Jack, I'm intrigued by this. Am wondering how you envision establishing a passive swamp cooler setup? That is, no pump. I understand how you will move the air (via heat convection with the solar chimney). But how will you move the water to keep the the pads moist? Or would this require refilling a tank with a drip line every few hours?
Best, ken winston caine On Sep 3, 3:51 pm, Jack Senechal <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot of national parks use the solar chimney for ventilation of outhouse > style toilets. It is very effective. They use about a 9 inch diameter PVC > pipe that goes up the entire side of the building and several feet above, so > it gets a good amount of sun exposure. I think you could do it with smaller > pipe but surface area is definitely important. > > You could use that to create the vacuum and pair it with a swamp cooler type > setup at the intake vent, thus having a passive cooling system that operates > most strongly when it is most needed. That is, when the sun is shining. > On Aug 26, 2011 8:38 PM, "ken winston caine" <[email protected]> > wrote: -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
