How to Make Energy From a Vacuum Tube
The way to make energy from a vacuum tube is by solar heating. Sunlight can be converted into heat energy using a vacuum tube. The sunlight enters through a glass enclosure, past a vacuum layer, enters another glass enclosure, and strikes fluid-filled metal piping. The sunlight heats the metal, which doesn't lose this heat energy because the vacuum layer prevents heat conduction. By propelling fluid through the piping, such an instrument can heat a hot-water tank in winter to 120°F.
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Things You'll Need
- glass tubes
- copper piping
- water heater
- water pump
- copper pipe insulation
- evacuation pump
Instructions
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To Heat a Water Heater
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Create a U-turn in copper tubing used to carry heated water to and from a water heater.
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Enclose the copper tubing where it makes the U-turn with two glass enclosures.
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Insulate the support holding the glass to the copper.
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Evacuate the region between the glass containers to create an insulation layer or barrier from heat loss.
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Install a water pump to pump the water around a cycle, from the tube to the water heater and back.
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Install a parabolic mirror to focus more light onto the tube.
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Heavily insulate the copper tubing running outside the vacuum tube.
There's no need for the copper outside the vacuum tube to see light, so it can be thickly insulated on its way to the water heater.
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Tips & Warnings
Vacuum tubes that heat water tanks are ready-made and available for purchase from companies in China, Canada and Colorado. They use proprietary glass coatings to reduce heat loss by radiation.
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