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Solar-powered fridge invented by British student helps poverty-stricken Africans

3 pointsby tofferover 16 years ago

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Retricover 16 years ago
This is a well known technology. The classic example uses 2 clay pot's, sand, and water.<p><a href="http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/pot_refrigerator/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/pot_refrigerator/index...</a><p>PS: Clay pot fr get's google to popup "Clay pot Frige" with 88k responses.
stryporzover 16 years ago
Spoiler: It's not solar powered, theres no carnot heat engine or solar cells involved. It's evaporative.