Oct
19
2011
Stirling Engines – Solve Energy Needs?
By Solar Expert
KCET, Public TV in LA ran this story about “Stirling Engine” powered solar electric generating technology. If true, we may be able to kiss nuclear power plants good bye.
@Allante715 20% solar + 70% nuclear + 10% coal = 20% improvement compared to nothing. You don’t run the moment you were born. You first crawl, walk, run and finally learn how to jump.
If they have wheels, they can move around everywhere avoiding cloudy areas. Wind power generators may also have wheels and move around to take in wind energy. Water stream are only fluctuating around seasons, water power turbine and wind power turbines can be combined as well and they might be able to move around using steel cables to relocate to high volume stream locations.
Solar as a horrible capacity factor. Your little 2.5kW unit may sound great until you realize its capacity factor is less then 20 percent. What does this mean? Basically you are only going to reach 2.5KW 20 percent of the time. Nuclear on the other hand has a 90 percent capacity factor.
Southern California Edison is a disgrace. They speak of diversity but they are far from embracing true diversity. In my video S.C.E. Slave Company Edison you can get a look inside of Edison and see their true actions against African Americans.
Holy crappers, SE’s are becoming big business!
I shall build a company to deliver the power of Stirling engines to the masses!
I’d luv to kiss my local power company “Good Bye” or at least reduce my purchases from them.
Thanks!
I wonder if there is a comparison between stirling and panels?
I’ve never heard of Stirling engines being efficient. I wonder how they did it, and I wonder if there will be wear problems.
@spaceshipearth999 or just make the lagoon the heat exchanger…
lol the worlds first cowpoo heat exchanger.
@spaceshipearth999 i was thinking using a waste heat tube wrapped around the engine…pump liquid down that tube slowly and heat a lagoon (with cow poo…lol) that heat speeds up the anerobic process and you get methane to burn…you just would have to be careful to take only WASTE heat…not take any from power production.
you right. stirling engine cane be multi heat source driven. it is an indispensible off grid self sufficiency device. i like concept of tilting mirror array down at night to connect stirling with wood gasifier or other night time heat source for stirling to keep working for you.
@spaceshipearth999 lol…in that case, im sure i can find enough fuel, wood, newspaper, lumber, gas, diesal, kerosone, or whatever…to drive my stirling until the sun comes back out! lol
stirling wins!!!
no but serisouly, i think stirling is the best option, until PV reachs 50%, im not buying.
hey customz
any end of world scenario includes the earth clouding over for a year .. wind will function but solar people are screwed. lol.
multiple options are best.
@spaceshipearth999 PVs are good. especially the concentrated, but how long are they gonna last, and how expensive and hard to get are they? if the world was gonna end tomorrow, i know for a fact i could build one of these with the machinery i have…thats comforting. lol.
gotta love the internet. . concentrated photovoltaics looks good too, quieter, also steam turbine.turning axial flux generator ,woodgas, etc.