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"wind kettle"
- To: Pc Envirolink <permaculture@envirolink.org>, permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>, "Permaculture Assoc, UK" <permaculture.uk@btinternet.com>, Permaculture Drylands Inst <pdrylands@aol.com>, Permaculture Int Journal <tagari@norex.com.au>, Permaculture International Journal <pcjournl@nor.com.au>
- Subject: "wind kettle"
- From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
- Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 14:00:49 -0500
- Newsgroups: permaculture
- Organization: Permaculture Activist, Culture's Edge, Patterns for Abundance, and Earthaven Ecovillage
Keith
I was trying to run down information about a device Bill Mollison
described
in the course I took from him years ago. The device was supposedly
called a wind kettle which looked like a windmill on top of a tank.
Rotating vanes, in the tank, turned by the windmill passed very close to
fixed vanes in the tank. The turbulence (friction) supposedly heated
the water. Although I can imagine this working in theory, (a blender
can be used to heat water for instance), I have never seen mention of
one anywhere.
I have a design client in a developing country that has lots and lots
of wind and I thought this would be just the ticket if it already
manufactured and I could find
out where such a device is made.Appreciate your help.
dblume@igc.org
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