A compact solar powered turbogenerator
Sunlight could freely power your air conditioning on the hottest days
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One of our goals is to produce devices that can convert sunlight or other high intensity light sources into usable electrical power.  This is a simple system that can potentially use sunlight that would normally fall on a building to actually provide power for cooling.  A heat exchanger is used to boil water and a closed cycle generator system using a turbine then operates a generator or alternator.

CAUTION:  turbines can rotate at extreme speeds and if damaged, can produce high speed shrapnel.  If you assemble a turbine, you must be very careful to properly balance it and use a sturdy containment vessel to prevent injury.

This is a prototype turbine that will be used for converting light and heat into electrical power.  This image shows two such turbines in stages of assembly.

Click HERE for a link to the assembled unit and some of the steps in its assembly.