European Solar Powered Stirling 10 Kilowatt Generator

http://www.homemadepowerplant.com/?hop=adonpub The EuroDish is an innovative 10 kilowatt solar stirling generator for decentralized power generation in Europe, developed by a German-Spanish consortium in 2001. The devise is currently in operation producing electricity in Milan, Italy.

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[rock3tcat]

@carysatch

What you're saying is that the Stirling engine was killed because it was too perfect?

[carysatch]

the stirling engine was not a commercial success because it's too efficient to be exploited, therefore it has no commercial value...no fuel to overcharge for, not enough maintenance required to employ more technicians, etc, etc,

[rstevewarmorycom]

@dillmon1 Where did you read that???

[dillmon1]

@rstevewarmorycom  They are twice as efficient as the average photovoltaics!

[habibullah80]

Can i found its complete measurements/specifications and the way of instaling

i will be waiting your reply

[fastlane59]

how many houses can be supply with one of those?

[rstevewarmorycom]

@bluephantm Then let's fab smaller ones, if the scale is a problem

for you, then we can gang them at a diffuse focus. Come on, I've

seen the reports from the field, they work great.

[bluephantm]

@rstevewarmorycom That is nice you studied them. I am an engineer who worked for a Stirling engine company for 16 years. In practice they are a bit harder to build when you are in the 10 kW and up range.

[rstevewarmorycom]

@bluephantm Biggest problem you see, is that as oil peaks and

the solar conversion can't keep up with demand, this can, until

solar can catch up. That may take 50 years. They can start with

Stirling dishes next week, and they don't have to cost 30,000 GBP

either. Building the engine to last a few years only costs a few hundred,

and the dish about the same. This is 3rd world technology that works,

guys!

[rstevewarmorycom]

@bluephantm In addition, the dish is quite easily fabbed from

reflective foil and plywood. For simple tracking a cheap equatorial

mount suffices, and simple hanging weight driver can be

turned on and off by a simple clock work and a small DC motor

to operate a start/stop escapement. The DC motor is powered

by a small 3" solar cell, and the power output is 20% of the local

insolation (sunshine). I built one that used steam, but Stirling is

better and more efficient.