Construction of handmade solar heater with recycled materials
Applying the philosophy of respect for the environment and recycling useless materials, we have built a solar energy water heater.
Materials:
- Refrigerator cooling rack.
- Wooden pallet.
- Recycling glass.
- Fish tank engine.
- Tubes.
- Insulating silicone.
- Aluminium Foil.
- 25 liter water tank.
- 20 watt fish tank motor.
Materials
Construction
Construction
Construction
Almost finished product
We have not still been able to
verify its performance.
With a similar prototype and with
an ambient temperature of about 25
degrees, in June 2017 we got 25 liters of water (at an initial temperature of
19 degrees) at a final temperature of 56 centigrade degrees in a time of three
hours.
The fish tank motor is used to move water because the small diameter of the system does not allow free
circulation by convection.
Built by students of the fourth
year of ESO (15-16 years) of the San José de Valladolid School.
Ismael Camarero (Twitter: @elisma_c)
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