this. Would be nice to see them as they can use just about anything as fuel. But note that we don't see the small efficient steam turbines either.
mariasman100 2 years ago
I own a hand held steam turbine, they can be manufactured for under $500 US and need far less maintenance than any reciprocating engine does.
MilesB1975 2 years ago
I'm not arguing that turbines don't require less maintenance, or that they can't be made small, or that they can't be made inexpensively. I'm arguing that it's extremely difficult (and therefore costly) to make a very small steam turbine that is also highly efficient. I expect for the same cost and hp rating, a piston steam engine will be a lot cheaper to build. It should not be discounted for use in small solar thermal projects IMO.
mariasman100 2 years ago 2
Hello, I've been searching for small steam turbines. Like a small scaled down model of the ones used in power-plants. Anyway, would you please share with me the brand that you were talking about in this post? Maybe were aren't thinking of the same thing, but if so, I thank you in advance for your kind help!
tira1722 2 years ago
No, because it is custom made...
Have a look at Model Aircraft Jet Turbines for some ideas.
You can use Car turbocharger bits for the compressor wheel.
MilesB1975 2 years ago
As for it being cheaperHow do you figure? First off a piston engine is far more complex and has far more wear points. So construction and maintenance costs of enough piston engines to equal a single turbine used by the power company is astronomical in comparison.
If I needed high torque and fine control of speed such as in a locomotive, than I would use your piston engine. But, since I want to generate as much electricity as possible, as efficiently as possible, I will use a turbine
HatTrick1914 2 years ago
A turbine requires a lot of very precise machining and expensive alloys to see very high efficiency. Also, the clearance between the blades and housing of a turbine goes up relative to the blade diameter as the turbine is made smaller. Both of these contribute to the reason why we don't see small highly efficient steam turbines. Small turbines do better with organic fluids, but the efficiency will suffer there. Steam is the best working fluid IMO.
mariasman100 2 years ago
U sound like a high school kid arguing about his favorite football team.
Steam turbines r better for larger applications.For smaller systems, recip steam motors are more feasible. Just look around if you are looking for a proof or justification for this argument. You won't see many 3 kW steam turbine engine. Bc its a whole lot easier to make a piston engine when the size is that small. If you are talkng about the order of MegaWatts then you will see the turbines. I am a mech engr, PE, with MSc
Toroer 2 years ago
you're a mech engr. who uses letters like U and r for words like "you" and "are". just putting that out there while you're accusing others of being highschool kids.
RaspWillow 2 years ago
Ok you got me. I was trying to fit my message into the character limit. It is funny to see people take these things like religion. There is no right or wrong here. You put together your system. Here is the cost and here is the benefit.. Do you have short term or long term goals? Everything depends on what you want to do. But generally speaking you cannot make tiny commercial steam turbines economically. You could, if it is gonna be your hobby as in model airplains.... Sorry if I was too strong..
Toroer 2 years ago
geez..lame.
linuxbox25 2 years ago
Hmm, very interesting.
eyetheskies 2 years ago
why not just put a hot air jet turbine up there and blow the hot air into the house or to pre heat water.
josephdupont 3 years ago
Instead of using a conventional turbine, why not use a Tesla turbine and dispense with all that noise!!
Neonuron 3 years ago
Tesla turbines have to run at extremely high RPM--like 30k in some cases--to produce usable power. Noise would still be an issue. Plus, most people screw up the nozel configuration so the turbine won't work and they blame the failure on Tesla.
renderrob 3 years ago
I want to know if you actually selling the turbine. Any idea how much will the cost be
mzino 3 years ago
Yes the turbine is powering a generator! Use the heat to heat some water or the pool, or a Refridgerator. or just bury the exaust pipe to condence the steam back to water, and try to make the thing run more quiet... the sounds of high rpm turbine all day would drive me crasy! Other then that Awesome FREE POWER! hook it up to the grid and insted of paying for electric bills, they pay you! HAHA!
Energi2DmaxX 3 years ago
i just hope this is not an april fools joke.....becuase i know it can be done.
thecrazyaviator 3 years ago
dude, hurry up and perfect this idea...i'll buy one and cut the power line to my house and just produce my own electricity and store it in batteries. I actually got the idea to do this too, but your way ahead of me...you'll be a billionaire if you do it first.
thecrazyaviator 3 years ago
Is the generator at the focal point, or is the steam piped to a steam engine/generator?
akgregor 3 years ago
I'm determined to make something like this work. Any help is appreciated...
shooterabob 3 years ago
why do we even need the electric company anyway could we use this to generate electricity for our own house via steam electric generator even wood boilers in some areas?
PARKEREAL 3 years ago
"caught ya" low rating,,,,,feed my fire.
crob227 3 years ago
What Psi is coming out of that and how hot? Did you make the dish your self? What kind of steam engine is it pushing?
everlastingfloww 3 years ago
Where did you get this dish, or how did you make it? Thanks, nice job.
Johnnylofat 3 years ago
gob smacked i am, this is what we all need lots of these in the wild heat somwhere isolated power power power
eyecanbee 3 years ago
Sunlight is concentrated as a beam using the dish and focused on a prototype boiler which has steam pipes inside. The water in the boiler gets converted into steam and drives a steam turbine/engine.
The steam can also be used to heat homes. This is far more efficient and far less expensive than Solar panels.
seshkanuri 3 years ago 3
Is there a way to silent the noise down?
gettingready1 2 years ago
@seshkanuri yes but steam is also a greenhouse gas. imagine it in large scales
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg Steam is the opposite of a greenhouse gas. What are clouds? And they reflect sunlight back into space.
You are thinking of a muggy day with a lot of moisture in the air. True, it holds heat but then it rises, pulling the heat away from the Earth, cools and then turns into clouds.
bosatsu76 1 year ago
@bosatsu76 so u agree with me that it is a greenhouse gas
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg is English your primary language? Look up the word 'opposite'.
A greenhouse gas does not absorb and retain heat. It reflects the infrared that would normally radiate into space back towards the ground.
Water molecules absorb the heat, transfer it to the upper atmosphere and release it into space. At the same time they condense into clouds and intercept even more heat that would normally strike the Earth and reflect it away. This is the opposite of a greenhouse gas.
bosatsu76 1 year ago
@bosatsu76 ah now i understand, sorry im a bit slow
dzgfdg 1 year ago
@dzgfdg Quite all right dude.... Rock on..
bosatsu76 1 year ago