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Solar chimney

The use of sun energy is not limited to photovoltaic cells for electricity or solar thermal collectors for heating. Other ideas exist, often still experimental, like the solar chimney. A huge project of this type is planned in Australia with a tower 1 km high!
 
The construction of a solar chimney model demonstrates the physical principles which are used in solar thermal power plants (greenhouse effect, air expansion, absorption of radiation by black colour, etc.).


Difficulty
Medium
Duration
3h
Rating
3/5
Price
~ 12 CHF
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Material
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Blueprints&Plans
Building
Report the lines on the 40 x 40 cm cardboard piece as shown.   Lightly mark the dotted lines with a cutter and cut along the ... Proceed similarly with a 37 x 37 cm cardboard. Follow the indications and cut out a 28 x 28 square window in the middle. ... Place a square of expanded polystyrene on the bottom of the box and add on top a 30x30 cardboard.   Paint the inside of the ... Using double-sided adhesive tape glue the long pieces of rigid panel along the edges of the transparent acetate. Glue ...Seal around the edges with large transparent adhesive tape . Drill a 4cm circle in the middle of the glass.   Glue the double glazed Window in the lid with double-sided adhesive ... Cut two cuts in the center of the 2 plywood slats.   Form a cross and paint it in black. Report the diagram of the turbine on the thin aluminium plate (model downloadable from the blueprints/plans ... Cut out a window in the tube using a saw and a cutter (see illustration)   With the help of a cutter, cut 4 vertical cuts at ... Push the rivet through the hole of the turbine. If it is too losse, push back a little bit the edges of the hole so that the ...
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Date19.03.2013
AuthorMartin
Organizationinfo-energie
TranslatorMartin
Final purposeMake things move
FieldEnergy
Substainable development
Languagefrançais deutsch english
Licence