Thanks, Mike. This is all really interesting. Through Internet correspondence I know a researcher named Dr. Steven E. Jones, formerly a university physics professor. (He lost his employment due to his "controversial" research pertaining to the physics and chemistry of 11 September, 2001.) Dr. Jones has many interests, one of which is a low-cost solar stove he developed with his university students. Here's one link. There are others:
http://peswiki.com/index.php/OS:Steven_E._Jones_Solar_Funnel_for_Cooking I studied his design once, and it seemed to me that even people in poor countries could make these at minimal cost. I mentioned the idea of using the stove as a still for making distilled water for silver generators. (I believe his former university has several researchers working in that area.) These stoves could certainly be shared by many members of a community, given the low water requirements of your design. Dr. Jone's design is all public domain, as is other recent work on new electronic circuits that reportedly drain very, very little energy from batteries -- a claim that is certain to be challenged, and the basis of which he admittedly does NOT understand. Everything about the circuit is disclosed on one of his websites -- I think he's on YouTube also -- for the same reasons you're doing public disclosure -- to prevent IP problems and keep the technology available to everyone. There are a number of other solar stoves, of course, but Jone's looks really simple and fairly safe. (I saw a video of a mirror-based solar concentrator built by some young guy who was cutting thick boards in half with it. That could boil water fast, but also take off body parts!) Thanks again for your work. Hope this helps. On 2011/09/14, at 10:06, Mike Monett wrote: > "Jonathan B. Britten" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Any success in creating a very simple, very low-cost system would >> be of great value worldwide, especially if the current high price >> of sliver (probably speculative) passes away and the metal goes >> back to under ten dollars per ounce. > >> SOTA Instruments once sold a relatively low-cost pulser/generator >> but discontinued it due to some problems with the sealed >> electronic enclosure. Even this device was about 50 dollars, >> pricing it out of the market of people who need it most, some of >> whom live in a dollar or two per day. > >> Mike's idea of putting everything in the public domain is >> wonderful, because it would enable volunteer groups in many >> countries to assemble inexpensive units to sell at costs local >> people in many countries could handle. Because many are in "the >> global south," as they say, a cheap solar chip could supplement or >> replace the 9V battery. This has great potential. > >> Some researchers have made inexpensive "solar still" designs, and >> if links to these were published along with the other information, >> it would be helpful. > > Hi Jonathan, > > Good to hear from you again! > > One significant advantage of the SilverCell process is it uses a > minimum of the consumables. The silver electrodes are short length > of 12 ga 0.999 fine silver, and they will last a long time. > > Due to the use of sublingual absorption, only a small amount of cs > is used for each dose. Instead of 250ml, only about 50 ml is used. > > The cs is not ingested, but is expelled after about 12 minutes. > > So the requirement for distilled water is only 20% of the amount > needed in conventional cs systems. > > The current requirement is very low. I calculate that a 9 Volt > alkaline should last for about 110 brews of 400ml each. This works > out to around 2 years for one person, and it breaks down to a very > small cost per dose. > > Also, the SilverCell can use discarded batteries that are too weak > to drive boom boxes. There is a plentiful supply of these, so there > should be no problem getting batteries to make cs. > > The main problem will be getting good quality distilled water. > > Perhaps we could develop a solar still that might deliver a high > enough quality to work. > > After all, what does a distiller need? Heat. > > What does the sun give? > > Heat. > > Maybe a simple mirror to focus the energy, and some low leaching > materials to conduct the water and vapor as required. > > If you have any information on people who may have already done > this, please let me know. > > Best Regards, > > Mike Monett > SilverCell > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > >
