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Mylar material- My thinking is that we would put this mylar material on the roof of the Greenhouse to capture the heat from the sun, not letting the heat escape.


I was also thinking of putting this material as blinds on a window but the material would be on the roof. If the Greenhouse gets too hot, pull off the mylar and let the Greenhouse "breath" if you will.


Mylar is available for $50 at Home Depot.
" It is reffered to as aluminized mylar and is readily available commericially. The upper lateral margins of surfaces are desginated by the numeral. The ourvature at margins is such that all radiant engery passing though transparent top adjacent margins will be reflected in the general direction of apex. This is true regardless of the angle at which the light enters and strikes margins."("Solar Collector." Google Books. <http://www.google.com/patents?id=Lwg8AAAAEBAJ>)

The mylar will capture the rays of the sun while containing the heat within the Greenhouse. The "blinds" idea came about to solve the problem that if there is too much heat within the Greenhouse someone can roll up the mylar, and allow the structure to cool down.




For the Biomass oven, the best way to go about this is to buy a funnel that has a sifter that is attached to the bottom. The Biomass will drop within the oven at a certain rate and at the same time the oven will have a sifter and the ashes of the char will drop within a bucket that can be dumped out every morning.