2010-08-11, 06:39 AM
I've been thinking for a while of a way to channel the energy and heat absorbed from sunlight as what solar pannels do.
However, I came up with another idea of a type of solar energy collecting device that actualy could use the sunlight for a bit more potential than what it's used for right now.
Say if you had a dome, with a prism inside that dome that is constantly reflecting light inside of it. Half the dome on the outside however would be used to channel the light into the prism as mirrors are placed throughout the mechanism to reflect light at well. In the prism however could be small nerves made of carbon that could absorb the light and the heat and it could transfere to a energy storing mechanism that can be used for later.
Think of this device like a satelite dish, but instead, it absorbs light and concentrates it onto it and is constantly reflecting onto carbon nerves inside a prism-like device in the center of the dome to absorb more energy overtime than a solar pannel which reflects more light than it absorbs.
Dumb idea, but I like it.
However, I came up with another idea of a type of solar energy collecting device that actualy could use the sunlight for a bit more potential than what it's used for right now.
Say if you had a dome, with a prism inside that dome that is constantly reflecting light inside of it. Half the dome on the outside however would be used to channel the light into the prism as mirrors are placed throughout the mechanism to reflect light at well. In the prism however could be small nerves made of carbon that could absorb the light and the heat and it could transfere to a energy storing mechanism that can be used for later.
Think of this device like a satelite dish, but instead, it absorbs light and concentrates it onto it and is constantly reflecting onto carbon nerves inside a prism-like device in the center of the dome to absorb more energy overtime than a solar pannel which reflects more light than it absorbs.
Dumb idea, but I like it.