Aquaflector

I'm developing a solar concentrator called the Aquaflector

Why would you want to do this? Well, one reason would be to make steam. This could be used for heating or running a turbine to create electricity

This is a picture of the aquaflector making steam in the afternoon. You can see the bright section in the middle where the light is focusing.

Another possibility is to use the intense light to make electricity a little more directly by putting the light on a solar panel. Solar cells make electrical energy that is proportional to the amount of light energy that falls on them. By putting 10 times the amount of light on a solar panel it is possible to make 10 times the amount of electricity.

Why hasn't this been done before??...well it has!

but there are few problems.

First the cell efficiency goes down as the temperature goes up. This means that to keep the increase in output, you need to keep the temperatures down. This means that some sort of cooling is necessary. I have decided that water cooling looks the most promising.
Secondly the cost of concentrator can defeat the cost saving from having fewer solar panels. Motors, mirrors, and moving parts all cost money. This is the problem the aquaflector was created for.

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