FLOS Liquid Fueled Lamp
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Basics
- A modern oil/alchohol/ether/other flammible liquid lamp
- Is as efficient as possible
- Can also be modified into a saftey lamp (firedamp in mining/checking for gas leaks)
- Good for areas with little electricity + provides light with little maitnence complexity (ie cloth is easier to find/make than led bulbs)
Used For
- Lighting
- Flammible Gas Detection
- Signaling
Industry Standards
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Basic Design
(Optional) Saftey Shroud
- Metal mesh or ceramic mesh
- Acts as a flame arrestor
Shroud
- Glass Shroud that allows light out
- Also acts as chimney/combustion chamber
Argand Wick
(Optional) Outside Wick Air Tubes
- Makes Air (or oxygen) flow more linearly through the shroud (as opposed to a sealed chamber being inneficient, or simple holes backblowing) thus increasing fuel to light efficiency
- Consists of J tubes roughly tanjent to the wick's circumference
(Optional) Internal Wick Air Tubes
- Makes Air (or oxygen) flow more linearly through the shroud (as opposed to a sealed chamber being inneficient, or simple holes backblowing) thus increasing fuel to light efficiency
- Consists of a tube inside the middle of the wick
Liquid Resevoir
- A bin the wick complex sits in to be wetted with the flamible liquid
Liquid Refil Option 1
Liquid Refil Option 2
- A Pump Fed Device using a crank and/or spring connected to a basic pump (Cheap peristalic perhaps?)
- More complex yet no shadows from gravity feed + spring could extend unaided run time
- (Could a stirling engine work with this?)
- This option is similar to this
Air Supplementation option
Oxygen Supplementation Option
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