@aki not soo much, actually , Bosch (Ive always wondered how the pronunciation is done) have developed one called the protos (http://w1.siemens.com/responsibility/en/sustainable/protos.htm), using more or less the same technology as the old kerosine lamps and stoves. Only problem i have with them is the barrel for pressurizing is separate from the burner, making it look like some kind of gas cooker & cylinder layout.
Updates:
1: Jatropha is turning out to be a big hoax, Im working on a fuller document with images, production data and real life experience from all over. Check this note for a sneak.
2: Coconut is good for making biodiesel, but generally, it is good to go as a diesel as is. Some brave kenyans have risen to the occassion, promising me that we first start with biodiesel / diesel -> biodiesel alone -> coco oil/diesel ->coco oil / biodiesel and finally coco oil alone. All this within about one year. here is another note on the same.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:40 PM, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:01 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Here is the challenge, adapt or develop a cooking stove that uses
>> plant oil. Castor, coconut, elianto, etc. Im thinking if volumes are
>> worked up due to this, you would only need to buy one oil, for the
>> stove and the pan.
>> Anyway, the challenge is the physical characteristics of viscousity,
>> and the carbon deposits after running an hour. There is one done by
>> siemens called the 'protos' just that the stove is in two pieces and
>> still cost is a problem. Any willing creative thinkers?
>
>
> Hello Brainac aka Areba... :-) some problems with using cooking oils.
> The normal burning heat temperature produced not hot enough to produce that
> blue flame useful for cooking. Like trying to use a candle flame to cook?
> Also, atomizing using compression will require how many bars on the psi
> scale?
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