24 Mar 2010
Solar hot water system – a masterpiece in engineering
The design of the SolarBeam is an engineering masterpiece. As shown below in the research article, the manufacturing of paraboloidal dish-shaped reflectors require relatively sophisticated fabrication techniques of metal spinning, plastic molding or ‘die pressing’. For those who are not familiar with a parabolic concentrator, shown below is an excerpt: Paraboloidal concentrators have the ability to raise [...]
