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  • Solar Powered Oven [Project Idea Discussion]

    Ankita Katdare

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    Updated: Oct 27, 2024
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    I just read about a new DIY project by designer Gabriele Diamanti that he undertook as an inexpensive solution to desalinate water that was available to households. And so he developed a ceramic solar still called the "Eliodomestico" that operates like an “upside-down coffee percolator”.

    Built using two ceramic pieces that sit one atop the other. Inside the top piece is a black container into which salt water is poured. The sun heats the container, turning the water to steam. As pressure builds, the steam is forced down a tube into a container in the lower piece. There it condenses against the lid and collects in the basin of the container.

    You can read more on this project here - <a href="https://www.gabrielediamanti.com/projects/eliodomestico" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.gabrielediamanti.com</a>

    It would be great if CEans can discuss on ideas of bettering such a project.
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Administrator • Sep 9, 2012

    I like the idea. Wondering how much would be the cost of the project.
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  • Rupam Das

    Member • Sep 12, 2012

    Solar water1
    I already built one and patented, 3-Mode powered, sun battery (ya car battery) as well as AC. Purified water. We are drinking water of my system at our office. Oh, its under $100.
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Member • Sep 12, 2012

    In 1962 Prof.Sengupto, the first director of IIT Madras built a solar still that produced distilled water. I was operating the still and used the out put for the Chem Engg lab. Years later we developed a much cheaper version at the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore. A floating version More like a floating umbrella has been developed (in Spain I think) for getting drinking water for ship wrecked sailors. The idea could be used for desalination even without a ship wreck.
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