Icarus Feathers
NBAS Solar Heat Collector
Lexus Eco Challenge
ABOUT THE SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR
THE PROBLEM
Our world is running into an energy crisis.
One abundant energy that is not going to run out any time soon is solar photovoltaic energy from our sun.
The hard part of figuring out how to collect this energy is not spending too much money or polluting anything.
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PROBLEM
What would be a good way to use our abundant resources to conserve energy and recycle our already used resources?
One of the most used and recycled items are pop cans. Naturally, we decided to try using pop cans and we went from there.
We call it - the Solar Powered Heat Collector, or SPHC for short. The Solar Heat Collector absorbs light and transfers it into heat. The heat is then transferred into your home with a fan pushing the heat into your house from the Solar Heat Collector. Did we mention that it takes little effort to install or produce?
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HOW IT RECYCLES
The way that the Solar Heat Collector recycles it by using recycled pop cans and is using light from the sun to heat the air coming through the heat collector and using the sun's light to heat. While recycling used pop cans.
OUR LEXUS ECO CHALLENGE PLAN
HOW TO BUILD A SOLAR HEAT COLLECTOR
If you own a Microsoft Word account, by clicking the ODT icon you can download the instruction document and view it on Word. If you prefer PDF or don't have a Microsoft Word account, download the PDF through the PDG icon.
CONSTRUCTION TUTORIAL
HOW THE FAN WORKS
How do we make sure that you would be gaining heat and not just have it sitting in the collector? Our new fans have a single hinged lock that lets air through one direction by force and stops all other air coming in, by force, from the other side. The fan has a microchip and a very small electronic thermometer that can be set inside the heat collector to determine when the air would blow into your house.
WHO ARE WE
We are one of the many New Buffalo High Schools Envirothon teams. Our team is the Icarus Feathers and we are responsible for making many Solar Heat Collectors and also helped by many students and New Buffalo Michigans High School Esports Team the Tai Kwan Dodos.
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CONTACT US!
23heberly@nbas.org
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