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Trinity Power Plant
( based
on the Stirling Engine )
Updated September 4, 2005
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IMAGINE
Unlimited electric
Where needed
No middleman, no cartels, no monopolies
No fuels
No pollution
Scalable
Available anywhere
Full time / redundant design
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The concept of Stirling Motors:
http://www.stirlingengine.com/faq/one?scope=public&faq_id=1
http://www.stirlingengine.com/
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,41197,00.html
http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4248/stirlingengine.html
http://www.solarserver.de/lexikon/stirlingmotor-e.html
This concept:
Materials
have come a long way since the original
Not only will the engine benefit but
so will the chambers
Super insulation
Improved motors and generators
It was
created because it is safe and the concept worked when powered from an external
source and in this design it would be self powered.
Place Stirling Engines in a
three dimensional array performing the following:
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 X X X X X X
2 X X X X X X
3 X X X X X X
1 X 3 = 3 motors for the Cold chamber
1 X 3 = 3 motors for the Hot Chamber
4 X 3 = 12 generators
providing electric
Concept
Gases expand and contract
based on the difference between two chambers containing heat and cold. The expansion and contraction of the gases
propel a piston which moves and the armature than rotates and creates electric.
The concept is to use multiple motors and generators to provide redundancy and
continual operation while also allowing for hot plugging in a replacement
without disruption to the operation except for a decrease in output until a new
unit is added. New Materials would also
be used for the temperature chambers to super insulate the chambers so that
they can retain desired operating temperatures with less electric used from the
system itself. The initial power for the
motors could be from batteries or direct connection to the power grid. Electric
could recharge the batteries to ensure stand alone operation in case the system
is shut down.
By creating an array of
Stirling Motors we can use some to provide electric to heat one chamber and
another to keep another chamber cold.
The initial project is to
create a model that is proof of the concept with each motor estimated to costs
under $200 and each of the generators under $400 thus 200 x 12 = $2400 and 6 x
$400 = $2400. Each temperature chamber
is estimated to be under $500 (2 x $500 = $1,000), $300 for the different gases and a
rack for the entire device for another $1000 for a total of an estimated
$7,100.
External temperatures could
also be used to further assist in temperature differences. An example would be solar amplifiers to assist
in heating.
The power produced would be
dependent on the number of generators, their sizes, the gas used and the
temperature of the chambers.
The power plant could be used
to supply power for electric vehicles and thus cars that run with no fuel.
Ideas
Use current hardware to prove
concept.
Investigate temperatures and
different materials for motors and generators.
Investigate temperature
chambers and super insulated materials
Benefits:
No external fuel sources,
Simple
concept and design.
Clean energy.
Redundancy built in.
Local to
where needed.
Could be
portable.
No pollution.
Low cost
electric for the world.
Vehicles that are electric,
clean and need no other fuel source.
Could be inexpensive to build
and thus a commodity.
Military Usage
http://www.kockums.se/Submarines/gotland.html
From:
http://www.stirlingengine.com/
American
Rides the Segway with Dean Kamen
On
I thought that the readers of this page might be interested in what he told me
about the
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Full Power: New 1 hp (746
watt)
In May of 2002 I got a call
from a physics professor at a major university in
Now it also happened that
the engine this professor wanted was very similar to an engine that I had been wanting to build. And so after lots
of phone calls and a trip to my father's alma mater. I am now working
madly on developing this engine.
It
is my fondest hope that this will be a low manufacturing cost engine although
low is a relative term and the first hand built engines certainly won't be
priced competitively with a Honda generator. I'm putting this project up on our
web site because there may be another university or research organization that
is interested in an engine like this and they may be able to talk us into building
one for them. The cost would be about $35,000.00 USD with half of that being
due when the order was placed. If this is something that your university or
research organization is interested in please call me at the phone number on
our Contact-Us page.
-- Brent H. Van Arsdell
Full Power: New
In January of 2001
our phone started to ring with questions about Dean Kamen, "It" and the
project code named "Ginger." Much to our great delight is seems
that someone with real money is developing a small
I'm not sure if
this
Why do I think that
this invention could change the world? Because the
current method of delivering electricity is extremely inefficient.
A new power plant will typically burn natural gas, but there are a lot of
losses between the power station and your house. It would be much more
efficient to generate the power by burning the natural gas at your house.
That way the waste heat can be used to heat your water or keep your house warm
in the winter. To keep you cool in the summer the
By the way if any one knows Dean Kamen, tell him to call me
and I'll give him the complimentary MM-1 Stirling engine I have reserved for
him!
Reader Binh Tran supplied this link to a 500 watt mechanical power
German hand built
In case you missed
some of the press reports you can read a story from Wired
magazine on It
and one on his Ibot wheel chair.
People often call
us and e-mail us asking for an engine that puts out X amount of power and burns
Y fuel. Unfortunately they usually want the first engine that they buy to be
priced competitively per kilowatt with a Honda generator. Honda makes
generators by the millions and any new
American Stirling
Company is very interested in developing new full power
To the best of our
knowledge, there is no one in the world currently delivering a small
If you are a
commercial vendor of any type of
Additional links:
The intent of these pages are
to seek additional support in developing this concept:
Contact:
Joseph John Rothengast
jjroth@yahoo.com