This is a solar concentrator.
Indeed, this is a special type of concentrator ... there are many different types of that are commonly used
- the traditional dish, where the light is concentrated in this area
- the parable linear, where the light is focused on this tube
- and many other ones, but for the demonstration of this project I will use this concentrator.
These are sun beams. In reality, of course, light does not consist of distinct beams, but I would like you to pay attention that this is just a computer simulation. If extra sun beams are used, the simulation will be more accurate than this. Now, I would like only to show how the entire process works.
All of the sun beams are concentrated on this area: each mirror has an inclination to reflect the beams that fall on it in this area.
A concentrator with many more beams would be like this...it is not easy to understand, though!
Beams during the day change their inclination because the sun moves.
Here you can see the current time, doing like this and this.
As you can see, the inclination of the beams changes and mirrors change inclination too, each one independently from the other ones, so that each mirror continues to reflect the light... Here.
The higher the number of mirrors, the higher the quantity of the sunlight concentrated.
In this project
I have been claiming that a concentrator like this, very large, with a length of the side from 300-500 meters, placed at the equator and floating on the ocean, could provide energy (hydrogen) at a lower cost than nuclear energy.
This project name is Energy Raft and it is divided into 7 main parts.
I am also claiming that a large number of Energy Raft systems could provide all the energy we need for the next 5 billion years or so, that is the estimated remaining life of the sun.
These two evaluations were made using the following tools:
- a dedicated software that allows you to see how a concentrator is graphically made and to calculate its efficiency.
- and a spreadsheet that, starting from data such as solar radiation, or the electricity costs of production by nuclear power, and making estimations on the costs of implementation and management of Energy Raft, can calculate the period of time (in years) within which an amortization of construction costs can be over.
The tools explained above can be downloaded in the dedicated section on the website.
Using solar energy instead of fossil or nuclear fuels would represent a considerable progress towards the final resolution of problems such as pollution, global warming and energy supply ones.
This project is released under Creative Commons license, as free as Linux.
Whoevers contributions aimed at developing the project are welcome.
All project details are available on the website, both in Italian and English language.
I would like to thanks you in advance if you will take a look at the whole project and I would be really grateful if you could provide help and suggestions.
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