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Doable renewables : 16 alternative energy projects for young scientists / Mike Rigsby.

Rigsby, Mike, 1950- (Author).

Summary:

Shows readers how to create working models that generate renewable, alternative energy, including a Kelvin water drop generator, windmill, and nitinol spring wheel.

Record details

ISBN: 9781569767672
ISBN: 156976767X
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 195 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Simple heat engine -- Nitinol spring wheel -- Solar drinking bird -- The way the world works -- Stirling engine -- Solar seesaw -- Measuring tools -- Solar cell with concentrated sunlight -- Windmill -- Nitinol spring heat engine -- Thermobile -- Peltier cells -- Solar chimney -- Radiometer -- Kelvin water drop generator -- Ultracapacitor solar storage -- Heat-powered fan -- Wave generator -- Light efficiency -- Human-powered light -- Different dunking bird -- Electricity in the ground.

Source of Description Note:

Print version record.