Heating water in a solar collector

A small beaker with water is placed in a model solar collector. Observe how well the water in the beaker can be heated up.

Benefits

• Experiment is part of a complete solution set with a total of 17 experiments for Renewable Energy Basics and Heat energy
• Safe experimentation: the lamp is protected against touch, the housing is well ventilated with the aid of holes and is only slightly heated
• Stable setup by using the optical bench

Tasks

1. How can one heat up water with a solar collector?

Learning objectives

• Solar collector