i saw a show on tv last week on submarines ans they were using stirling engines in the subs and i find it amazing that they would use an engine that is only 1%...
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Ken Boak
kenboak
May 1, 2005 11:50 am
List, There are many types of Stirling engine, and those used by the Swedish Navy in their submariness are approaching 40% efficient - as good as the best...
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Ken Boak
kenboak
May 1, 2005 12:15 pm
List, German Stirling Engineer and colleague Dr. Bernd Kammerich uses gasifying pellet stove to provide heat for Stirling CHP system. ...
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derduh134
May 1, 2005 4:05 pm
does any one know of a source of stirling engine plans? i have seen small model plans, but am looking for a stirling engine with real useful power. i have...
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George Mogiljansky
mogiljan
May 1, 2005 4:59 pm
<http://www.stirlingenergy.com/solar_overview.htm> Stirling-solar combo is most efficient using a parabolic set-up. George ... George (Canada) ...
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roamer1952004
May 1, 2005 5:07 pm
You can build a stirling with junk, if needed, once you understand the necessary principles. In hard times, being able to build a somewhat low-efficiency...
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roamer1952004
May 1, 2005 5:15 pm
Here's a heat-engine webring link. http://m.webring.com/hub?ring=stirling...
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Ken Boak
kenboak
May 1, 2005 5:16 pm
Roger & List, Dieter Viebach from near Munich, sells plans and castings for a 500W to 1kW Stirling. http://www.geocities.com/Viebachstirling/ 30hp is almost...
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Frederick Smith
filmaker0012001
May 1, 2005 11:10 pm
As I understand it, the limiting factor in any Stirling engine is the working gas. To get more horsepower, the gas must usually be compressed inside the...
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Kenneth Smith
kensmith52
May 2, 2005 12:40 am
I have been trying to figure out if this woodgas can be stored and it seems that it may be not possable. I still don't understand why yet. I have been making...
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larencorie
May 2, 2005 1:52 am
"Kenneth Smith" <kensmith52@...> ... Hi Ken; WoodGas can definitely be stored, however, the volume that it would occupy makes the gains of storage...
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Larry D. Barr
ldbwolfie
May 2, 2005 4:33 am
It's a day late, but I was sick so it's my fault. There are some good articles in it, and hopefully something for everybody. Enjoy, ldb -- Larry D. Barr ...
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Dennis
blackmongoos...
May 2, 2005 12:59 pm
This is probably a site that many of you have already visited, but if someone is interested in low tech wood cook stoves... ...
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JR
retired62441
May 2, 2005 1:21 pm
Ken, I own a boiler and do not recommend them. I heat my house hot water and part time a greenhouse. I am a slave to cutting wood for it. It smokes and stinks...
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larencorie
May 2, 2005 2:09 pm
"JR" <retired62441@...> ... Hi Jeff; This may be redundant, but just in case you, or anyne else, does not know about it, I will mention Bob's boiler...
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Robert Reite
bobreite
May 2, 2005 2:31 pm
You can also just insulate part of the firebox with firebrick and refractory panels to get a clean burn. Visit http://www.woodheat.org ...
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Gustl Steiner-Zehender
gustl@...
May 2, 2005 6:24 pm
Hallo Jeff, Monday, 02 May, 2005, 09:20:31, you wrote: J> Ken, I own a boiler and do not recommend them. I heat my house hot J> water and part time a...
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Kenneth Smith
kensmith52
May 2, 2005 7:51 pm
... Thanks Laren for the info. I have read some of this but 2 articles was new to me. Before I jump into something I like formulas to work with. Then when I...
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Frederick Smith
filmaker0012001
May 2, 2005 10:42 pm
... From: "Gustl Steiner-Zehender" <gustl@...> To: "JR" <WoodGas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: Re[2]: [WoodGas] Woodgas...
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tazranch
May 2, 2005 10:52 pm
seems that if we are as woodgas group trying to bring about some postive change for ourselves in so much as telling "the Man" where to stick his high priced...
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Poodle Head Mikey
poodleheadmikey
May 2, 2005 11:10 pm
Fred, But it's five times; not three. Cut Split Stack Burn Clean ashes stephen ... From: "Frederick Smith" <fsmith01@...> To: <WoodGas@yahoogroups.com> ...
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Gustl Steiner-Zehender
gustl@...
May 2, 2005 11:17 pm
Hallo, Monday, 02 May, 2005, 18:42:29, you wrote: FS> Wasn't it Benjamin Franklin who said heating with wood warms a man FS> three times? ... Might have been...
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larencorie
May 2, 2005 11:20 pm
"tazranch" <neohillbilly@...> ... Hi Denny; No reason to bang our heads against the sky, when Nature already stores WoodGas as a solid, and spreads it...
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larencorie
May 2, 2005 11:35 pm
"Poodle Head Mikey" <CJE@...> ... Hmmmmmm..........six ;O) Cut Load & Transport Split Stack Carry into the house Tend Stove -Laren Corie- Integral Solar...
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Chris
dictare
May 2, 2005 11:39 pm
I'm not sure about that one, but he did say, "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" Chris ... From: Frederick Smith To:...
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Poodle Head Mikey
poodleheadmikey
May 3, 2005 12:05 am
Laren, Then Seven - you left out: carry out the ashes. stephen ... From: "LarenCorie" <larencorie@...> To: <WoodGas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, May...
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JR
retired62441
May 3, 2005 12:31 pm
Hi Ken. First of all, I did not mean to discourage wood burning. I too have cut and burned wood for over 35 years. I was commenting on the outside wood burning...
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Gustl Steiner-Zehender
gustl@...
May 3, 2005 1:23 pm
Hallo Jeff, OK, now I see what you mean. You know, and this will be of no help to you now of course, that way back when in the Mother Earth News there was...
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john-locke
alanbstarduk
May 3, 2005 1:32 pm
It seems that they are still going as a concern, I had some distant contact in 1999 for my Y2K preps & that they had now develope their plans to allow folks to...
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Tony Tyler
tylersrus2000
May 3, 2005 3:26 pm
I don't know if I would call him a friend. I scrapped my big dish after experimenting with it. Got 72 cents. Tony ... I'm so glad I joined this group. There...