I guess the interest in Solar Energy usage has created a wide audience and conceptualizations are being done now, which is really good. I am going to post pictures here for all to see of the very first scaled down version of my first solar mirror reflector. I am working now on the first two rows. This is the 1/4 version of the full sized mirror of 12 inches.
Hi there,
I am sending this out to my engineering friends around the world and of course here in the USA. There will be a total of 72 of these adjustable angled and tilted mirrored assemblies. All will be assembled into a final much larger wood frame. This configuration is only ¼ of the full sized project I hope to build, but since I am not research funded, I need to build a smaller version first to prove the feasibility of the concept. Lots of work has to be done yet of course and the idea here is to generate large amounts of thermal energy which will be stored underground for later use at night or upon thermostatic demand. Chemical Salts can store very large amounts of thermal energy but there is a definite problem with the corrosiveness of the stuff and then what do you store it in something like a stainless steel tank? A much simpler material that we have large amounts of in most places in the world is rocks, gravel and sand. Perhaps a larger configuration will be needed to equal the thermal storing capacity of the salts but it is immensely more manageable and easily obtained. Nothing is new here with the basic science and this science is old and has been proven numerous times already. I hope to stimulate engineers into thinking more about what can be done with this concept. I am a dreamer, visionary, experimenter and of course on my own. Once my final design is conceptualized and drawn up fully in SolidWorks, I will post it so the world can see it on the Teachers Web Site and here as well. It is my hope that teachers will bring these ideas into their science classrooms and do their own experimentations. I also believe that a similar unit for a house could be built to supplement the heat needed during the heating season and much more. Remember hearing about the trick used during the old colonial times when they used to heat up bricks in the fireplace hearth and then wrap them in heavy rags and place those bricks in the beds to keep the feet warm? Same idea here but how about a closed loop hydronic system used to bring that stored underground heat into the house through conventional radiators to dispense the heat; that could work and has been done already. All you would need is a small piece of your yard donated to a solar collection area. I know this much for a fact. Everything I have ever done so far in my solar energy experimentation has worked far beyond my expectations. I hope this will be one of them. I have been busy painting outside lately and I’m almost done so I can put more time into this project. I have to paint in the early morning hours. The desert is heating up now, but this system does not depend upon surrounding air temperatures. Bye for now. 
