GREEN HEATING

Primary School entjernej

Students: Nea Cerinek, Eva Novak, Svetlana Gotovac,
Anja nidari
Mentors: Slavica Jordan, Roman Turk
SLOVENIA

CONTENTS

WHAT ARE SOLAR PANELS

RESEARCH QUESTION AND GOAL
TO DO LIST
HYPOTHESIS
WORK COURSE
RESULTS
VERIFICATION THE HYPOTHESIS
IMPROVEMENTS
FUTURE RESEARCH

WHAT ARE SOLAR PANELS?

THEY TRANSFORM SOLAR ENERGY INTO
THERMAL ENERGY

RESEARCH QUESTION AND GOAL

HOW TO INCREASE THE POWER OF SOLAR
PANELS?

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN:

SOLAR PANELS
SOLAR ENERGY IS
TRANSFORMED INTO
THERMAL ENERGY

SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR ENERGY IS
TRANSFORMED INTO
ELECTRICITY

RESEARCH STEPS
FORM HYPOTHESIS
MAKE A PROTOTYPE MODEL OF A SOLAR PANEL
INITIAL MEASURMENTS
CALCULATE ITS POWER
SEARCH FOR POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS AND
MAKE MODELS OF IMPROVED PANELS
ADDITIONAL MEASURMENTS
CALCULATE POWER OF THOSE PANELS
VERIFICATION OF HYPOTHESIS
OPTIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH

HYPOTHESIS
THE POWER OF OUR PROTOTYPE MODEL OF A
SOLAR PANEL WOULD INCREASE IF WE USED
LONG BLACK PIPE, BLACK MATTE LINING AND
MIRRORS

THE EQUATIONS FOR CALCULATION OF THE

POWER OF THE PANEL
=

2 2 ( )

P= 2
THE POWER IS PROPORTIONAL TO:
- THE VOLUME FLOW OF WATER
- THE SPECIFIC HEAT OF WATER 2
- THE TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
OUTGOING AND INCOMING WATER

WORK COURSE

MAKING OUR PROTOTYPE MODEL OF A PANEL

MEASURING (THE FLOW, TEMPERTURES )
CALCULATING THE POWER OF THAT PANEL
CHANGING THE PARAMETERS
STRINGING UP THE PIPES IN THE BOX
INSTALLING THE PLASTIC BOTTLE (FILLED WITH
WATER) IN THE POULTRY WATER SUPPLY DEVICE
INSTALLING THE THERMOMETERS (ONE AT THE
START AND ON THE END OF IT) AND VALVE
PREPARING THE REFLECTOR

WORK COURSE
START WITH MEASUREMENT OF THE
TEMPERATURE

PROBLEMS
PERFORATED PIPES
CURRENT FLOW OF THE WATER WAS NOT
CONSTANT

PROTOTYPE MODEL OF PANEL (1 )

BOX (PLASTIC)
PIPE
FOIL (ALUMINIUM)
STYROFOAM
MODEL OF A
POULTRY WATER SUPPLY DEVICE PROTOTYPE
SOLAR PANEL
PLASTIC BOTTLE (COCA COLA)

THERMOMETER AND VALVE

REFLECTOR
SCHEME OF PROTOTYPE
MOEL OF A SOLAR PANEL

RESULTS 1 *
PROTOTYPE MODEL OF A SOLAR PANEL

2,1

P [W]

0
*Pr - prototype

IMPROVEMENT no. 1 (2 )
PROTOTYPE MODEL OF PANEL
MIRROR (FOIL ALUMINIUM, CARTON)
ATTACHED TO STYROFOAM PLATE

ILLUSTRATION OF THE EXPECTED

REFLECTION OF THE LIGHT

HOME-MADE MIRROR

RESULTS 2
PANEL WITH MIRROR

3,4

4 P[W]

IMPROVEMENT no. 2 (3 )
PROTOTYPE MODEL OF PANEL
BLACK PIPE

OUR PANEL WITH BLACK PIPE

RESULTS 3
PANEL WITH BLACK PIPE

IMPROVEMENT no. 3 (4 )
PROTOTYPE MODEL OF PANEL
LONGER PIPE + BLACK MATTE LINING

OUR PANEL WITH LONGER PIPE AND BLACK MATTE LINING

RESULTS 4
PANEL WITH LONG PIPE + BLACK MATTE LINING

7,9

10

IMPROVEMENT no. 4 (5 )
PROTOTYPE MODEL OF PANEL
BLACK PIPE
BLACK MATTE LINING

OUR PANEL WITH BLACK PIPE AND BLACK MATTE LINING

RESULTS 5
PANEL WITH LONG PIPE + BLACK MATTE LINING

19,4

10

15

20

25

P[W]

RESULTS
OUR BEST IMPROVEMENT P[W]
WERE BLACK PIPE
+ BLACK MATTE LINING

PROTOTYPES

RESULTS
no.
measurment

input temp.

output temp.

volume of
the
water

time interval

power of the
panel

23

60

20.4

21.7

1.3

2.1

22

60

20.6

22.8

2.2

3.4

22

60

21

23.6

2.6

4.0

19

60

20.7

26.6

5.9

7.9

22

60

20.8

33.4

12.6

19.4

2 2

[W]

CONFIRMING OF THE HYPOTHESIS

WE PARTIALLY CONFIRMED THE HYPOTHESIS:
WE USED BLACK PIPE (NOT LONGER)
BLACK MATTE LINING
X WE HAVE NOT YET USED THE MIRRORS

FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS
BLACK COPPER PIPE
MOVING ROBOT (ON BATTERIES), WHICH
WOULD MOVE THE MIRRORS
GLAZED

FURTHER RESEARCH
HOW TO RECYCLE SOLAR PANELS?
HOW COULD THE SOLAR PANELS TRANSFORM
THERMAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICITY?