Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Solar Design T-square and clam shaped reflectors

Monday, February 1, 2010

[papercreters] Re: Solar Design T-square and clam shaped reflectors

I have added an animated gif at the link at the bottom to better explain a procedure for making a dish. It is a slow animation and hopefully plays a little like a presentation. Thank you for your interest. I just got an email from a prof who wrote a book on solar concentrators. He has not seen anything like the solar design t-square before.
Brian

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Ron Richter <ronerichter@...> wrote:
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> Why couldn't we use pc for the box part?
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> And for the part holding the mirrors. Thanks for a great science fair project Brian!
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> I have made a simple tool for designing solar cooking dishes for unattended use. (Parabolic dishes must be attended so the poor cook ends up getting cooked too).
> I tried making models with mylar but it did not work so good. Then I tried clay with little mirrors pressed into the wet mud and adjusted.
> That worked like a charm.
> Would any of you be willing to try it.
> Basically the clam shaped reflectors are a whole new type of solar cooker. If you make one, it might be the first or among the first in the world of this type!
> I think cob might be the best material to do a model.
> Or if you are brave, you can go the whole hog and make a 1 meter fully operational clam shaped solar cook dish.
> I will not have decent sun here till March. And frankly, the world needs this thing now.
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> http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_design_T-Square
> Brian White
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