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Concentrated Solar Power

Making the solar mirror is simple. The time to create a mirror surface on it.
materials you need are: This is where potato chip bags come in
· A rotating platform on top of which a handy. It's a cheap way to make a shiny
container can rotate reflective surface.
· Plaster-of-paris (roughly 2.5 litres Clean out the inside of the chip bag with
or 2500 mL) detergent. Then cut pie shaped pieces out
· A container with inside diameter of it and glue them onto the surface of
roughly 10.5 inches the dish, shiny side up. This will create
· A large potato chip bag (with shiny the mirror surface.
metallic surface on the inside) When the sun is out, orient the dish so
The liquid plaster-of-paris will be that it directly faces the sun. The focal
placed inside the container, and the point will be roughly 5 inches from the
container will be made to rotate about bottom. You can test this by moving your
its center at roughly one revolution per finger along the space above the center
second. Due to the nature of the physics, of the dish until you feel the hot spot.
this will cause the surface of the That's your focal point. It can get very
plaster-of-paris to form a parabolic hot so be careful. Using a digital
shape. Upon hardening, the plaster will kitchen thermometer I measured a
retain this shape. temperature of over 200 degrees Celsius!
To make the rotating platform you may This is a small-scale example of
have to get creative. One way is to get concentrated solar energy. Clearly,
an old turntable and place the container there's serious potential for future
on top, or use a motor-gearbox-pulley energy needs.
combination to rotate the container at If you would like to see pictures of the
one revolution per second. parabolic dish with explanation included,
Once you've made the plaster shape, it's then feel free to visit the link below.




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