I don't see what is such a big deal about working with ammonia. Every farmer (non organic) in the modern world handles it many times a year, and they're not known to be geniuses. Good plumbing procedure is a long way from rocket science. I wouldn't put a unit in my house but,there are many safe options.
kris --- James Slayden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Granted it has been around a long time and still used in > commercial > refridgeration, but I think that the utilization of a > sterling cycle > compressor is a better way to go. Yes, ammonia > refridgeration could be a > stepping stone, but again the concentrated ammonia is > highly poisonous. > Dunno, whats the lessor of two evils. > > James Slayden > > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Hakan Falk wrote: > > > > > James, > > > > Maybe I am starting to get old, but until around 35 > years ago it was the > > dominant method in refrigerators. It is also a very > common in nature and > > if > > I am not wrong it is to consider as a biogas, at least > when I was young > > and > > worked with horses. Concentrated it is dangerous, but > not more than some > > chemicals you use for making biodiesel. From an energy > saving view, a > > solar > > driven air conditioner would be great product. It is > built on "ready for > > use" technologies with some design changes. Could be a > winner and "silver > > bullet" products. Relatively short implementation > cycle, easy to > > manufacture, easy dimensioning, easy install and > familiar technology. > > Well > > worth to investigate in more detail. The key was to > lowering the demand > > on > > operating temperature and it seems that they found one > good solution to > > this. > > > > Hakan > > > > At 03:39 PM 2/25/2003 -0800, you wrote: > > >ammonia cooling is dangerous folks, be careful. > > > > > >On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Kris Book wrote: > > > > > > > It seems like most houses are well enough insulated > that > > > > they only need cooling when the sun is shining > brightly > > > > but, refrigeration of food and even greenhouses > could > > > > benefit greatly from using waste heat to power this > system > > > > during periods of low direct sunlight. > > > > > > > > kris > > > > > > > > > > > > --- David Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > on the same though.. why not use the waist heat > from a > > > > > veggie diesel > > > > > co-generator for the heat source of this type of > system. > > > > > > > > > > david > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://members.aon.at/solarfrost/main.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuels list archives: > > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list > address. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! > Terms of Service. > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list > address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
