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Tom Booth
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 Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Feb 11, 25 5:51 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
| Aside from the result that in the above experiment the engine ran at all, and at that, faster than usual, another observation was that the displacer, (the black foam disk inside the engine) usually li ... |
| Topic: DIY CHP |
Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Tue Feb 11, 25 4:24 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
| I do currently have this experimental Stirling engine on the workbench, (actually my living room table at the moment, my workshop is unheated due to living on SS and not having the income anymore for ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Feb 10, 25 5:00 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
There is a rather long list of Stirling engines based CHP manufacturers/suppliers maintained here:
https://www.stirlingengine.com/recommended/combined/
This list has changed over the years, with ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Feb 09, 25 7:44 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
| If you can publish your findings one day someone will either find you are right, or find the real way Stirling engines work. I have been ahead of the field all my life and it isn't comfortable; in fac ... |
| Topic: DIY CHP |
Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Feb 09, 25 5:28 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
The open mindedness here, to the possibility of discovering something new is refreshing.
My father was a chemist, studying to become a professor while I was growing up as a young boy with four olde ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Feb 09, 25 12:18 am Subject: DIY CHP |
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I think there were only two users left, and the relationship between them had gone bad...
I couldn't work out if there was actually any basis for it or if it was just one of those interfacin ... |
| Topic: DIY CHP |
Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sat Feb 08, 25 6:16 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
...sorting out the wires might be a puzzle*,
Most of the wires seen in the photo are just thermocouples for testing. There is just one power cord with two wires, alternating current.
can ... |
| Topic: DIY CHP |
Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sat Feb 08, 25 1:03 am Subject: DIY CHP |
What is it rated for?
The electrical output is supposed to be 3000 watts.
I believe the voltage is quite high. Probably around 400 volts high frequency alternating current. The output needs to b ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Feb 07, 25 4:33 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
How much did it go for?
Actually, I misspoke. I did not buy it on eBay directly myself. Someone posted to the Stirling engine forum that they had bought it on eBay but never did anything with i ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Jan 20, 25 6:40 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
It would be better with a Stirling engine, but I can't simply pull one of those out of a handy scrap car.
Does anyone know what has become of "Hairyloon"?
It was his interest in Stirling engin ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Mon Jan 20, 25 3:39 am Subject: DIY CHP |
Having worked in the defence industry for years, I have seen the cancellation of projects fairly frequently...,.
The "project" BTW was not cancelled, as far as it's military contracts were concerne ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sun Jan 19, 25 6:16 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
Having worked in the defence industry for years
Sorry, but appeals to ones own authority by anonymous posters on a forum carries no weight.
, I have seen the cancellation of projects fairly fr ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sat Jan 18, 25 6:16 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
Another company producing Stirling CHP units was Sunpower. But they were acquired by a multinational conglomerate Ametek in 2013
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ametek
and were afterward direct ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Sat Jan 18, 25 5:10 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
It sounds fairly typical of government contracts I am afraid. It was probably decided that it was too expensive for the results obtained so far.
That is pretty obviously not true IMO.
While ... |
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Tom Booth
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Forum: Energy Efficiency and Construction/Major Projects Posted: Fri Jan 17, 25 9:52 pm Subject: DIY CHP |
https://youtu.be/QH8RBcyFDe4?si=lBK8oL4gZ9AH_V_e
It says in this video that the special Flexure springs are patented, but that is a bit misleading. Such springs are nothing new and there are dozens ... |
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