if you've got the guts (or maybe madness) for steam, you can use a concentrator made out of a scrap satellite dish and broken mirrors to turn a more space effective engine, and you can use the secondary energy to drive other things like domestic water, etc.
---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:25:12 +0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] solar collector window > > Indeed. Low-yield photo-thermal is interesting to me right now. There seems > to me to be useful energy available in indirect hot-water collectors at > stagnation, if one has space for a bulky low-stressed Stirling engine and > isn't greedy for energy. > > However, what is lacking in the solar world is a set of rules-of-thumb, that > would allow people to get some sort of idea of what sort of yield they might > expect for any given level of effort. The people who could benefit most from > appropriate solar energy are least in a position to experiment. Climates > differ and solar radiation varies from moment to moment, but there must > surely be more scope for workable guidelines for the informal constructor > than what is out there now. > > Best regards > > Dawie Coetzee > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Jason Mier > To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org > Sent: Monday, 24 August, 2009 11:52:45 > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] solar collector window > > >> I don't >> really know my way round solar stuff (yet - next stop maybe), so my >> sense of what smells right doesn't go very far. > > Keith, > > don't sell yourself short, solar is simple. you only really have two options, > transferring energy, or reflecting it. the only hangup is PV uses expensive > chemicals to do it. > > solar thermal > solar steam (a little risky) > reflective insulation (window quilts, etc.) > solar refrigeration!! > http://www.solarmirror.com/www_jul01/fridge.html > > given the proper application of junk, baling wire, and good math, anyone can > do solar power, its not rocket surgery as the professionals would like us to > think. > > if everybody realized how simple it was the "pros" would be out of work- just > like anything else. > > as you say "Follow the money." > > jason > _________________________________________________________________ > Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. > http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: /pipermail/attachments/20090824/b6fedd63/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://windowslive.com/Campaign/SocialNetworking?ocid=PID23285::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:SI_SB_online:082009 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
