Build a solar collector

A goal:

Build equipment, which warms up water with solar power. Use only absolute cheap material as material!

Background:

Save Energy

An achievement goal:

1l water on > 40°C

Initial consideration:

• Water must be in warmth an absorbing container.

• If possible large attack region.

• Possible flowing water.

Beginning:

We have ourselves consider the water by a pipe run to let, which sits before a parabolic reflector. The pipe would have to be closely curved however, in order to offer a large attack region. The parabolic reflector provides for more lights on the point, since it collects the light, and on which bundles desired point.

When first we wanted to line a screen with aluminum foil, but then we decided a cast-off satellite dish to use. Now we had to only consider ourselves a mounting plate for our pipe. Since however with the pipe it was to be managed somewhat with difficulty we decided to darken a glass container outside to align and then the parabolic reflector in such a way that he bundles the light on a side of the container. The container should reflect however at the inner wall, and/or be isolated. In addition could one principle rescue cover to use, which, depending upon which like one warms puts it, either, or keeps cool.

By J