Solar Water Heater Steam Parabolic Mirror Trough

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This video teaches the way a trough mirror can produce steam. This is the first test of the trough in action.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SOLAR
• OVEN
• FURNACE
• FRESNEL
• LENS
• PARABOLIC
• MIRROR
• POWER
• EARTHDAY
• EARTH
• DAY
• GREEN
• SCIENCE
• ALTERNATIVE

[muddymuddymuddmann]

By the way the wooden pipe holders might get a little hot  if the sun shifts to the side a little. maybe not.

MUDDy

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

One already got toasted, great observation MUDDy:-)

[599891]

You rig that baby up right and you could make a lot of fresh water from salt water. You should always include the "queen of green" in your video's

[GREENPOWERSCIENCE]

We are working on a video for solar panels due by the end of the week:-) She is in it.

[pjharro]

No offense Dan, but touching that water was super stupid lol.

[AcidRaZor]

I'm excited to see what else you can do with this. Would you be able to generate steam at a constant pace for a steam driving engine of some kind to be powered and generate electricity?

[geekycode]

Dan, two questions:

1. How serious was the burn?

2. Did the post get burnt at all? How would you prevent that, by wrapping it in something reflective like al-foil?

[mangyscavenger]

Awesome.  Do you think you've got enough heat from that trough to gasify wood? If so, I could see a long gasifier box, loaded with wood chips, in place of that water pipe. Could run a generator or fuel a burner with the wood gas, maybe.

[tyreza79]

please i wanted to know if you can take a shower with this one

i mean if you want considerable amounts of continious hot water,

is that possible?

in other words, will the cool Water throughput beats the sun heat ?

second, i dont have those flexi mirrors where i live , then can a shinny aluminum foil do a good result ?

[advancedintellect]

lol at 3:36 i agree with 1234doc4321 Rojas for president!!

[1234Doc4321]

DAN ROJAS FOR PRESIDENT!!

[anticlementous]

So why don't you circulate water through this thing and see how many gallons of water you can heat up a day and what temperatures you can achieve. I'm curious if this system is more efficient than the box systems you normally see for solar water heaters. Also, if you have multiple pipes parallel to the center one can you still achieve high temperatures.

[energysteven]

@pjharro when I saw that it really took the cake. Why a little knowledge is dangerous. Now c'mon Dan, do something real with this!

[d3ly51d]

Very nice setup. As AcidRaZor already said, I too cant wait to see a steam engine and a motor connected to that rig. If you do this, please include info like what type of generator is best for the job as well as some measurements like rpm, temperatures, voltage/current, materials for the tubing, etc. Thanks and keep up the good work.