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To: Red Badger

This idea is only several thousand years old.
The pot in pot refrigerator or Zeer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-in-pot_refrigerator#:~:text=A%20zeer%20is%20constructed%20by,evaporate%20effectively%20towards%20the%20outside.


6 posted on 04/27/2025 8:10:21 PM PDT by GMMC0987
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To: GMMC0987

Different principle. The “pot in pot refrigerator” or Zeer uses evaporative cooling. Evaporation requires energy (in the form of heat) to change the liquid into a vapor, drawing that heat from the environment or the remaining liquid, thus lowering the temperature.


13 posted on 04/27/2025 8:35:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Diversity is our Strength” just doesn’t carry the same message as “Death from Above”)
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