Kim & Garth Travis wrote: > Well I am not Keith, but I do use solar cooking methods on a continuous > basis. I think you are looking at using a parabolic dish style solar > cooker. There are examples of this style on the web as being used to cook > for whole villages or schools. The can produce heat in the 600-800 degree > F range. I have one I use with my wok. This dish can burn your eyes out > and start a major fire in a heart beat if you are not extremely > careful. The dish should be stored indoors if not in use, since if it > blows from its resting place in a storm, when the storm passes, it will > start a fire. > > Now I am done with the warnings, the parabolic does work very well for > heating large quantities of liquid but it does have a very focused heat > point so a heavy metal plate on the bottom of the barrel might be a great > way to heat the oil. > > Unfortunately I had a computer crash a while ago and no longer have the > website handy that I got my directions from, but there were lots of sites > to choose from. Good luck. > > Bright Blessings, > Kim [snip]
http://www.amasci.com/amateur/mirror.html This is a snazzy device I've been meaning to try for a variety of reasons, steam generation, desalination, melting stuff etc etc. If this was used, your comment above about a heavy metal plate at the focal point would be relevant. Regards, Andrew Lowe ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
