Crazy Engine Idea

[dingbat]

i think this technologies (http://www.hi-z.com/websit07.htm) will be more simple to implement Smiley

If you read the spec sheet on their technology, the modules are 4.5% efficiency.  95% of the heat is doing nothing!

[GW]

Re:the Sterling engine cost: In the experimental phase, yes, it's pretty expensive.  Specialty manufacturers are the only providers, like the German machinists, and they put out a beautiful product. Imagine, however, contracting with a company to build & ship quantity product, to be installed in your neighborhood at the shop you own as a retrofit to trucks and cars. A company that rebuilds auto air conditioners might be very interested in converting part of their assembly lines over to Sterling engine manufacturer, either for some or all of the machine.

[IronHead]

Somebody build a lawnmower engine based on this idea. Or an little RC fuel car engine.
I don"t have the time right now.  It might be a cool little project for someone?



Just Build It
IronHead

[hanker886]

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know I checked with a stirling engine company here is US. The cost he quotes me was $45K/unit. This is a engine designed by Japanese but made in India.

See link:
http://www.stirling-tech.com/stirlingengine.htm

[fleebell]

i think this technologies (http://www.hi-z.com/websit07.htm) will be more simple to implement Smiley

If you read the spec sheet on their technology, the modules are 4.5% efficiency.  95% of the heat is doing nothing!

But that's still 4.5% that's being returned isn't it? It's still less fuel being burned.  Like everything else if the demand got big enough they would get more efficient and module prices would come down some too and it would get cheaper to install them on a lot more engines etc.....   Every little bit returned is that much less fuel used and eventually it will get to the point that they be cheap enough to pay for themselves within a reasonable period of time. Solar cells take a long time for payback too but that doesn't stop them from being used.  If you don't have grid power available anything is better than nothing and anything device that will save fuel is a good thing no matter what your burning to create the heat.