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An old water heater was donated to my high school's pre-engineering class. After watching an episode of "The Cosmos," in which a farm of parabolic solar concentrators were used to heat water in order to power a steam engine that irrigated water, I was inspired to recycle the old water heater and turn it into a concentrated solar water heater. | An old water heater was donated to my high school's pre-engineering class. After watching an episode of "The Cosmos," in which a farm of parabolic solar concentrators were used to heat water in order to power a steam engine that irrigated water, I was inspired to recycle the old water heater and turn it into a concentrated solar water heater. | ||
== Project goal == | == Project goal == | ||
Recycle | Recycle an old household water heater and an old school chair and turn it into a solar water heater | ||
Project steps: | Project steps: | ||
#Research solar heater designs | |||
# Model full scale design | # Model full scale design | ||
# Model and build a 3-D printed small scale prototype | # Model and build a 3-D printed small scale prototype | ||
# Test effectiveness of design based on prototype | # Test effectiveness of design based on prototype | ||
# Build full scale solar concentrator | # Build full scale solar concentrator | ||
== Research == | |||
Before starting to design my concentrated solar water heater I researched what some other people hade made. | |||
There were two main designs I found: | |||
* Parabolic concentrator | |||
** Commercially available parabolic concentrated solar food cooker for camping | |||
** DIY parabolic concentrated solar water heater<ref name="George's Workshop">{{cite web |url=https://georgesworkshop.blogspot.ca/p/solar-thermal.html?title=George's_Worshop|title=Help:Wiki markup |}}</ref> | |||
** Industrial parabolic concentrator farms to power steam engines (like the one I saw on "the Cosmos") | |||
* Flat plate collector | |||
** DIY flat plate solar collector | |||
** Commercially available flat plate solar collector for home use | |||
[https://georgesworkshop.blogspot.ca/p/solar-thermal.html George's Workshop solar thermal page] | |||
== Design == | == Design == | ||
====Prototype=== | |||
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Describe your design here. | Describe your design here. |
Revision as of 01:39, 19 January 2017
An old water heater was donated to my high school's pre-engineering class. After watching an episode of "The Cosmos," in which a farm of parabolic solar concentrators were used to heat water in order to power a steam engine that irrigated water, I was inspired to recycle the old water heater and turn it into a concentrated solar water heater.
Project goal
Recycle an old household water heater and an old school chair and turn it into a solar water heater
Project steps:
- Research solar heater designs
- Model full scale design
- Model and build a 3-D printed small scale prototype
- Test effectiveness of design based on prototype
- Build full scale solar concentrator
Research
Before starting to design my concentrated solar water heater I researched what some other people hade made.
There were two main designs I found:
- Parabolic concentrator
- Commercially available parabolic concentrated solar food cooker for camping
- DIY parabolic concentrated solar water heater[1]
- Industrial parabolic concentrator farms to power steam engines (like the one I saw on "the Cosmos")
- Flat plate collector
- DIY flat plate solar collector
- Commercially available flat plate solar collector for home use
George's Workshop solar thermal page
Design
=Prototype
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Costs
Item | Cost |
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plastic filament | free |
3" pvc pipe | free |
water heater | free |
chair legs | free |
smaller glass tube | $7.20 |
larger glass tube | $8.30 |
reflective mylar film | $11.00 |
Results and Discussion
Your discussion.
Next steps
The next steps.
Contact details
pjmayvil@mtu.edu