Project Save Billy!As group of engineering students at Utah State University we have been assigned the mission of building a solar powered water heater for Tibetans. Sounds complicated doesn’t it? Well it is. We have to come up with a way to heat water to heat showers in Tibetan schools. During the day the temperature can get up to past boiling, and in the night temperatures fall below zero. Crazy terrain, terrible conditions, low resources, millions of miles away and we smile. Most engineers would beg for such good conditions. Ha ha ha, no challenge to big; no cause to small. Keep watching to see how the tests go. In these pictures you will see how we are building the housing station for the 50 gallon water jugs, and setting up the perfectly angled ramp for heating water in pipes.
posted by Unknown at 5:34 PM
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This is an awesome project! I just wanted to make a suggestion that I imagine you are all aware of. Try to make it out of things you know tibetans can get a hold of. For instance, they proabably have piping of somesort, but they may not have pvc or fiber optics...well duh. Anyway, we have a few projects like this one here as well, and we have found by experience that if you make it out of stuff other countries have and recognize, and isn't too expensive, they will make more and heck even fix 'em if they need to! Otherwise you have grinding mills and wells that sit furrow or dry for 4 or 5 decades because one of the parts goes out and they can't afford to fix it or replace it. Keep it simple and made of local materials.
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