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- Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:50 am
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Book Review - "How I Built a 5 HP Stirling engine"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 198231
Response to Book Review - "How I Built a 5 HP Stirling engine"
<t><br/> I am going to buy one too.<br/> <br/> They are suppose to cost $3000 or a little more, not sure how shipping will be handled. And, as I heard from her, they are suppose to be ready for customers later in 2010.<br/> <br/> Not sure the exact cost versus return for me, but I really do not care...
- Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:39 am
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Book Review - "How I Built a 5 HP Stirling engine"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 198231
Response to Book Review - "How I Built a 5 HP Stirling engine"
I have chatted with Catherine. She is dedicated more than any I know about this project. It certainly does not seem like a big money maker for her.
The new 5 HP engine by her new effort is suppose to be out this year. Many of us are looking forward to it.
The new 5 HP engine by her new effort is suppose to be out this year. Many of us are looking forward to it.
- Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:37 am
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Stirling engines for the third world
- Replies: 80
- Views: 321338
Response to Stirling engines for the third world
<t><br/> Shannon, thank you for your post. I would like to say we are all aware of the difference between heat and temperature, but sadly there always seems people who are not as familar.<br/> <br/> Many people cite sources of extra heat they would like to make good use of. Often the temperature is ...
- Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:18 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Stirling + Heatpump = Free Energy?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 81577
Response to Stirling + Heatpump = Free Energy?
<t>Hi David,<br/> <br/> You got two thumbs up from me.<br/> <br/> You seem to have the concepts correctly balanced, as well as the ability to do them. I am really a pain to so many people here, thought I would mention when I saw one that was right on.<br/> <br/> Now, how do we clone you and have eno...
- Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:28 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Stirling engines used to generate electricity from wood burning stoves
- Replies: 31
- Views: 132161
Response to Stirling engines used to generate electricity from wood burning stoves
<t><br/> The Whispergen is a nice unit if you think of it producing multiple things from its fuel.<br/> <br/> So, you have money and buy one to heat your house. For the extra money spent to buy a better machine to burn your heating fuel, you can light up your yard like Santa's Village with LED light...
- Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:13 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: 200-400w wooden fired Stirling engine?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 21315
Response to 200-400w wooden fired Stirling engine?
<t><br/> One possible suggestion, if you have available funds, and can build small machines yourself, and willing to violate probably the warranty, ... *grins* ... <br/> <br/> There a Stirling sold by a company WhisperGen. They are not really having great success, yet, but they sell a setup for a ma...
- Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:13 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: 200-400w wooden fired Stirling engine?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 83107
Response to 200-400w wooden fired Stirling engine?
<t><br/> One possible suggestion, if you have available funds, and can build small machines yourself, and willing to violate probably the warranty, ... *grins* ... <br/> <br/> There a Stirling sold by a company WhisperGen. They are not really having great success, yet, but they sell a setup for a ma...
- Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:50 pm
- Forum: Stirling Engines for Education
- Topic: Solar Dish Stirling
- Replies: 4
- Views: 37543
Response to Solar Dish Stirling
<t><br/> Why is the Dish Stirling so expensive?<br/> <br/> The well known answer will be that extreme precision manufacturing is done at great expense, to be able to extract usefull power.<br/> <br/> Somebody who understood exactly why, and had a nice chat with industrial resources in Japan that hav...
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:06 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Generate power from Outdoor Wood Furnace
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13956
Response to Generate power from Outdoor Wood Furnace
You only listed the temperature of the water, the intended product of the outdoor furnace.
Can you measure the temperatur of the firebox and ask again?
- Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:06 pm
- Forum: Power-producing Stirling Engines
- Topic: Generate power from Outdoor Wood Furnace
- Replies: 5
- Views: 69891
Response to Generate power from Outdoor Wood Furnace
You only listed the temperature of the water, the intended product of the outdoor furnace.
Can you measure the temperatur of the firebox and ask again?