jyonkov
Neven Boyanov
Bertrand
Daniel Radev
Stefan Stefanov
Apostol Apostolov
ihayes2000
Jean
Solar in Las Vegas
I was in Las Vegas for a while and decided to upload some pictures of my
home renovation solar experiments. This is a 500 feet black hose that is connected to an old water heater. The hot water should circulate using D5 Solar circulation pump. My goal eventually is to concentrate solar energy with computer controlled mirrors or by pointing an old C-Band satellite towards the sun.
It would be cool if one can find funding for organizing green development camps. For example a group of enthusiasts can get together once a year and dedicate 7 days to get their ideas into a working prototype. A demo session at the end should show the final result. The funding is necessary for materials, travel and accommodation. Videos and pictures can be published so that the joy is shared 
jyonkov and 
Apostol Apostolov, 
Neven Boyanov 9:21 pm on December 14, 2009 Permalink |
I think that it will be more efficient if the sun reaches the water directly, through a glass or transparent pipes. Rubber is not very good temperature conductor, it is actually very good isolator. Hristo (from Kozarevec), who has some experience, is using combination of sun heated water with gas burner or just regular wood-fire heater.
jyonkov 10:34 pm on December 30, 2009 Permalink |
It would be cool if Hristo can share his prototypes on the blog… Unfortunately we are blocked by the language barrier and until we get this blog to be multilingual. Its quite challenging to get oneself to write in its own language already… About the solar prototypes, i think CSP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrating_solar_power looks very promising.
Neven Boyanov 9:27 pm on December 14, 2009 Permalink |
I like the idea about the camps!
It will be really cool. Somewhere in the mountins or even in Hroisto’s backyard, about noon everyone is already drunk and generates hundreds of new ideas.
PS: Don’t bring any females though, they will spoil it all.
PPS: So, may be in the cold mountins is better idea, women don’t like to go there anyways, so no need to convince them.
jyonkov 10:44 pm on December 30, 2009 Permalink |
I’m glad you like the camps… I think Bertrand is also exited about it. We may even be able to raise funds for it, assuming there are projects themes, goals and people willing to share their thoughts ahead of time in order to do some preparations. Lets go for it.