This is the trough mirror and a Fresnel Lens set. The water was shot in with a hose to produce flash steam. Ball bearing were used as ammo. A few modifications from this learning experience and we can launch 200 yards.
This is the trough mirror and a Fresnel Lens set. The water was shot in with a hose to produce flash steam. Ball bearing were used as ammo. A few modifications from this learning experience and we can launch 200 yards.
This is the second video with the 55.7″ Parabolic Dish. The water boiled in 90 Seconds from 50F. The container is a Venom Energy Drink made out of thicker gauge Aluminum. I added some black paint to the back but kept the from because it is a cool design. The drink was too sweet for me:-) This dish was slightly damaged so I softened the dents and corrected the surface. This dish is operating at full strength even with the slight damage. It was like that when I got it. I decided to test this one incase something happened that way I did not damage a near perfect dish. This one also has a center hole for mounting.
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Many power plants burn coal or natural gas to make steam and generate electricity. But power also can come from a cleaner, more renewable source — concentrated solar power. From sunny Las Vegas, Nevada, Shelley Schlender reports
Husband says cosmetic surgery is too expensive – and I cannot pursue or debate this with him, I haven’t the energy anymore. He doesn’t understand… which, for reasons I won’t say here, is EXTREMELY ironic. He says ‘I’m beautiful’… his opinion doesn’t matter… not in my mind’s eye… I’m too tired to explain this to him, money is all he cares about anyway… I mean, who cares if I can’t look in the mirror, right? I guess the bright side is that self-loathing is free…
So now, I have to reconcile myself to living with an appearance I HATE. I cannot stand the way I look. How do I fix this?
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CPV Concentrated Photovoltaic is a promising technology. Many companies and research groups are working on cost containment offering a lower per watt energy alternative.
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Tagged alternative, cells, CONCENTRATED, CPV, energy, FRESNEL, GREENPOWERSCIENCE, LENS, MIRROR, panels, PARABOLIC, photovoltaic, solar