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by davdbarry
Fri May 05, 2006 4:17 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: there is a commercially available Stirling engine CHP plant
Replies: 6
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Response to there is a commercially available Stirling engine CHP plant

I had a condensor combi boiler installed a few years ago. It cost well over 2000 pounds.

Maybe they have got a lot cheaper. Maybe whispergens will too!
by davdbarry
Fri May 05, 2006 4:09 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Future Prospects for Stirling engines
Replies: 2
Views: 18922

Response to Future Prospects for Stirling engines

<t>The whispergen unit is being installed in large numbers in the UK. This is a combined heat <br/> and power plant where the natural gas is burned and heats the hot end of a Stirling engine <br/> which is cooled by water; the water having been heated in this process is used to heat the <br/> house....
by davdbarry
Fri May 05, 2006 3:53 pm
Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
Topic: Could you use liguid nitrogen to freeze the cold side of the engine?
Replies: 6
Views: 32192

Response to Could you use liguid nitrogen to freeze the cold side of the engine?

<t>Well the answer is yes of course. However the other respondent suggests that there would be <br/> no advantage because of the energy cost of producing liquid nitrogen. That is only true if you <br/> dont regard making liquid nitrogen as a way of STORING energy. Look up "liquid nitrogen <br/> econ...