PYRHELIOPHOR O Gaper Weber Tim Souek Lea Rebernik
PYRHELIOPHOR O Gašper Weber, Tim Souček, Lea Rebernik & Nuša Rojec
• The pyrheliophoro was invented in 1900 by portougese scientiste Manuel António Gomes known as Father Himalaya.
Manuel António Gomes • Father Himalaya • Born in 1868, in Cendufe • Father Himalaya was only seventeen when he built a machine that could transform nitrogen and increase the fertility of the soil
• He was a priest, a vegetarian, a Nature lover, a self trained biologist and a practitioner of natural medicine. • He became member of the Portuguese Science Academy. • He died in 1933 in Portugal.
In his life Father Himalaya travelled all around the world…
The sun machine • A gigantic solar furnace with equally gigantic lens • It means » I bring the sun's fire « • First experiment in October 1903 • Built and presented in 1904, in St. Louis, at the World’s Great Exhibition
• 80 squared meters • Reaches 3500°C • 6177 tiny mirrors • Steel frame 13 meters high • Painted a bright blue
Function
Use of pyrheliophoro • To provide energy: – for the production of hot water or steam – for industrial processes
Pyrheliophoro was made in 21 st century. It was presented in British television miniseries James May's Big Ideas.
• This invention way extremely important because it was the base of the creation of the first solar collectors and photovoltaic modules. • Despite this enormous success, the Pyrheliophoro has never been commercialised.
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