On Feb 18, 2009, at 5:13 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:07:28
-0900:
Hi,
[snip]
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/business/15novel.html?em
The energy ball turbine appears to combine all the disadvantages
of both
types, with
Howdy Horace,
THe electronics are the the least of the cost. The profit factor rules.
Richard
--- The energy ball turbine appears to combine all the disadvantages
of both
types, with none of the advantages.
Yes, and the price tag on all of them is incredible. It must be that
most of the
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:53 AM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote:
Yes, and the price tag on all of them is incredible.
Indeed. I don't know what you pay per kWh; but, it's only about ten
cents here. If you can only expect 2000 kWh per year, the $200 in
cost reduction results in a
Howdy Terry,
Some local power is produced by gas turbines and is both expensive to
produce and costly to maintain. Have a friend, ex GE guy that does some of
the service work.He was born in a town near Horace. Looking down the road it
appears the small packaged nuke units will replace the gas
There are some excellent niche markets for small wind turbines, such
as deep water buoys and other platforms at sea. The are similar to
solar cell installations used along isolated highways for emergency
telephones, and for fog monitoring stations on mountain roads.
People developing
Gnorts,
This Australian company has just announced 60% electrical efficiency
for their solid oxide microgeneration combined heat and power unit - 85% total
efficiency!
http://www.cfcl.com.au/
Nick Palmer
On the side of the Planet - and the people - because they're worth it
On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:44 AM, Nick Palmer wrote:
Gnorts,
This Australian company has just announced 60% electrical
efficiency for their solid oxide microgeneration combined heat and
power unit - 85% total efficiency!
http://www.cfcl.com.au/
Nick Palmer
Note that counting the
Horace Heffner wrote:
Note that counting the useful (in Alaska anyway!) co-generated heat
the CFCL fuel cell is 85% efficient. I guess 15% heat goes out with
the exhaust gasses?
And waste heat radiated from the body of the unit, if it is placed outdoors.
Late model gas furnaces are better
--- Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
Late model gas furnaces are better than 85%
efficient, but of course
they do not generate electricity!
Oil burners are up to 85% these days, some even
better. I think some SlantFin furnaces are a bit
higher. Nevertheless, I loathe oil heat. For
Kyle Mcallister wrote:
This is true. However, caveat emptor: just because it
will emit no CO at factory adjustment and when
perfectly clean doesn't mean it won't if it gets out
of adjustment, or gets dirty. Cat hair, dandruf,
spiders, etc. can clog the thing. Dust will
accumulate. Now, this
On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:08 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I was a little concerned that it might asphyxiate someone standing
next to the house, but he said there is no danger. I gather they
put the pipe up in the air anyway. The pipe does not have be heavy
or insulated.
The present chimney goes
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