Be on your way to becoming a Solary Energy maser!
Let the sun shine on your evil side - and have a wicked amount of fun on your
way to becoming a solar energy master! In this guide, the popular Evil Genius
format ramps up your understanding of powerful, important, and environmentally
friendly solar energy - and shows you how to build real, practical solar energy
projects you can use in your home, yard - even on the road!
In Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius, high-tech guru Gavin
Harper gives you everything you need to build more than 50 thrilling solar
energy projects. You'll find complete, easy-to-follow plans, with clear diagrams
and schematics, so you know exactly what's involved before you begin.
- Illustrated instructions and plans for 30 amazing pretested solar energy
projects that assume no prior experience with energy science
- Explanations of the science and math behind each project
- Projects that progress in difficulty - from simple ones that may inspire
science fair entries - all the way to converting a real home to solar energy
- Frustration-factor removal-needed parts are listed, along with
sources-plus all the tools you'll need
Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius provides you with complete
plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for:
- Crushed berries solar cell
- Solar "death ray"
- Solar powered hot dog cooker
- Solar furnace
- Sun-powered refrigerator
- Camping shower, oven, and more
- Hot recipes for solar cooking
- Water purifier
- Flashlight
- Garden lights
- Solar vehicle
- Environmentally friendly robot
- Much more!
Table of contents
- Chapter 1. Why solar?
- Chapter 2. The Solar Resource
- Chapter 3. Positioning Your Solar Devices
- Chapter 4. Solar Heating
- Chapter 5. Solar Cooling
- Chapter 6. Solar Cooking
- Chapter 7. Solar Stills
- Chapter 8. Solar Collectors
- Chapter 9. Solar Pumping
- Chapter 10. Solar Photovoltaics
- Chapter 11. Photochemical Solar Cells
- Chapter 12. Solar Engines
- Chapter 13. Solar Electrical Projects
- Chapter 14. Tracking the Sun
- Chapter 15. Solar Transport
- Chapter 16. Solar Robotics?
- Chapter 17. Solar Hydrogen Partnership
- Chapter 18: Photosynthesis--Fuel from the Sun
- Appendix A: Solar Projects on the Web
- Appendix B: Supplier's Index
- Index
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