[permaculture] oil stove and fansaur
Phil Vergamini
phil at inetserv.com
Tue Jan 9 13:48:00 EST 2007
Mitch-
Check out the Stirling engine stove fan at:
http://www.thermalengines.com/tech.html
This is my second winter with a HeatWave Wood Stove Fan and I
find it to be an excellent device for producing an even temperature
in the house. You don't have to be a stove-stander to be
comfortable. I don't think you could find a better device for your
stove. I'm really sold on it.
Most wood (or other) stove fans generate electricity via a
thermoelectric device at the base (in contact with the stove) which
then drives the electric fan. This conversion from heat to electric
to fan motion is inefficient in comparison to the highly efficient
Stirling engine driven device which produces the fan motion directly
from the heat. The Stirling engine converts heat directly to the
motion needed to move the warm air from your stove to where you want
and need it. It is an external combustion engine. If you want more
information about the Stirling engine, a quick search with your
browser (google or your favorite), will open your eyes to many
options. I believe the Stirling engine is a wave of the future and
has unlimited alternative energy possibilities from solar, to
utilizing any form of excess heat, to replacing the gasoline engine
in the plug-in Prius.
Check it out-
-Phil
At 7:00 PM +0200 1/6/07, Mitchell & Orit Schertz wrote:
>We have an oil stove and would like to know if anybody
>out there is aware of a device that one would place over the stove
>and via the heat generated would power a fan such that the hot air
>would better circulate throughout the room
>
>Thanx
>Mitch Schertz
>(mitchell.schertz at gmail.com)
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Phil Vergamini, Santa Fe, NM
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