MIT Students Develop Solar Dish Hot Enough to Melt Steel
The concept of making a solar dish isn’t at all new. I even seen it at Mythbusters. Basically the design was a huge parabola composed of an array of mirrors focused on a single point. It is basically the same concept as focusing a magnifying glass to a certain point to ignite a match or paper.
Solar dish can be used to generate hot water. I suppose a row of black tubes filled with water is centered at the focal point. Water flowing over these pipes will be heated.
It can also be used to generate steam in which case, a steam turbine can be used to generate electricity.
[more at insidetech.com]
Tags: generate electricity, solar dish, solar energy, solar hot water, solar steam turbineRelated Stories
POSTED IN: Solar
0 opinions for MIT Students Develop Solar Dish Hot Enough to Melt Steel
No one has left a comment yet. You know what this means, right? You could be first!
Have an opinion? Leave a comment: