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I've saved thousands of dollars by building quality homemade greenhouses. In order to retain that savings, I find simple and inexpensive ways to heat them. That means I count on the sun to meet nearly all of my needs for heat.
Passive solar energy is one of the most cost-effective ways of heating a greenhouse and retaining heat during times when the sun isn't shining. Of all the solar energy techniques, passive solar is probably the oldest, least costly and most reliable.
The term passive means that there are no active component in the system of energy collection, storage and release. This means no pumps, fans, heaters or louvers that require electricity or fuel. By design, the system works all by itself without any help from you - except initial design and construction.
Before we look at passive methods of using solar energy, let's discuss four key principles of thermal energy (heat) that will help to explain how these solar heating systems work. Here they are in a nutshell.
- Energy is always trying to move to a lower state; hot things cool down by giving off their thermal energy to cooler things.
- Dark colored objects absorb heat readily; light colored objects absorb heat much more slowly.
- Dark colored objects emit (give off) energy readily; light colored objects emit heat much more slowly.
- We need good thermal mass to store and release energy. The material must have high density (heavy for its size) and low conductivity (doesn't warm up or cool down quickly). Water, concrete, brick, rock and moist soil are ideal to use as thermal mass.
Okay, let's dive in. Here are two simple, effective and inexpensive designs that I use for passive solar heating a greenhouse of mine. They both use scrap material, so the cost of the system is my time and the fuel it took to haul the materials.
The first design uses six 55-gallon black steel drums to hold water. I fill each drum to near the top, so that provides about 300 gallons of water to act as a heat absorber for the greenhouse during the day. At night, the drums release their thermal energy back into the greenhouse slowly.
The drums are located on the north wall where they get best light from the low angle winter sun. The backs of the drums are painted white to reduce the amount of heat they give off to the cold north wall. The black sides face the south where they release heat to the plants I am growing.
Water is one the most effective materials for thermal mass. The most challenging aspect of water is keeping it contained, and keeping it from freezing. No common item will hold heat quite like water.
The second design is 55-gallon steel drums cut in half widthwise so each makes two 1.5 foot high miniature raised beds. The half-drums are arranged in the greenhouse for growing taller plants like peppers and tomatoes, and filled with soil. Since they are round, there is always air space between the drums that help them warm up quickly as they are surrounded on all sides by warm air during the day.
The steel drums are burned clean inside and out, and left to oxidize as they naturally will. This provides a dark brown surface for thermal energy absorption and emission. The challenge to using half-drums is cutting them in half. I use a plasma torch, and this makes the job a snap. A regular torch will work, or a circular saw with a metal cutting blade would also work well.
Caution: the drums must be free of flammable or explosive materials before you cut them. I burn them out in a deep pit for a couple of hours to make certain the flammable material is gone before I cut into them.
The drums are an excellent way to retain heat in the greenhouse because they are filled with moist soil. Next to water, I can't think of a better material to use as thermal mass than moist soil. The rust colored drums emit energy readily, but the moist soil doesn't give it up too quickly.
Clair Schwan is an experienced gardener with three quality homemade greenhouses of his own design and construction. See detailed how-to discussions, vegetable gardening tips and photos of his greenhouses and vegetable gardening success at http://www.frugal-living-freedom.com
Manual Hand Drum Pumps
Although drums with their lids removed are frequently used in industrial environments for storing dry goods and for simple disposal of inert liquid waste, there are safety concerns about storing other chemicals and liquids in this manner, and under many circumstances, getting the contents out of the drum can be a problem. Fifty five gallon drums are too heavy to lift or pour from, and so, having the right kit to get the liquid out when the drum is vertical and stable is essential. There are a number of different manual hand drum pumps available on the market that are perfect for the job.
One of the main concerns that needs to be addressed when selecting the right manual hand drum pump for your requirements is to consider the kind of liquid that you are using. While lightweight oils and other thin liquids can be pumped easily with a standard pumping system, you will need a much more powerful version to lift thicker oils and liquids such as paint, which have more weight to them.
There are many different styles of manual hand drum pump available to meet your needs, and various different mechanisms are used to actually do the pumping. The most common style of pump is the piston pump, which works in a manner similar to a bicycle pump to draw the liquid out of the drum. While this is not the most efficient system in terms of its capacity, or the smoothness of a the flow of liquid that it generates, these piston pumps are still very useful, and offer excellent value for money along with bullet proof reliability thanks to their simple construction.
Moving forward from the simplest vertical manual hand drum pumps, you can get more power and a more efficient flow by using a lever pump to get the liquid out of the drum. You will find that thanks to the levering system, you are able to manage to pull liquid from the drum at a much greater rate, while the effort required in order to get the liquid out is reduced significantly. Although these pumps are slightly more complex than the standard piston pumps, they do work in fundamentally the same way, and as such are highly reliable, although they still provide a relatively uneven flow of liquid.
If you are working with extremely volatile, corrosive or harmful liquids, then one of the main concerns that you should have is to prevent any spillage, which could cause injury or damage. The uneven flow caused by a lever or piston pump increases the risk of the liquid being spilled, so it is worth considering a rotary action manual hand drum pump. Unlike traditional pumps, which use a piston system to draw up liquid from the drum, rotary pumps work by creating a constant flow of liquid.
Having the right kind of manual drum hand pump ready to get liquid out of a drum will reduce wastage from spills, and increase the safety of the workplace. This created greater efficiency and can increase profits thanks to the reduced waste, which means that the pump is a vital piece of equipment that should be thought about very carefully.
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Any tips on making a 55 gallon drum grill for cheap?
Been looking around and found no good DIY sites for helping on doing this.
Thank you
We made ours out of a keg.
We cut the top center of the dimpled groove around the upper portion of the Keg . then we cut the lower lip of the dimple off on the lower section.
Now the top sits right on top of the lower portion.
It has a handle on top , and every ones thinks it's the coolest idea.
I'm sure the same idea would work with a drum.
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The list of toxic, cancer-causing pollutants that foul the soil and water in and around Columbus Steel Drum in Gahanna is as long as it is old.
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