TROUGH MIRROR SOLAR PARABOLA Hot Water Steam Engine

Fascinating...
Nice work.
What size is that acrylic mirror?

you should remove the hose and use a feed pump to mist the water in to the boiler tube.

i made one of these but i put 3 pipes with the middle pipe about a half to a third of an inch under the other 2 and i put the sides of the mirror a lil more up and i got really good results with my 2 steam engines all go about 2000 rpm +/-

1. How much of that power came from steam vs from the municipal water supply (pressure)
2. How much power is there? Is the space/Cost used worth it?

i agree, municipal pressure is helping this run and not a real test. of steam generation. Use 2 pressure guages to show differential or a water tank to feed it

I wonder how much of the usable power is coming from the back pressure of the municipal water supply? Either way, time to hook up a generator and run some current through a large resistor and measure the current going thru the resistor and the voltage across it. Electrical power will be Voltage X Current. Total efficiency will be (Voltage X Current)/(1000 * area of collector( in sq meters) ).

Dan is NOT that full of I hot air, I don't think so anyway. I thought they where buzzards waiting for a meal if one of Dan's projects go horribly wrong.

Not only does the inability to sell solar radiation, turns away most capitalists, so does the fact most of the technology to put solar radiation to work is essentially "open source". Pretty much anyone is free to manufacture and sell the equipment for profit.

I mean shine the freznel lens directly onto the pipe, don't try to reflect the freznel light. There may be a slight shadow but both sides of the pipe will be heated. I don't really know how to explain but.. The concave light is reflected, and the lens is direct, both side focus on the pipe.