Hello everyone, glad to see this group in action.
Several Years ago I put together a few of these units, the first was a Coal fired automatic steam turbine electric plant, with exhaust steam heating the house. Later this unit was fitted with a high efficiency reciprocating uniflow steam engine, which gave significantly more power. These units ran 24-7 during the heating season, and only had 4 forced outages in four years running.
Later I built a diesel co-generation system, with engine jacket and exhaust heat recovery, again a small Domestic Heat-Power Module. This unit ran for a total of 9 years, and virtually eliminated my electric bill, and heated my house throughout the heating season. I kept a good set of records, fuel consumption, generation, etc.
This kind of machine could save much more energy than any of the currently proposed "green" schemes that I have heard of to date, when one considers that a practical machine for the general population would have to be justified using accepted economic criteria. I think that these machines have not come into general use because they don't fit the business plans of potential mass suppliers.
Several Years ago I put together a few of these units, the first was a Coal fired automatic steam turbine electric plant, with exhaust steam heating the house. Later this unit was fitted with a high efficiency reciprocating uniflow steam engine, which gave significantly more power. These units ran 24-7 during the heating season, and only had 4 forced outages in four years running.
Later I built a diesel co-generation system, with engine jacket and exhaust heat recovery, again a small Domestic Heat-Power Module. This unit ran for a total of 9 years, and virtually eliminated my electric bill, and heated my house throughout the heating season. I kept a good set of records, fuel consumption, generation, etc.
This kind of machine could save much more energy than any of the currently proposed "green" schemes that I have heard of to date, when one considers that a practical machine for the general population would have to be justified using accepted economic criteria. I think that these machines have not come into general use because they don't fit the business plans of potential mass suppliers.