Once a quarter I fire my kiln, burning about 2 cord of wood. A huge amount of heat goes to waste; it would be nearly impossible to recover the heat for my house as the kiln is away from the house for safety reasons, plus- maybe 2 times a year it's in heating season and lasts less than 2 days- so big deal, I'm not gaining so much for my effort.
Are there any interesting, affordable external combustion generators that can be plugged into existing heat sources like this? Seems like there's a ton of waste heat sources, but a full Stirling engine is pretty expensive. A lot of thermo-chip methods are too small. I need a commercial steam system or something that can operate on an external heat source Any ideas?
Are there any interesting, affordable external combustion generators that can be plugged into existing heat sources like this? Seems like there's a ton of waste heat sources, but a full Stirling engine is pretty expensive. A lot of thermo-chip methods are too small. I need a commercial steam system or something that can operate on an external heat source Any ideas?