Heat recovery

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rickh
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Heat recovery

Post by rickh »

Our company produces excess heat energy from the hot forging
process. What input temeratures are required to enable a Stirling
engine to be able to produce a reasonable amount of energy? Is there
any table or refernace material on this topic?
rtopf
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Post by rtopf »

Rick,

1000 to 1400 degrees F. would provide enough efficiency to make a heat recovery cost effective (reasonable payback time).

This is based on the Carnnot equasion. (Google it for more).

Rick
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