Passive Solar Design ITT Technical Institute Cap Stone [ April 6‚ 2012 ] Passive Solar Design Passive solar homes are houses designed to use the suns energy to heat the home. With this design it is also easy to cool these homes. The design has been around since men have walked the earth. It is so basic that it often gets over looked by architectural designers today. With the price of fossil fuel‚ and global warming‚ we can no longer over look this housing design. Our ancestors
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THE SOLAR SYSTEM T The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical objects gravitationally bound in orbit around it‚ all of which formed from the collapse of a giant molecular cloud approximately 4.6 billion years ago. The vast majority of the system’s mass (well over 99%) is in the Sun. Of the many objects that orbit the Sun‚ most of the mass is contained within eight relatively solitary planets whose orbits are almost circular and lie within a nearly flat disc called the ecliptic
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Planets of our Solar System The Earth: The earth is the fifth largest planet of the solar system. The life is possible on the earth because its gravity is sufficient to hold atmosphere and best conditions for sustaining life. It contains a large amount of water in the form of oceans. 71% parts of the total area is covered with water and the remaining 29% is covered with land. The temperature of the centre of the earth is 2000° C. The circumference of the earth is 40‚000 km. The earth completes
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The Origin of the Solar System A cloud of interstellar gas and/or dust (the "solar nebula") is disturbed and collapses under its own gravity. The disturbance could be‚ for example‚ the shock wave from a nearby supernova. As the cloud collapses‚ it heats up and compresses in the center. It heats enough for the dust to vaporize. The initial collapse is supposed to take less than 100‚000 years. The center compresses enough to become a protostar and the rest of the gas orbits/flows around it
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The objects in the asteroid belts that are contained within the Solar System affect life on Earth today. These asteroid belts are the main asteroid belt and‚ the Kuiper Belt. Since these belts contain so many objects‚ there is diversity present within the objects. The asteroid belts consist of many categories of asteroids‚ the sizes of which‚ can vary greatly‚ ranging from a few meters to miles long. However‚ the mass of all discovered asteroids is still less than Earth’s mass. This is logical since
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Dawn Hurley Dr. Jeff Smith Speech 101 10 May 2013 Solar Panels John Burroughs an American Naturalist in 1916 once said “The Fuel on Earth will be exhausted in a thousand years or more‚ and its mineral wealth but man will find substitutes for these in the winds‚ the waves and heat and so forth.” Have you ever thought of what would happen to civilization once we begin to exhaust one of our precious and efficient source of energy‚ Oil? Luckily Scientists have been researching the answer
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Propulsion Solar Car | Introduction:MiniScience’s Solar Racer activity introduces students to alternative energy concepts while incorporating problem solving‚ design and modeling. In addition‚ students will experience using hand tools as they construct their solar vehicle. | | Students can explore: * Propulsion types and drive concepts * Basic soldering techniques and electronic concepts * Alternative energies like solar power Teacher Preparation:During construction of the solar racer vehicle
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Solar Energy 01-15-2014 Rebekah Layton Solar Energy‚ a type of energy not extracted from the ground‚ but instead‚ emitted by the sun. After driving its way through several layers of atmospheres to earth from about ninety-three million miles away‚ the land‚ water‚ and plants soak up about half of it while the other half makes its way back into space. This type of energy is unlike any other. It comes with significant benefits such as not costing money to obtain‚ causing
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Solar Panels Vs. Trees Many consumers have several questions if whether or not if their neighbors can block access to their solar panels with shading. In the case of Solar vs. Trees‚ the trees are the ones that block the solar panels from direct sunlight. Both these men are environmentally friendly. “In terms of loving the environment it seems that neither one can top the other.” (NPR 62) When it comes to the decision of cutting down trees to get sunlight for solar panels‚ which one seems to have
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Concentrated Solar Power An Analysis on Solar Thermal Power and its Application Hassan Almutawa and Chavis Sabin Abstract Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is a renewable energy source that converts the radiation from the Sun into thermal energy. CSP plants collect solar energy throughout the day and can continue to provide electricity for up to six hours after dark using thermal storage. CSP plants can only be built in arid flat areas with a high annual solar radiation rating. Many countries
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