Sunday, 19 July 2015

Concentrated Solar Power - Lesson 2

As planned, I wanted to prepare the dish, this time with more mirrors.  Therefore removed the reflecting paper and affixed tiny mirrors, which I got cut from a nearby glass hardware shop. Purchased 2 x 3 feet mirror glass of 4 mm thickness and cut into small pieces numbering around 155.  Totally it cost Rs. 720/-.  Besides, purchased Silicon Gel for fixing the mirrors. Initially it was so hard to press the tube.  Later i learned we need a gun to do that. With couple of visits to hardware stores learned the secret. Purchased a gun for 150/-.

Well with these constructed the reflector. Alas there is no sun shine in Pune. Therefore confined my video to prepration and posted in youtube.....

How to make parabolic reflector using mirrors ?  Explained - Part 1

Ready and waiting for SunShine

Meanwhile there had been a visitor to the farm today.  He called and I made him coordinate with Subbu.  Later he sent an SMS message saying he was happy to see the farm.

Otherwise Windmill is working fine for the past few days. The slipping problem seems to have got arrested.  These days I am more and more enquiries about windmill. I am taking their email address and writing back to them with details. Also introducing them to ABS in case they wish to have a quote etc.  Lot of people have come to the farm and seen the windpump.  However none has materialised into another order so far... Perhaps more people are simply evaluating which is better, solar, windpump or current.  In the process they are not only loosing time, but also money.

Thank God I decided one and am happy with it now.

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