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Co-generate with a Stirling engine or steam turbine. Your application is the wrong scope for TECs. It will be a hundred times more expensive, and a tenth of t
by logfromblammo 7y ago
Co-generate with a Stirling engine or steam turbine. Your application is the wrong scope for TECs. It will be a hundred times more expensive, and a tenth of the efficiency.
- hinkley 7y agoLast time I was looking at efficient camp stoves I ran into this guy: https://www.bioliteenergy.com/products/campstove-2 https://www.bioliteenergy.com/products/campstove-2 The idea of putting my phone, or any lithium battery really, that close to fire... this plan is not for me.
- logfromblammo 7y agoCouldn't you get around that with a really long USB-A-to-whatever charger cable? Slapping a Stirling engine on a rocket stove just seems like a really good idea to me. My major concern would be the in-backpack weight and volume.
- hinkley 7y agoDC doesn’t like long runs, but I believe there’s a battery in that yellow block along with the charge circuitry. If I’m wrong it may warrant another look.