XIII. Update [compiled by transcribist]In later experiments Steven E. Jones and Christopher McMillan of Brigham Young University tested different bases for the cooking pot used in the Solar Funnel, published on the web in the article "Tests of the Solar Funnel and Bowl Cookers in 2001. According to Jones, the rabbit-wire stand they tested has proven to be much better than the wooden block detailed in this article."We found immediately that raising the vessel off the bottom of the cooker using a rabbit-wire stand provided more rapid and even heating than the wooden block used previously. Placing the jar or pot on a wire stand allows as much reflected light onto the cooking vessel as possible. This allows even the bottom of the cooking container to absorb thermal energy that is reflected off the lower portion of the funnel."Sloe leaves[Image: 11.jpg -- Photo Description: This photo shows two different sized cylinders, made of rabbit wire -- fencing material for rabbits, made of crossed wires tacked together, so to make a single sheet. A black pot is being lowered into the cylinders, and will come to rest on a wire cross, inside the cylinder, made from wires going from one side of the cylinder to the other.]For questions regarding the complete Solar Funnel Cooker kit using aluminized Mylar and a jar for the cooking vessel, please contact CRM at +1 (801) 292-9210. Recent updates to this project can be found at http://physics1.byu.edu/jones/rel491/solarbowl.htm.
In later experiments Steven E. Jones and Christopher McMillan of Brigham Young University tested different bases for the cooking pot used in the Solar Funnel, published on the web in the article "Tests of the Solar Funnel and Bowl Cookers in 2001. According to Jones, the rabbit-wire stand they tested has proven to be much better than the wooden block detailed in this article.
"We found immediately that raising the vessel off the bottom of the cooker using a rabbit-wire stand provided more rapid and even heating than the wooden block used previously. Placing the jar or pot on a wire stand allows as much reflected light onto the cooking vessel as possible. This allows even the bottom of the cooking container to absorb thermal energy that is reflected off the lower portion of the funnel."
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[Image: 11.jpg -- Photo Description: This photo shows two different sized cylinders, made of rabbit wire -- fencing material for rabbits, made of crossed wires tacked together, so to make a single sheet. A black pot is being lowered into the cylinders, and will come to rest on a wire cross, inside the cylinder, made from wires going from one side of the cylinder to the other.]
For questions regarding the complete Solar Funnel Cooker kit using aluminized Mylar and a jar for the cooking vessel, please contact CRM at +1 (801) 292-9210. Recent updates to this project can be found at http://physics1.byu.edu/jones/rel491/solarbowl.htm.