Just power it using solar panels?
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rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks agoyou know what would be a lot cooler? same thing not needing electricity (concentrated solar can get hot enough and heat can be stored in hot oil)
dan@upvote.au 2 weeks ago
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
concentrated solar heating gets you there using 1/4 of that space and allows for simple energy storage
FishFace@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
“simple” storage of burning hot oil mmhm
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
yeah you put it in a barrel, pump hotter oil through coiled pipe, hot (storage) oil floats to top, when you draw heat through another coiled pipe cold oil falls to bottom. just put mineral wool around it. much cheaper than batteries
solar water heaters work the same way except they use water
howrar@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
You can store the heat in oil, but how do you transfer it into cooking oil? It’s not like you can store it directly in cooking oil since it breaks down with heat.
boonhet@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Heat exchanger? I’m still not sure it’s a great idea though
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Yeah it has to be stored in heat-reststant heat transfer oil, that one won’t be edible. How to transfer that heat, like in every step before, using heat exchanger, like coiled pipe where that oil flows used as a hotplate or with air blown through it in air fryer
Bruhh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
But it wasn’t sunny today and I wanted fries :(
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
skill issue
Bruhh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
For a rain enjoyer, you sure like spreading pro sun propaganda
rain_enjoyer@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
There would be no rain without sun