The World's First Jet Powered Beer Cooler
An amazing story of a New Zealand man and what he invented to keep his beer cold while in his shed.From a scientific viewpoint it is brilliant, well executed and documented with text & photos. But possibly it's a bit silly, or just a labour of love.. it is pretty insane to think that it's a good way to cool beer by burning large amounts of fuel.  From the site: I knew from some long forgotten physics lecture that when a liquid expands into a gas it will draw heat from its surroundings. And I happened to have a source of a suitable liquid right in my shed in the form of a LPG cylinder (liquid petroleum gas). Obviously it would not do to evaporate vast quantities of a flammable gas into the closed confines of my garage. That would probably be dangerous. What I needed was a way to remove the dangerous gas. The solution was obvious. The gas is flammable so why not burn it. Burning the gas with a normal burner would not use up the gas fast enough to give me any serious cooling. What I needed was a way to use up a lot of fuel very, very quickly. What I needed was a jet engine! As everyone knows jet engines use a lot of fuel. And a smallish one running in my shed would use up enough fuel from my gas bottle to sufficiently cool my beer. The inventor, named Simon Jansen is also the creator of wonders such as The Slot Car Camera - Watch the video, a classic. To find out more visit: http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/ http://www.asciimation.co.nz Also see: Turbocharger Gas Turbine: A homemade jet engine. http://www.asciimation.co.nz/turbine/ Email this story to a friend  Add this link to:            
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