Caryn-Ann Langley

hmm, have you ever though of maybe combining the two so that you can somehow get enough energy out to produce heat and electricity? A stirling engine may not be the best way to change heat to electricity but maybe there is another more efficient way? I was thinking of having the stove on one side and the heater part next to it, any left over heat from the stove would flow through to the heater and you would just have to have a small amount of fuel to increase the heat to the RMH, I may be going very wrong here, but this is what my head is saying? haha

I on,y need to submit plans for the heater, but my uncle and I are wanting to build one at a later stage, (not for college). The Stirling engine does not have to work I just need reasons why it would be a good idea and then why it won't work, that will be showing that I have done research. I have looked at Stirling engines but as I don't know the average power output of a RMH. If there is only enough heat to warm the room and bench then that would be fine but it would be brilliant if I could get the battery bank charged with the heat given. Would there be any other bit of equipment I could use to change heat to electricity and that will be efficient??

I am trying to design a RMH for a graded project in college, I have had 18 weeks to complete this and am now half way through my schedule. I have not been able to come up with a suitable design for the actual RMH and am wondering what will be best, I am trying to produce enough energy (heat) to allow a stirling engine to run efficiently, this will be connected to a bank of deep cycle batteries which in turn will be running a small house's electrical system, (lights and sockets). The heater will preferably have an oven and a cooker top as well. There might be some thermodynamic couplings attached to provide that little bit more energy if this is possible. The fuel available is wood which can be chopped to smaller pieces. Please can anyone help me out, I have been using this website quite a bit and find the information very helpful and love the ideas that go around, but have not been able to find anything that is similar to what I am looking for with my RMH.