The plan manual is FINISHED and is out with reviewers. It consists of an 90 page detailed writeup with color photos and illustrations, diagrams and schematics and two large full-size templates. The graphics are hyper-linked to the actual full size drawings and photos (205 in total) that are included.
I am making arrangements for a print version and a downloadable version and expect to have everything ready by mid-late next week. If you have sent me an email previously, I will be letting you know with a personal email when you will be able to obtain your copy.
Thank you for your interest!
If you haven't already seen them, I have posted a number of time-lapse videos of the system in operation at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/georgeplhak
2 comments:
George,
Great design. I have been researching solar for a while now. Have you given any thought to encasing the pipes (in the trough) with evacuated glass tube? From what I understand it raises atmospheric pressure and acts as an insulator. I see it used a lot on hot water systems that mount on roofs, but not much on these types of parabolic troughs.
Yes I have Dave, I'm working on that now.
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