FSU Develops Solar Sausage for Concentrated Solar Thermal
As a University of Florida graduate, I usually spend my time gleefully mocking Florida State University. I’m torn on this one. It seems like a completely silly concept – using Ziploc bags to concentrate solar on a tube to heat liquids. Can this really be efficient? What about storms, vandalism, and other physical/structural perils? And, plastics are not exactly the green product of the century. However, there may be something to this. Most importantly, the cost of this technology could be very low, benefiting countries and societies that cannot afford the raw materials required for relatively complex solar thermal systems. People have been heating waterRead More →