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Pictures of Our Solar Coffee Roasters

Click on images below to view enlargements of solar coffee roasters invented by David Hartkop for Solar Roast Coffee LLC. Solar Roast Coffee currently has a patent pending for the solar coffee roasting process and solar coffee roasters. If you have any additional questions about our solar coffee roaster systems or our solar concentors, please contact David Hartkop.

Helios 1

Completed 2004
1 LB Capacity
80 plastic mirrors
Built from satellite dish frame, broccoli steamer, car window motors.

Helios 2

Completed 2005
2 LB Capacity
120 glass mirrors
Built from scratch with tube steel. Can be disassembled and shipped by Honda-Wagon. ;->

Helios 3

Completed 2006-7
5 LB Capacity
180 glass mirrors
Folding array built onto a trailer for easy transport and set-up at events. Enclosed in plastic dome for the year of 2007. Weighs one ton.

Helios 4 Roaster Plant

Completed 2008
30 LB Capacity
720 glass mirrors
Prefabricated in Oregon, shipped to Colorado and assembled from parts. System weighs 11 tons, including mobile steel building. Collects roughly 20kW solar-thermal power. System is a 'solar hybrid' and can use propane as heat source when weather is cloudy or ambient temperature is too cold to reach roasting temperature with solar alone.

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