[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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