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Household heating via wind power on the cheap. Wind turbine rotation is geared down and converted to reciprocating motion to drive a tall piston. Piston the wind turbine's tower. The piston is mounted with bottom foot or so in the house and given a radiator or fins.
The piston drives up and down as wind blows on the turbine. The bottom half is sealed and contains some refrigerant (?water, air, r410?). Where a heat pump moves the refrigerant, idea changes the volume of the container.
Up cycle: low pressure refrigerant is exposed to the tall, outdoors piston and gains heat. Possibly evaporates to gain more heat. Some heat gained from inside house; could add mechanism to prevent.
Down cycle: high pressure refrigerant is forced into the bottom of the piston, inside the house. Fins or radiator conduct the heat indoors.
See link-- an image.
Inspired from looking at 'free energy' open (extracted from environment) devices and heat pumps.
Normally wind power is converted to electricity to run a heat pump that includes coils in the ground, refrigerant, and a compressor. Perhaps the compressor could be run directly to avoid the electricity intermediate step or technology like Japan's latest research in heat pumps will make the solution much more efficient. Here I'm baking an idea for 90% of the benefit with 10% of the cost.
Low cost: no electronics, no generator or pump, no coils in the ground or copper wiring.
The piston drives up and down as wind blows on the turbine. The bottom half is sealed and contains some refrigerant (?water, air, r410?). Where a heat pump moves the refrigerant, idea changes the volume of the container.
Up cycle: low pressure refrigerant is exposed to the tall, outdoors piston and gains heat. Possibly evaporates to gain more heat. Some heat gained from inside house; could add mechanism to prevent.
Down cycle: high pressure refrigerant is forced into the bottom of the piston, inside the house. Fins or radiator conduct the heat indoors.
See link-- an image.
Inspired from looking at 'free energy' open (extracted from environment) devices and heat pumps.
Normally wind power is converted to electricity to run a heat pump that includes coils in the ground, refrigerant, and a compressor. Perhaps the compressor could be run directly to avoid the electricity intermediate step or technology like Japan's latest research in heat pumps will make the solution much more efficient. Here I'm baking an idea for 90% of the benefit with 10% of the cost.
Low cost: no electronics, no generator or pump, no coils in the ground or copper wiring.
| — | Bcrosby, Sep 10 2008 |
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Shows mounting on house and 'up', 'down' piston [Bcrosby, Sep 10 2008]
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