Member Rich
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I am in northern VT. I have been researching out the same problem. Verge permaculture on YouTube has plans and is running tests on a geothermal design. I am considering using composting heat capture in combination with a rocket mass heater. The composting bin would be built into the side of greenhouse. The compartment it creates on the inside would be the base for a water tank/ fish tank. The rocket heater would be vented thru the thermal mass wall much like a kachelofen design. But I am open to any ideas and would appreciate any discussion of pros/cons before the build.
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I don’t think he has it for sale yet because he just revealed his proof of concept. But check out Justin Metcalf from Metcalf Mills on YouTube. He may also be best person to ask for anything milk related
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Well…. if you start with a pound of bacon and fry it all up, then if you prepare this dish fast enough you may have the necessary 3 strips left.
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Pineapple growing system? First I have heard of it. Please elaborate.
One design thought is to have the two small rocket stoves and their chimney be a platform for an aquaculture tank.
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I hope to keep some year round plants that require warmer weather. My goal is to be able to keep it warm enough year round.
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I was hoping to combine the clean burn of the rocket with the heat capture and radiatnce of the Kacheloven (the Eastern Europe stone ovens). They were designed to be fired once or maybe twice a day. The fires heated the mass and it radiated thru the rest of the day or night. The rocket heaters ( one under each side of the fish tank) would be down low. Their mass would be the platform for the tank and the water in the tank. The exhaust would be built in the thermal wall just like the chimney of the kacheloven. The gases being snakes thru slowly up and out. The goal being to help “charge” the thermal mass of the radiant wall. Any heat transferred to the air should be captured and forced back down into the soil be the design of the greenhouse as a solar batttery.
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My thought on rocket mass heaters was to build them into the thermal wall of the greenhouse. Run the chimney up thru wall to extract most of heat before venting to outside.