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westend
Sep 05, 2015Explorer
what i would love to see, is an lp powered heat converter, that takes that little flame and produces electricity to charge batteries and/or power RV systems
The Stirling engine has been used for awhile to produce efficient electrical generation. If a user can harvest and apply the heat of the cooling side, it becomes very efficient, energy-wise.
Dean Kamen is now trialing a 2.5 KW set for residential use. The 10KW units with a linear generator were used to power villages in Africa before the designers realized that fuel pellets are not that easy to come by in sub-Saharan Africa. The Stirling will run on just about any fuel source as the combustion chamber is a very novel design.
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