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put it in a car
by tobyhinloopen 9y ago
put it in a car
- gambiting 9y ago1kW isn't driving you anywhere though(even if we ignore all the dangers of having a nuclear reactor in a car). A typical automotive engine produces 100-300kW.
- rijoja 9y agoBut it would be perfect for a well isolated home wouldn't it?
- gambiting 9y agoHmmmm a normal boiler for a 4-person family home is about 8-10kW so again, probably not. At least not for heating. But for normal power consumption should be ok, especially if paired with some storage device to account of periods of higher consumption(running a 3kW kettle for couple minutes for example).
- rijoja 9y agoWell yeah not the average household obviously but if you really wanted to get rid of your dependency on the grid it would be somewhat possible. As opposed to say drive a at least 70 HP ~ 50 KW car. Not a proposal for everybody of course but for lets say political idealists. As far as the 3kW kettle is concerned having a battery to provide for these surges is entirely viable.
- maxerickson 9y agoHighway speed power draw is closer to 25 kW, so a small scale up (they also discuss 10 kW) and you have a self charging battery. But apparently the 10 kW is modeled to weigh about 1800 kg, so no need to worry about one in a car any time soon.
- GuB-42 9y agoLike this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon Also, you need more than a few kilowatts to power a car. 10kW = 13.4 hp. It may work, but you won't break speed records...