Solar Dome

The main idea is come through the way of making fire with convex lens. Convex lens can focus sun rays and increasing the temperature more than 100 degrees of Celsius. Even though in cloudy days. This way of making power is cheaper than solar cells and also the price of maintenance is lower than solar cells. In this idea water circulate through some thin pipe that made from cupper. This circulate doesn't need any electric pumping system because the water source is in higher place in the dome and water can circulate with the power of gravity. Water goes into the spiral way of cupper pipe that is in the back of each convex lens. lens focus the sun rays into the cupper spiral and water become more hot till reach to the focus point that have higher temperature .meanwhile water temperature reach to the boiling point and make steam . Please note that thickness of pipe is about 3 millimeter and the speed of water is too slow until water can become to steam. Because of low density of steam than water, steam can rise and exit into the return pipe that go straightly to the very simple and small steam generator. some power go for daily usage and excess energy go for saving in battery that placed in the first three rows of dome's blocks ( because in this position sun light is too weak for making power and putting convex lens system. (Battery use for very cloudy days and nights) This process is same as other spiral ways that all of them are in the bottom of convex lens. Dome shape structures have two superior compared to other shapes First, convex lens on this shape can use the solar power in each direction because solar power has different direction in each times and seasons. Second, dome shape structure can be self-standing and walls and roofs can build simultaneous. We have only 14 types of wooden blocks that with these types we can make all parts of the dome. All types can made from different materials such as compressed recycle plastic but it's better to use plywood. each block has a wide map that made from 6 faces (such as cubes ) after that CNC machine cut them then they assemble together such as puzzle and placed into the correct place of the dome . Architecture can use basic rules of physics and fluid mechanic to achieve sustainable architecture and solve climate change issues such as this idea.

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