Solar Kitchen

The Solar Kitchen, located in Auroville, India, uses a stationary spherical reflector to focus light to a linear receiver, perpendicular to the sphere s interior surface, where steam, used for kitchen process heat, is produced. 

The well-worn copy in the library of The Johns Hopkins University contains the neatly pencilled mnemonic Solar physicists don t find giraffes hiding in kitchens for the spectroscopic sequence s, p, d, f,... 

Figure 2.4 Orange at Home House (2001), an average Hertfordshire house is turned into a remote-controlled show home (UK). The house is powered partly by solar panels on the roof and is equipped with energy-saving innovations, such as, a hot-air recovery system that draws warm air from the kitchen and bathroom to heat the cooler rooms. Secnrity is totally automated, and the front door can be opened with a mobile phone, room temperatnre can be set by yelling at the walls.

Applications artificial stones (filled products) for injection molded bath sinks and kitchen worktops, automotive duster lenses, bone cement, car rear lights, composites, dials, ffesnel lenses, household items, light guides, medical applications (e.g., bone cement, dental prosthetics, eledronic instrument lenses, hip spacer), optical components, optical fibers, point-of-purchase displays, rods, solar collector lenses ... 

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