DIY solar thermal collectors
About this device
| Keywords | Solar thermal collector, sunlight, solar cookers, solar cooking, solar thermal dehydrator, solar dehydrator, solar thermal hot water heater, solar hot water heating, water heating, food cooker, thermal energy, sun, food dehydrator, passive solar |
|---|---|
| Uses | Solar cooking, dehydrating, hot water heating |
| Authors | User:KVDP |
| Status | Deployed |
| Made? | Yes |
| Replicated? | No |
| Date published | 2013-01-02 |
| SDGs |
SDG07 Affordable and clean energy SDG09 Industry innovation and infrastructure |
| Manifest data | |
| Language | English |
| Updated | 2020-07-08 |
| Author | Megan Moore |
| Author affiliation | Appropedia |
| Author email | info@appropedia.org |
Solar thermal collectorsW are apparatus designed to collect the thermal energy of the sun.
Constructed
Galleries of various uses of constructed solar thermal collectors.
Cookers
Solar thermal collectors functioning as food cookers
Earthen Solar Cookers A low cost and low environmental impact design envisioned by Bart Orlando.
Catch and Cook A solar oven capable of reaching 160°F in 20 minutes
Solar Bowling Oven Solar oven kids can build and use on their own
The Solar Swing Solar oven for a school reaching 200°F in 30 minutes
Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker Parabolic Solar Cooker
Papasan Chair Solar Cooker A solar cooker and chair when not in use
Parabolic basket and tin can solar cooker Solar cooker out of local invasive species and waste materials
Sunbrella An umbrella in the rain, a solar cooker in the Sun
Umbrella solar cooker A multi-use solar cooker
Dehydrators
Solar thermal collectors functioning as food dehydrators
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Window Shopper and Back Me Up Flock House solar dehydrator and backpack solar dehydrator
Tear the Roof off Dry sliced apples in 18 hours of sunlight with this legless solar dehydrator
Sodhoppers' Solar Dehydrator Durable food dehydrator for a school from a waste kitchen cabinet
Chris's ENGR305 Solar Food Dehydrator A hybrid, solar food dehydrator
Hot Water
Solar thermal collectors functioning as hot water heaters
Thermosyphon Solar Shower System An outdoor shower that utilizes solar energy to heat the water
HBCSL solar shower A solar shower for the Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living
Other
Solar heating box A passive solar heating box
Ideas
The solar thermal collector T1 draft drawing
The finished 3D model of the T1 and T2 solar thermal collector
See also
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