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.