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Intense Solar Power

Sir Charles uses a beam of concentrated sunlight to melt a brick  
 
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profjaykay (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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WOOT WOOT!!! go solar power!!
QwidgyboMan (1 month ago) Show Hide
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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.
thorargent (1 month ago) Show Hide
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@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 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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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.
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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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SyNFr0sT (4 months ago) Show Hide
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actually there are solar power plants in the mojave desert in california
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luc59457 (5 months ago) Show Hide
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I am making some power with this stuff.. And I have done some calculations.

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