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Harper, Gavin. Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius. US: McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2007.

Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius

Authors: Gavin Harper

Published:  June 2007

eISBN: 9780071509107 0071509100 | ISBN: 9780071477727
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Why Solar?
  • 2 The Solar Resource
  • 3 Positioning Your Solar Devices
  • Project 1: Build a Solar-Powered Clock!
  • Project 2: Build Your Own Heliodon
  • Project 3: Experimenting with Light Rays and Power
  • 4 Solar Heating
  • Project 4: Build Your Own Flat Plate Collector
  • Project 5: Solar Heat Your Swimming Pool
  • Project 6: Useful Circuits for Solar Heating
  • 5 Solar Cooling
  • Project 7: Solar-Powered Ice-Maker
  • 6 Solar Cooking
  • Project 8: Build a Solar Hot Dog Cooker
  • Project 9: Build a Solar Marshmallow Melter
  • Project 10: Cook Eggs on Your Driveway Using the Sun
  • Project 11: Build a Solar Cooker
  • Project 12: Build a Solar Camping Stove
  • 7 Solar Stills
  • Project 13: Build a Window-Sill Demonstration Solar Still
  • Project 14: Build a Pit-Type Solar Still
  • Project 15: Build a Solar Basin Still
  • 8 Solar Collectors
  • Project 16: Build Your Own “Solar Death Ray”
  • Project 17: Build Your Own Parabolic Dish Concentrator
  • Project 18: Experiment with Fresnel Lens Concentrators
  • 9 Solar Pumping
  • Project 19: Build a Solar-Powered Fountain
  • 10 Solar Photovoltaics
  • Project 20: Grow Your Own “Silicon” Crystals
  • Project 21: Build Your Own “Thin-Film” Solar Cell
  • Project 22: Experimenting with the Current–Voltage Characteristics of a Solar Cell
  • Project 23: Experimenting with Current–Voltage Characteristics of Solar Cells in Series
  • Project 24: Experimenting with Solar Cells in Parallel
  • Project 25: Experiment with the “Inverse Square Law”
  • Project 26: Experimenting with Different Types of Light Sources
  • Project 27: Experimenting with Direct and Diffuse Radiation
  • Project 28: Measurement of “Albedo Radiation”
  • 11 Photochemical Solar Cells
  • Project 29: Build Your Own Photochemical Solar Cell
  • 12 Solar Engines
  • Project 30: Build a Solar Bird Engine
  • Project 31: Make a Radial Solar Can Engine
  • 13 Solar Electrical Projects
  • Project 32: Build Your Own Solar Battery Charger
  • Project 33: Build Your Own Solar Phone Charger
  • Project 34: Build Your Own Solar-Powered Radio
  • Project 35: Build Your Own Solar-Powered Torch
  • Project 36: Build Your Own Solar-Powered Warning Light
  • Project 37: Build Your Own Solar-Powered Garden Light
  • 14 Tracking the Sun
  • Project 38: Simple Solar Tracker
  • 15 Solar Transport
  • Project 39: Build Your Own Solar Car
  • Project 40: Hold Your Own Solar Car Race
  • Project 41: Souping Up Your Solar Vehicle
  • Project 42: Supercharge Your Solaroller
  • Project 43: Build Your Own Solar Airship
  • 16 Solar Robotics?
  • Project 44: Assembling Your Photopopper Photovore
  • 17 Solar Hydrogen Partnership
  • Project 45: Generating Hydrogen Using Solar Energy
  • Project 46: Using Stored Hydrogen to Create Electricity
  • 18 Photosynthesis—Fuel from the Sun
  • Project 47: Proving Biofuel Requires Solar Energy
  • Project 48: Proving Biofuel Requires Water
  • Project 49: Looking at the Light-Absorption Properties of Chlorophyll
  • Project 50: Make Your Own Biodiesel
  • Appendix A: Solar Projects on the Web
  • Appendix B: Supplier's Index
  • Index