responses and clarifications
Sorry about the confusion in the first diagram. The "flow arrows" on the white block arrows aren't really necessary. I am fairly certain that we are going to use the second diagram rather than the first. Also, just to clarify we will never (knock on wood) have...
Two Solutions! (hopefully)
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Thank you for your help. I have done a little outside research and looked around at different models for systems similar to the one we are planning to build, so for anyone who is following this thread I have attached two new possible designs. One with a...
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Last summer I had a similar project where I had to test the balance of a parabolic solar collector. I ended up using excel. It ends up being all of the same math as when you use a pencil, but if you have a lot of small parts that you are moving around or trying to keep track of excel can...
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Thanks for the responses. The main reason for the hot water heater in the design is for those cloudy days that we would otherwise need to use one electricity. Also, this will allow the system to be working on weekends and other days that no one is running the equipment in the shop...
I am working as an intern at a biodiesel plant and we are looking into setting up solar heating to reduce the amount of electricity we are using to heat up our oil during the various stages of the process. Of course, this is only one of many projects going on at the college, so the budget is...