STEAM ENGINE 12KW GENERATOR Solar Mirror Array Death Ray

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Joe Carruth built this by himself and this is the third prototype of his design. The unit weighs 1.5 tons and is 12.5 ft x 14.5 ft of active collection area. He currently manually tracks the sun for testing and hopes to get some funding to bring this project to a self contained version that can be available for Alternative Power production.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• SOLAR
• MIRROR
• ARRAY
• STEAM
• TURBINE
• ENGINE
• POWER
• ALTERNATIVE
• ENERGY
• GREENPOWERSCIENCE
• Global
• Change
• Climate
• Warming

[Dan19842505]

A 12 kW generator dosn't mean it produce 12 kW of electric power.

Sun produce 1 kW by square meter. To get 12 kW you need at least 12 square meters.

Modern Steam engine efficiency: 40%. (clearly in this video it's not a modern steam engine... ) the efficiency is between 6% and 20$.

All this to say that he need a pannel of 200 square meters or 2152.782 ft² to produce 12 kW.

[yellowmetalcyborg]

@2009mechanic Heating less water would in turn cause less heat to be lost and faster heating. However, you will need a water feed system that will drip water into the tube at exactly the same rate as it is used. This is very do-able if you recycle the steam from the output, condense it by pre-heating the water that enters you home's water heater for example. A stirling engine is a good alternative, but you will need to use a REALLY reliable cooling system and a robust engine design.

[punkeasy]

What does it do

[mcgrath9]

why is the light being concentrated on a white surface. white reflects light. it should be black

[kdc43]

The builder said 12,000 KW!!! That's 12 thousand thousand or 12 million or 12 Megawatts......I find that really hard to believe.

[needparalegal]

I see 2 problems right away. 1. Turbines are more efficient. 2. Painting the boiler black increases radiation transfer, perhaps putting a black insert inside the boiler would get the best transfer.

[arbitor1701]

Ill stick with the new AP1000 reactors that are going on line soon.

[ddddcheaper]

need a condenser, reuse the water and help even the pressure out in use. best source i have ever laid my hands on is audels marine engineers handy book. mine is from '43, i dont know when they stopped printing it. it is the very model of a modern marine manual. ok, not modern, but it has information on generators, wiring, steam turbines, engines, boilers, recovery, safety, construction, steam pipe fitting, physics, chemistry, electricity basics, values, batteries, and more. ultimate diy

[umoeder0]

I'm not a pro here, but isn't this an alternator instead of a generator?

[Aridzonan13]

It appears you're tracking the sun manually. I'd use dual linear actuators / axis. They'll do up to 1500 lbs per actuator and you can get a 48" stroke. It's very low duty cycle. Table look up with a programmed offset would be the best way to go with coding the controller.. I had a couple of small HCPV (high concentration PV) arrays . Good size 10-12kW is a very sustainable small ranch / farm array. If you get it tracking you'll need a wind stow circuit.. Good job keep up the good work!!

[thimis1000]

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