Steam powered battery charger

[Pat McCotter]

OtherPower website showing their 2kw 48v wood-fired steam engine alternator.

[KBCraig]

 

Pat K will like that one.

[Pat K]

He, Do. 

[Pat McCotter]

Welcome home, Pat! I thought of you when I wrote the subject line for this thread.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Scavaging any heat that you are already paying for is always a good idea

[41mag]

We used a steam powered battery charger in the Navy.     Different heat source though (U235). 

[Pat McCotter]

Could one of these be installed in a basement, and used in the winter to help with heating as well?

Sure, but I would suggest that you don't install the steam whistle these folks did.

You can hear the steam whistle from 2 miles away when we get a full head of steam built up and start making power.

[Pat K]

Welcome home, Pat! I thought of you when I wrote the subject line for this thread.

[MaineShark]

Bald Eagle and I are working on a dramatically-more-efficient version of this technology.

Hopefully, it will be able to supply heat and power to a typical house, safely and without obnoxious noise levels.

Fuel can be anything (wood, oil, gas, etc.) depending on the burner used.  The goal is a modular design that can allow the unit to be customized to the fuel source.

Joe

[Recumbent ReCycler]

Bald Eagle and I are working on a dramatically-more-efficient version of this technology.

Hopefully, it will be able to supply heat and power to a typical house, safely and without obnoxious noise levels.

Fuel can be anything (wood, oil, gas, etc.) depending on the burner used.  The goal is a modular design that can allow the unit to be customized to the fuel source.

Joe

Ooh, that sounds interesting!  I think I'd like to eventually get one of those.

[MaineShark]

Ooh, that sounds interesting!  I think I'd like to eventually get one of those.

Yeah, we expect there will be a large market.  Get off the electric grid, without PV panels.

Joe

[KBCraig]

Bald Eagle and I are working on a dramatically-more-efficient version of this technology.

Hopefully, it will be able to supply heat and power to a typical house, safely and without obnoxious noise levels.

That's exactly the kind of thing that interests me. I've been thinking about it, but of course I don't have any actual engineering, HVAC, or science background.