Solar Empire – Endless War

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   locoukNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #1

   If you paint half …
   If you paint half the pipe mat black (Lighted side) with small heat sink fins, and the other side polished or high gloss white you’ll find alot more heat will be generated with a slow but constant water flow. This could be used for a small steam engine and geni… this solar could be really useful to your average bod!

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   Shaunt1November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #2

   Cheap, clean energy …
   Cheap, clean energy! But how does the pipe get hot enough?

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   seventhscienceNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #3

   Yes you can enlarge …
   Yes you can enlarge the system dan built. At my home in Cape Coral Florida I used a 8 ft by 24 foot trough and produced 6 KW with plenty of preheated water for my hot water heater

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   UKBBNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #4

   Any ideas on how to …
   Any ideas on how to deal with snow? It looks like the trough would fill up and brushing it off could scratch up the mirror. Maybe put the whole thing in a glass enclosure like the oven you made?

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   positiveauctionNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #5

   Dan I would love to …
   Dan I would love to see some data on steam production, psi, water flow rate.

   I would like to build this twice as long. make everything automatic. and produce power through a steam engine to a dc generator then to a grid tie inverter. Can this be done efficiently or am I a dreamer?

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   dhymersNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #6

   Steam Cannon !
   …
   Steam Cannon !
   Love your vids Dan.

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   DJRockinRobNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #7

   im thinking of a …
   im thinking of a hot water heater … (wonder why:) but in order to heat a sufficient amount of water – would you run multiple pipes or make a presurised single loop with a heat exchanger. similar to the steam generators on my Nuclear Submarine. My next question is how much “heat time” would you get from 1 day? does the focal point follow the arc of the sun or is it fixed and only works at “High Noon”?

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   tomalad1November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #8

   Hey guys.
   After …
   Hey guys.
   After looking this video I think that center point this through mirror is not exactly at the center,…. is near by. And photons from sun will hit this black pipe only hour, maybe two. Is not so easy to create something like this. I konw that because I made the same project half year ago.The curve ( arc ) of mirror you must calculate very exact.Exist appropriate range of curve when center point can stay a long time.Also angel of all contruction is very important. BRDS Tom Poland

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   sjh7132November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #9

   It’s cheating to …
   It’s cheating to preheat the pipe then run water through it. The real test is how many degrees can it heat water at a sustained (and measured) flow rate? If you had those numbers we could calculated the watts you are getting.

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    GREENPOWERSCIENCENovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #10

    One already got …
    One already got toasted, great observation MUDDy:-)

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    muddymuddymuddmannNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #11

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

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    muddymuddymuddmannNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #12

    Hey Dan , Great …
    Hey Dan , Great coffee maker.
    I’ll bring the donuts, you make the mudd.
    MUDDy

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    jokidderNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #13

    Could you attach a …
    Could you attach a small fan and some ducting to make a solar convection oven?

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    themanyoneNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #14

    Good job, guys. …
    Good job, guys. That looks hot! I only had $5 for my solar experiment, but maybe that’s a good thing. We need cheap power, too… I’ll post what I got. ‘Keep em comin’!

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    luisgarciaalanisNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #15

    So flowing watter …
    So flowing watter how hot it gets?

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    Davetech23November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #16

    I don’t think it …
    I don’t think it takes much imagination to extropolate this into “usefullness”.

    Great vid Dan.

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    KonicavaNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #17

    GREENPOWERSCIENCE …
    GREENPOWERSCIENCE really worship the sun…

    I hope someday they make a usefull use of it…

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    luc59457November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #18

    This is good for …
    This is good for hot water but I think it will cool off at the end fast enough when high pressure.. I think I will use a mirror like that one day because it makes a longer beam, than a round or oval mirror. I still like my oil and pyrex idea=) I just need to go bigger. what’s great about the oil is it will heat all around the pipe instead of just the bottom, but you got some intense heat with that!! I think This is More usefull for Canada because we get the coolers temps. – more to heat.

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    luc59457November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #19

    All you need to do …
    All you need to do now is seal both ends, have a pressure guage on the outlet with a release valve based on specific adjustable psi.. Have water in pipe no more than half.. As the steam builds up it will make pressure in the pipe.. Make sure all fittings are properly soldered LOL. You need a lot of steam pressure but I think with that you could get it in little time. You’ll need a valve for the inlet to send water every once in a while.

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    CSSRageNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #20

    Best video yet, now …
    Best video yet, now get that steam to power a engine!

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    ricandeNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #21

    How about putting …
    How about putting the pipe inside a vacuumetube.. ? Overkill???

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    cptnsmellyNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #22

    Until the …
    Until the government installs a giant metal umbrella that they charge you to open a piece of to get some sunlight. It’ll be an hourly charge of 50 bucks lets say. Lol.

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    doug2877November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #23

    love the music …
    love the music makes me wanna salsa great video

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    shane0000iceNovember 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #24

    Hi Dan How do I get …
    Hi Dan How do I get the Acrylic sheeting to Australia as the potential to make my own desalination plant using salt water for agriculture use and the pressure as Electricity for home and farm use as we are right on the water. Great potential and the temperatures you are showing validates what I have started to do here. On another note why do you always use your hand to get burned it’s as if you don’t trust the digital read out. Love your videos Thank you
    Shane

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    matrixm777November 14, 2009 - 7:46 pm #25

    Nice work, Dan. …
    Nice work, Dan. That’s alot of energy…

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