Recent Research On Rocket Mass Heaters (& Bell Design)
There appears to be a huge amount of traffic and discussion through different internet forums about rocket mass heaters and reports from the authors on sales of the book on the subject confirm this incredible surge in interest. I am quite certain that this excitement stems from the tangible possibility that the rocket mass heater concept offers to individuals and families to build their own affordable efficient wood-fired heating system. I thought it would be interesting and useful to offer the following synthesis of recent research I have been directly involved in and links to information that others have provided to feed more fuel to the fire of this interesting global conversation. Article Table of Contents: The Difference between Rocket Stoves and Rocket Mass Heaters First, a clarification regarding terms may be useful. The Book on Rocket Mass Heaters There is a wonderful book on Rocket Mass Heaters. The MHA Experience Construction Processes with Commentary Conclusion: Suggest a link!
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Build your own solar-powered water pumping station by Jeffrey Yago, P.E., CEM
In the last issue, there was an excellent article by Dorothy Ainsworth on water pumping using mechanical windmills. In this issue I will address another form of "free" water pumping. There are many remote applications where a solar-powered water pump is more cost effective than installing a conventional grid-connected AC pump. I recently designed a solar-powered pumping system for a local farmer wanting to pump water from a lake up to a watering trough for cattle in a distant fenced field. We have also designed larger systems to pump directly from drilled wells up to elevated storage tanks, which provide gravity-fed water back down to remote ranch buildings. Basic system description These solar applications made economic sense because the location was too remote to run a long power line. By adding a storage tank and increasing the size of the pumping system, excess pumped water can be stored, which can continue to supply water during the night or when it's cloudy and the pump is off.
14 Bright Ideas For A Better Wood Stove
The 14 finalists for the Wood Stove Design Challenge will be formally judged during a weeklong Wood Stove Decathlon at the National Mall in November, when a team of stove, air quality, and combustion experts will select the winning stove based on five criteria: emissions, efficiency, affordability, innovation, and ease of use. Throughout the challenge we'll see plenty of innovation, but its impact could be insignificant unless we—the consumers—embrace clean-burning technology in meaningful numbers. And that's less likely to happen if next-generation stoves lack compelling benefits or are simply unappealing to the end user. Here's where you can help. We'll present a separate People's Choice award to the stove you think is the most innovative.
How to pack a whole lot of living into 221 square feet
One of the key limitations in the design of many tiny houses is the fact that they have to be built on trailer chassis. Many zoning bylaws have minimum building sizes to keep the riffraff out and the property taxes up; many building codes have minimum room sizes and other rules that make it very hard to build small. By having wheels, it becomes a recreational vehicle and it can sneak under a lot of radars. © Tiny House Build Andrew and Gabriella Morrison have pulled it off in their 221 square foot home and write about it (and how they live in it) on the Tiny House Blog. To our surprise we have not felt, at any point, that we have had to make any compromises or sacrifices in our self designed and built home. By putting the kitchen at one end and the bathroom at the other, they are able to use the full width of the trailer and make them generous. The bathroom is also generous, which you need if you are going to use a big Sun-Mar composting toilet (and the bigger, the better.
100 Best DIY Sites on the Web
100 Best DIY Sites on the Web Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 6:06pm by Site Administrator DIY offers a great way to take on personal projects and make things your own. Although often DIY focuses primarily on home improvement, the DIY ethic expands out to arts, technology, and so much more. Check out these categories and more in our list of DIY sites that’s sure to get you inspired to get up and make something yourself. Home Improvement In these sites, you’ll find fun and useful projects to take on at home. Arts & Crafts Whether you want to learn how to make your own macro lens, or just find a knitting pattern, these sites will have what you’re looking for. Tech Find everything you want to know about hacking gadgets, electronics, and more from these sites. Makezine: Learn how to make your own fun electronic and tech toys with this site.Freedom to Tinker: Check out this site to learn how to modify and repair tech devices.Hack This Site! Lifehacking General
Less Popular Google Search Tips
There’s not a day that passes by without searching for information on Google. We’re pretty sure that you’re aware of some advanced Google search operators like AND, NOT, etc. but here are some lesser known tricks that you can implement when you’re searching on Google. We bet you wouldn’t know at least one of these! 1. Some of you would have known the site: search operator. Forget the site operator and use the at keyword instead. 2. The nerds among us would frequently use the define: keyword to look up for definitions. You needn’t necessarily use the define keyword anymore to get definitions in search results. 3. AROUND(n) is an undocumented search operator and it will be of immense use when you’re looking for pages with two terms separated by n number of words. 4. You can use the tilde (~) operator to search for pages that not only contain the word that follows it, but also its synonyms. The next time you’re looking for cheap mp3 players, try searching for [~cheap mp3 players].
tryin2lhard
Hi guys this is a short? Video about the rocket stove forum that me and ppotty1 has put together, as well I want to ask you guys if your seriously interested about rocket stove development and experimentation to please check out the new forum and as well I would ask if you would please visit ppotty1's channel and jzxmissile's channel and subscribe to these guys, I will tell you there will be some very exciting developments to come that I speak about in the video and these two guys are ones to keep an eye on for future developments.Check for the links below. I want to thank ppotty1's son for making the new forum a reality. he took the time to build the site and have to say we really needed his help on that. ppotty1's channel here jzxmissile's channel here The new rocket stove forum here
