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- | = Ideas = | ||
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Things too big for me to implement alone or at present. | Things too big for me to implement alone or at present. | ||
- | == Stirling Engines == | + | = Stirling Engines = |
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+ | == Coupled Stirling engines == | ||
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+ | * solar-powered mechanical cooler | ||
+ | ** one Stirling engine is driven by solar heat | ||
+ | ** mechanical coupling | ||
+ | ** second Stirling engine extracts heat from insulated space | ||
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+ | = Geothermal Energy = | ||
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+ | == Mine-shafts as heating/cooling infrastructure== | ||
- | * Coupled Stirling engines | + | * use for mines that would have been abandoned |
- | ** solar-powered mechanical cooler | + | * direct heating/cooling of cities via ground-source plumbing. |
- | *** one Stirling engine is driven by solar heat | + | * side-effects: |
- | *** mechanical coupling | + | ** mine site kept environmentally sound |
- | *** second Stirling engine extracts heat from insulated space | + | ** site kept safe for humans |
- | == Geothermal Energy == | + | == Mine-shaft as geothermal electricity source== |
+ | * Stirling engine generator | ||
+ | * side-effects: | ||
+ | ** power transmission flexibility | ||
- | * Mine-shafts as heating/cooling infrastructure | + | = Misc Streams of Thought = |
- | ** use for mines that would have been abandoned | + | |
- | ** direct heating/cooling of cities via ground-source plumbing. | + | |
- | ** side-effects: | + | |
- | *** mine site kept environmentally sound | + | |
- | *** site kept safe for humans | + | |
- | * Mine-shaft as geothermal energy source | + | * [[ThoughtsOnOpenSourceHardware]] |
- | ** Stirling engine generator | + | |
- | ** side-effects: | + | |
- | *** power transmission flexibility | + | |
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- | [[Category:Ideas]] | + | [[Category:Ideas]] [[Category:Energy]] |
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Things too big for me to implement alone or at present.
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Stirling Engines
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Coupled Stirling engines
- solar-powered mechanical cooler
- one Stirling engine is driven by solar heat
- mechanical coupling
- second Stirling engine extracts heat from insulated space
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Geothermal Energy
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Mine-shafts as heating/cooling infrastructure
- use for mines that would have been abandoned
- direct heating/cooling of cities via ground-source plumbing.
- side-effects:
- mine site kept environmentally sound
- site kept safe for humans
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Mine-shaft as geothermal electricity source
- Stirling engine generator
- side-effects:
- power transmission flexibility
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