James,
If you can show me how the sterling will run from 80 degree Celsius solar heated warm water, I think we have an absolute winner. If then the compressor would work with a gas that is not dangerous or contribute to Global warming. A fantastic solution that definitely have my support. Hakan At 10:10 AM 2/26/2003 -0800, you 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 ---------------------~--> New Yahoo! Mail Plus. More flexibility. More control. More power. Get POP access, more storage, more filters, and more. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Hcb0iA/P.iFAA/46VHAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
