[Kylon]

What if you took a generator, and generated electricity with it, but also used it to heat your home?

I mean, generators are only like 50% efficient at most. In this case the waste heat would be used to heat your home during the Winter. This would mean that you'd produce large amounts of cheap electricity, which you could sell back to the power company, and because they only get about 50% efficiency with their generators, you might be selling energy at a lower cost.

So with soaring energy bills, you might be able to pay for your own fuel oil with the profits from the energy you sell.

What do you think?

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'W')hat if you took a generator, and generated electricity with it, but also used it to heat your home?

I mean, generators are only like 50% efficient at most. In this case the waste heat would be used to heat your home during the Winter. This would mean that you'd produce large amounts of cheap electricity, which you could sell back to the power company, and because they only get about 50% efficiency with their generators, you might be selling energy at a lower cost.

So with soaring energy bills, you might be able to pay for your own fuel oil with the profits from the energy you sell.

What do you think?

[Tanada]

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The link has an interactive diagram of the new south pole station.

[truecougarblue]

One would need to be certain that there exists no chance of CO poisoning due to leakage in the heat exchanger.

One of the best setups I've seen of this type ran the exhaust through a radiator immersed in a water bath. Another radiator collected heat by forced air or radiators. This setup minimizes the possibility of CO exposure and provides hot water as well.

[WisJim]

It's called "cogeneration" and can be cost effective if the electric production and most of the heat are used. A good way to not waste the "waste" heat from an engine that is driving a generator.

[frankthetank]

I know some areas in Switzerland use waste heat from nuclear power plants to heat things. This is still an excellent idea. If you had a small enough wattage, you could just power your house and at the same time heat it. You would want safety to be number one concern or you might never wake up. CO kills lots of people.

[Tanada]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('frankthetank', 'I') know some areas in Switzerland use waste heat from nuclear power plants to heat things. This is still an excellent idea. If you had a small enough wattage, you could just power your house and at the same time heat it. You would want safety to be number one concern or you might never wake up. CO kills lots of people.

[truecougarblue]

I think we may be talking about do it your selfers here. That's why it's important to pound home the danger involved.

Now if we were on the population reduction thread we could just tell the nimrods to just run the genset indoors and avoid the hassle of heat exchangers. Disclaimer: Don't do this!!!