Hi Anil - I believe John Barrie at the Appropriate Technology Collaborative - "John Barrie" <[email protected]>, http://apptechdesign.org/ - has been working on such units. He may have some advice.
Josh On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:19 PM, nari phaltan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello! > > > > I am writing to you for your help in designing a small refrigerator for > rural poor. > > > > In our work with the poorest families in western Maharashtra in India, we > find that besides the need of good light and clean cooking technologies > these hut dwellers also need a small refrigerator to keep overnight their > milk (those with goats do not need one!) and leftovers so that they are not > spoiled. > > > > We have been providing good light and clean cooking system to about 23 > huts which do not have any electricity via our lanstove ( > www.nariphaltan.org/kerolanstove.pdf). Lanstove provides excellent light > and in its heat cooks a complete meal for a family of 5. > > > > We would like to explore the possibility of using the heat of lanstove > (1500 W, flue gas temperature ~ 350degrees Celsius) to also run a batchwise > absorption refrigerator unit which can cool a box of 1.5’ X 1.5’ X 1.5’ to > about 100C for 10-15 hours. In the old times there were Icyballs but they > used Ammonia/water mixture which is hazardous. I believe many new > mixtures may have come now. > > > Quite a few units running on evaporation of water have been developed but > in humid weather they do not work and hence the choice of absorption system. > > > > This is a great technological challenge to develop a small, safe > refrigerator running without electricity and will be a great contribution > of technologists to the people at the bottom of pyramid. > > > > I will be delighted to hear from you and also provide any other > information you need. > > > > Warm regards, > > > Anil > > -- > Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI) > Tambmal, Phaltan-Lonand Road > P.O.Box 44 > Phaltan-415523, Maharashtra, India > Ph:91-2166-222396/220945 > e-mail:[email protected] > [email protected] > > http://www.nariphaltan.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Stoves mailing list > > to Send a Message to the list, use the email address > [email protected] > > to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page > > http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org > > for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site: > http://www.bioenergylists.org/ > > > -- Josh Kearns PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering University of Colorado-Boulder Visiting Researcher, North Carolina State University Director of Science Aqueous Solutions www.aqsolutions.org Mobile: 720 989 3959 Skype: joshkearns
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