Sergiy Yurko
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This mirror is 100 times cheaper than mirrors for cheap solar electricity & thermal energy
This concave mirror is made from expanded polystyrene and this reflective film at a cost of 25 cents per square meter, and it is several hundred times cheaper than these mirrors which focus solar radiation to convert it into heat and electricity, and such a radical reduction in the cost of similar mirrors makes their electricity cheaper than from solar panels, or thermal and nuclear power plants.
I have already made many mirrors from expanded polystyrene for this solar station which provided space heating of this house in the winter and heated the water of this pool in the summer during 8 years. But my solar station used similar polystyrene mirrors which formed a concave trough, while this video will show the solution to a more difficult problem when such a reflective film should form not a trough, but a dish.
Now I am showing another blogger’s attempt to solve this problem, although we see that he used polyurethane foam instead of the polystyrene. This is his mirror, and we understand that making a quality mirror is a difficult problem, but I was able to do it, and now I will show how my mirror focuses the solar radiation to this point, which will set fire to this piece of paper.
But before I got that good mirror, I made seven unsuccessful mirrors which helped me see my mistakes and the possibilities of correcting them. With the goal of seeing the problems and their solutions, let's look at my journey through seven unsuccessful mirrors to this successful mirror.
Now I will remind you how this unsuccessful mirror of that blogger was made. He used this hard surface with this hole, and now we see how he applies glue, but only along this circumference. After that, he put a reflective film and pressed it to that glue circumference. Then he used this pump which pumped air under the film through that hole, and therefore the air pressure gave the film the shape we needed. After that, he put a lot of polyurethane foam, but unfortunately, the hardening of the foam is accompanied by its unpredictable expansions which spoiled the desired shape of the mirror.
Many of you have already realized that the foam needs to harden on a solid surface, and that is why I used this satellite dish. Then I put down a reflective film, and stretched it out. I will put a lot of polyurethane foam here, and now we see how I did it.
This was my first unsuccessful mirror, and we see that it turned out noticeably better, although it is still very far from our wishes. Now we see that it is even trying to focus solar radiation, but it is obvious that I have to make the 2nd mirror with the addition of this circle of expanded polystyrene whose surface roughly matches the shape of that satellite dish.
The making of the 2nd mirror also began with the action that I placed a reflective film on the satellite dish, and then covered it with polyurethane foam, but now I have added that polystyrene circle with weights. Now we see that the 2nd mirror turned out better than the 1st, and it focuses noticeably better, because that polystyrene circle limited the expansion of the foam, and therefore it more evenly filled the space above that satellite dish. However, we can see that the surface of the 2nd mirror still has many defects, for example here, where the edges of the steps of the polystyrene circle are located. That is why I decided to remove these steps, and now I will show that the polystyrene circle for the 3rd mirror has a smooth surface, without the steps.
So, making the 3rd mirror starts with preparing this reflective film which is placed on that satellite dish and stretched. After that I applied polyurethane foam. Another difference between the 3rd mirror and the 2nd is that I tried to use as little foam as possible and increased the amount of those weights.
This is the result of that making, and we see that the surface of the 3rd mirror is still not ideal. Nevertheless, it already focuses solar radiation well here, and now this focus will try to set fire to this piece of paper. Unfortunately, the focus quality is not good enough to give the paper a fire, but it is enough to give it a smolder which burns a large hole in the paper.
That is why I have to make a fourth mirror where the foam was placed not on the reflective film, but on the polystyrene circle, like this, because it seemed to me that the upper surface of the foam hardened more smoothly. Now my fourth mirror will try to give fire to this piece of paper, and we can make sure that it solved this task very quickly.
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ElpBeautysupplycom
    @ElpBeautysupplycom 18 годин тому

    Why did you choose to use foam instead of fiberglass and epoxy resin for making a parabolic mold for a solar furnace, despite knowing that the latter would provide better results in terms of durability and precision?

  • @lutfarhossain9752
    @lutfarhossain9752 4 дні тому

    Excellent solar project.

  • @Blackunitsound-system
    @Blackunitsound-system 6 днів тому

    I think you should raise the price for mirrors

  • @kaval187
    @kaval187 7 днів тому

    Und- start D show

  • @lenny108
    @lenny108 7 днів тому

    But how did you make electricity from the mirror?

  • @marcosvolpini4057
    @marcosvolpini4057 7 днів тому

    Amazing invention, lets keep in touch , very good -from Marcus Volpini, Ouro Fino -MG

  • @user-bt2xn2ge8s
    @user-bt2xn2ge8s 8 днів тому

    How much electricity did u made?

  • @rickytarkowski6564
    @rickytarkowski6564 8 днів тому

    Glue it to the inside of the satellite dish.😮😊

  • @JouniKyy-xn4kd
    @JouniKyy-xn4kd 8 днів тому

    Plant trees not solar, houses good place for panels

  • @nikolanastasijevic6327
    @nikolanastasijevic6327 8 днів тому

    Inox is best

  • @nikolanastasijevic6327
    @nikolanastasijevic6327 8 днів тому

    Kaj pa če bi ogledalo naredil iz inox .

  • @drizzle786
    @drizzle786 9 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @oldgeek59
    @oldgeek59 9 днів тому

    Sorry, the computer generated voice is simply too annoying to make it through the video.

  • @rochellerochelle1488
    @rochellerochelle1488 10 днів тому

    Imagine if they build a factory manufacturing line for these, they could make them perfectly shaped.

  • @oneplaneteer1708
    @oneplaneteer1708 10 днів тому

    I like your voice better too. How strong are your coattails? I need your help. I'm working on a project to develop a biological solar panel that is part of a whole house resource recycler. I've been tinkering with this for the last decade. There is no new tech needed. Take hold of all of your utilities, water, sewage, electricity and heat, Year round. Grow biomass than is naturally sequester-able. I have my own YT channel and a Patreon if you want to hear more. I don't have any faith for the US government or most govt to do enough. Take matters into your own hand. Keep your fridge running in every rolling blackout, blizzard, and hurricane. Stabilize and recession proof your utility bill.

  • @robbmaier368
    @robbmaier368 13 днів тому

    Sad but true if you had a buffed out piece of quarter inch thick aluminum it would be like a mirror on each side of the solar panel try it will give you more than 6 times the amount of energy in 1 panel thus to control the heat .to not burn the panle

  • @bowbrothers114
    @bowbrothers114 13 днів тому

    Can you heat the metal dish enough to melt the expanded polystyrene to make a better film support? then you'll need less glue and have a more precise mirror. Just use a good mold release or grease otherwise the melted poly will stick to the dish!

  • @leonardusr7759
    @leonardusr7759 14 днів тому

    Great information to learn from

  • @pakiengr.896
    @pakiengr.896 14 днів тому

    No way.... Change the solar panels...

  • @muzaffercakmak8523
    @muzaffercakmak8523 15 днів тому

    Ateş bulunalı onbinler asır oldu...😂😂😂😂

  • @muhammadathar2358
    @muhammadathar2358 15 днів тому

    very old technology but dont know why not popular

  • @gamgaraii9707
    @gamgaraii9707 15 днів тому

    Mirror manufacturers cannot see this demand? Why so artisanal?

  • @user-up7hp1vy8t
    @user-up7hp1vy8t 15 днів тому

    nice

  • @Eugenemeo1
    @Eugenemeo1 15 днів тому

    Дякую за відео. Дуже потрібно в ці важкі часи. Колись воно здохне!

  • @HighTecker75
    @HighTecker75 16 днів тому

    Do you have adress, where the film can be ordered? Is this similar to a space blanket used in first aid kids? Have you thought about creating the shape using a air tight frame and a slight vacuum to create a parabolic shape?

  • @user-ld6br6br7z
    @user-ld6br6br7z 18 днів тому

    Why i left Christianity ua-cam.com/video/I_btCVYm1IA/v-deo.htmlsi=QGcon4vNi3omCTUV And ua-cam.com/video/SdyyNimjYCs/v-deo.htmlsi=vFbcuRhXeHww9yEf

  • @bordellokindofguy
    @bordellokindofguy 20 днів тому

    a почему бы не использовать car wrapping vinyl? он без проблем натянется на тарелку потому как его надо нагревать

  • @darrenstensland5301
    @darrenstensland5301 21 день тому

    Cut the film in some places, so it has an easier time laying flat. A large piece can't take curvature in to dimensions. A few cuts will help it out a lot, and you can re-cover any open places with your scrap pieces of reflective film.

  • @CraigLandsberg-lk1ep
    @CraigLandsberg-lk1ep 22 дні тому

    I was hoping to see what he was going to do with the mirrors? Or how to convert it to electrical energy, instead of just heating or burning something, steam turbine i was thinking

  • @TimStCroix
    @TimStCroix 22 дні тому

    Stirling engines work on temperature difference between two cylinders. Heating the hot side is easy but we shouldn't ignore the cold side. I'm picturing two sand batteries located side by side, one for heat and the other for cold, on valve switched circuits. On cloudless nights point the mirrors vertically to radiate heat from the cold circuit out into space. The Stirling engine's two cylinders can be embedded directly into the sand batteries. It might take a month or more for everything to start working, depending on the size of the batteries and mirror array, but once it starts it could continue working for extended periods of clouds.

  • @alchemik2010
    @alchemik2010 22 дні тому

    Jesteś ograniczony?

  • @Price_Frank
    @Price_Frank 22 дні тому

    Build a stable Box around the Satellite dish, span the mirror foil over the dish. The Box should be closed over dish and foil. Now make a small hole to fill in the foam in the Box and close the small hole. Now the foam will expand and Press the foil against the dish. It should get smooth as hell with the pressure of the expanding foam. No other ways to expand.

  • @focusedeye
    @focusedeye 22 дні тому

    Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enough of these sh*tty AI generated voices.

  • @phoenixrc0074
    @phoenixrc0074 22 дні тому

    i would replace the expanding foam in the blogers attempt with fiberglas or epoxy or resin and use the same preshure technigue

  • @ryan.a
    @ryan.a 22 дні тому

    You could use a heat gun to get rid of the wrinkles

  • @markhathaway9456
    @markhathaway9456 22 дні тому

    That's a really nice system and the way it was done for real work looks excellent! Beautiful how something so useful doesn't have to be complicated. Even the motionless mirrors to catch the moving sunlight is really smart.

  • @coachgeo
    @coachgeo 22 дні тому

    this fellow has done a lot of making solar stuff... he may have some ideas for you in his videos www.youtube.com/@GREENPOWERSCIENCE

    • @coachgeo
      @coachgeo 22 дні тому

      also look at his Fresnel Lens videos

  • @robertgaines-tulsa
    @robertgaines-tulsa 23 дні тому

    We don't do this anymore for electricity because it's just not as efficient as solar panels. Concentrating sunlight onto panels heats up the panels and makes them less efficient. You'd get more power with a solar panel the size of the dish.

  • @drovid008
    @drovid008 23 дні тому

    What if I just heat up water in that tube, and connect the tube to a steam engine? 1) massive torque, which is most vital for electricity 2) much cheaper, because you produce more energy (less conversion) so no need to store it for night time

  • @alexandrevaliquette3883
    @alexandrevaliquette3883 23 дні тому

    You have a strong accent, yep. But I fully understand what you are saying. It's not disturbing at all. It just show that you know more than one language. We are all proud of you Sergiy Yurko. So.. long story short; I think you don't need the AI voice. Your accent if part of your flavor, it define you. Like the robot voice of Stephen Hawking.

  • @ahmetizmir1081
    @ahmetizmir1081 23 дні тому

    The foam you use is not resistant to UV rays. That's why it turns into dust in 2-3 years.

  • @Golden_SnowFlake
    @Golden_SnowFlake 23 дні тому

    Use a pressure washer to create a perfect shape out of metal, to reinforce the expanding foam, this will allow you to better shape your mirrors, and to fill any voids. This is called hydroforming.

  • @Misterslye
    @Misterslye 23 дні тому

    Paint it black to avsorb more heat?

  • @eeledahc
    @eeledahc 23 дні тому

    Look inside your potato chip bag, can make small ones with that shiny material.

  • @dennisking8892
    @dennisking8892 23 дні тому

    Have you tried wet sand, cut out half of the profile that you want and from the center use it as a compass, paper-mache might be a good alternative to foam

  • @Xenotester
    @Xenotester 23 дні тому

    There a some concern about mirrors vs solar panels - dust. Dust on solar panel lower efficiency on 10-20%, but on mirror it drop efficiency drastically - so you need keep in mind cleaning and maintance. Nice work and good luck

  • @fakkeldragert
    @fakkeldragert 23 дні тому

    This is great!

  • @DeeP_BosE
    @DeeP_BosE 24 дні тому

    what is the material of the reflective sheet ? Can it make a strong bond with the foam ?

  • @ralanham76
    @ralanham76 24 дні тому

    Can you reapply a fresh reflective coating on the same base once it needs it ?

  • @bjanca5922
    @bjanca5922 24 дні тому

    Gee, talk about hard to understand, that fake made-up voice.