Can the Solar Death Ray boil water and so what? #physics #science

[Kantutero]

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Solar death ray vs annoying neighbour

[LouSasshole]

Be careful mentioning alternative energy sources, the government doesn't like those very much

[xavierpaquin]

As long as the _solar death ray_ doesn't burn a hole through the pot itself... although that would be totally _rad._

[kxs]

"Could power a steam engine"
*The government would like to know your location*

[lambda_calc]

You said that the energy is dispersed instead of absorbed by the water, and I imagine part of the reason for that is its reflectivity. Mirrors and magnifying lenses melt under the intense heat of the death ray, but water seems to reflect/refract the light instead. I wonder if that means that you could create a mirror or lense out of a globe of water to further focus the death ray.

[MoaningGit]

If the pot is black it will heat more efficiently

[nicholasrogge]

Same thing happens with a solar thermal plant, just with mirrors instead of a lens. It's generally not as effective as photovoltaics now since they're so cheap, efficient, and you can put them basically anywhere the sun hits.

[rzvmyew]

This could be a great backpacking fire starting option/ cooking /boiling. Granted it needs to be sunny out.

[Nvoy]

imagine someone accidently walking through an industrial sized death ray

[Enesidaone]

If we’re talking about alternative energy sources, people have been experimenting with Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy for a while now. Stuff like the SOLAR Project, the solar thermal power plants in the Mojave Desert, or the Odeillo solar furnace in France.

There’s a lot of interesting things you can accomplish with concentrated solar (which is a slightly different branch of renewable energy than regular solar energy), but it’s not feasible in just any location. And you have to set it up in such a way where it doesn’t cook birds out of the sky mid-flight or otherwise disrupt the local ecosystem. It is doable though.

[Nordisk]

"Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!"

[lennik]

am I the only one that sees Hank from Breaking bad in him

[jimhim]

You should make a heat exchanger that sits in the water. The top would absorb the light and transfer the heat more efficiently

[AdityaPatil]

Please try phone battery next time sir.😅😅😅 Eager to see the results

[mokn]

Would love to see experimentations involving the steam power

[AjHxze-lxjn]

Literally melts rocks but he’s curious if it’ll boil water? Makes sense

[Coffee_n_Opera]

Dude everytime I pass ur shorts I think ur the firefighter actor guy lol

[ericreid]

This is actually how they make tower-based solar farms. Except instead of water, they use sodium.

[mercurytempest]

I allways thought of this, my teacher told me "you can't create infinite potable water with salt water and energy, it cost too much" but i allways thought that in a passive or direct way sun allways can make "potable" (or at least distilled) water, ill investigate about this and how you can use free energy to make potable water.

[robertdavis]

"hmmm it melts pretty much anything I put up against it... I wonder if it'll boil water..." 😂