On 20 Jan 2004 at 12:38, alex wrote: > I, for one, can't figure > out how could he make his wind-operated desalinator work - PUR-06 unit He has a picture of it on his web site: http://www.kolumbus.fi/timo.noko/purpur.jpg Not obvious from the photo how it works, though he says it can use bicycle pedals as well. There seems to be a crank at the windmill hub, but I can't make out where it goes. Pretty big contraption for a kayak. Rube Goldberg would be proud. The wind there looks pretty stiff - that might help, but I have doubts about making a wind powered desalinator that is effective. When I looked into automating desalination (none too seriously), my back-of-the-envelope calculations told me I couldn't power it with a reasonable sized solar panel and battery combo. Wind is potentially better than solar in terms of energy density, but still... Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jan 20 2004 - 13:17:10 PST
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