NOTE URLs or email addresses are hyperlinks which when accessed transfer direct
to the web page or your email program.
http://www.renewabledevices.com/swift and www.monodraught.com
THERMOELECTRICS A device for Aga & Rayburn cookers to produce electricity
GEOTHERMAL
HEAT PUMPS
see www.heatpumpnet.org www.heatpumpcentre.org (best site for general information), www.feta.co.uk/hpa and suppliers/installers: www.iceenergy.co.uk and www.sustain2020.co.uk
CHP UNITS, DOMESTIC
The "WhisperGen" technology, www.powergenplc.com mini combined heat and power units. For mains gas now, but possibly Methane later. www.baxitech.co.uk At least two other similar engines under development in the UK. See also www.cerespower.com for a fuel cell version which does the same thing. This will run on Methane.
MICROPOWER
http://www.micropower.co.uk/news/newsrelease23.html
ENERGY CONSERVATION REQUIRES SUPERVISORY ACTION FOR SUCCESS
Whether the energy be Human, Machine, Mineral or buildings space.
HEAT ENERGY CONSERVATION
Supervsion is the key to all Energy Conservation, of Paid Time, Machine Time & Materials
HEAT STORES& REGENERATORS
Much used in the metal smelting industry, eg Cowper Stoves for Blast Furnace heat conservation.
And for high temperature reactions with energy conservation, eg Nitrogen fixation. Also proposed for final oxidation of CO2 gases for process use in Algae beds to remove any trace chemicals. There may be a mineral catalyst available here to enable lower temperatures. More compact designs than that shown above have been proposed.
Principle of heat storage in solids is worth study, very large amounts of heat can be stored, a Trimblemill was powering a “block” heat store, capacity 85 kWhrs, size 1500 mm high, about 750 mm square. Connected to a hot air central heating system. “Hot rocks” in a cellar can be heating from Solar sources during the summer, and then used for building heating in the winter. Sweden has done much work on this see Nordic Research concern REBUS at http://www.physics.uio.no/energy/rebus/index.html see this URL for a UK contact http://www.vitalenergi.co.uk/?gclid=CJSRwq_XxJMCFQZZQgod7AmYCw