Could you have a problem with the 30kWH of excess heat. It seems a bit much to get rid of for space heating and hot water especially in a suburban situation.
I was also looking a FIT rate in Australia and it seems you can get money back from the power company. Could you do this for ecat power? On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Aussie Guy E-Cat <aussieguy.e...@gmail.com>wrote: > Based on the lowest LENR / kW price so far quoted ($7,700 (this the quoted > retail installed price) / 45 kW thermal), the LCOE / kWh thermal is then > $0.004 / kWh thermal. Assuming a 25% conversion efficiency, the cost is > then $0.016 / Ac kWh for 24/7/365 for 30 years of electricity plus you > have 30 kWh of thermal heat to be use for space and water heating. What > will that cost your for the petrol based generator running 24/7/365 for 30 > years? Then add in the cost of space and water heating. BTW we can source a > good quality 7.5 kW single / 3 phase alternator (with voltage control) from > China for around $300 and a good quality 10 HP steam engine (with RPM > control) for around $250. We expect to be able to offer a LENR driven off > grid CHP system for less than $8,000 with more than enough electrical, hot > water and space heat output to run a large domestic home with only > connections to the water and storm water sewage grid. Of course there are > off the shelf systems to do those functions off the grid as well. > > > On 12/6/2011 5:02 PM, David Roberson wrote: > >> I found a generator driven by a 4 cycle gasoline engine that puts out >> 5500 watts of AC for $648 US dollars(Lowes USA). This price includes >> everything you need except the gasoline. I understand that the LENR >> powered devices that we are looking at do not require refueling except for >> twice a year, but the cost of the bare unit gets my attention. A 4 cycle >> gas engine is pretty complicated and does the conversion of heat into >> rotary motion as a steam engine would. Why should we not expect the price >> of a comparable LENR device to be more in line with this? I understand >> that they deserve a portion of the fuel savings, but why try to take so >> much of the money? Maybe the ECAT type price will be more comparable to >> the generator I found when production numbers and competition kicks in. >> Dave >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Aussie Guy E-Cat <aussieguy.e...@gmail.com> >> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> >> Sent: Mon, Dec 5, 2011 11:30 pm >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Domestic LENR steam/electricity front end >> >> I've emailed Robert Green and asked for more data and if what I get >> looks good, I will buy one of the 2 cylinder 10 Hp unit to have a play. >> From what I can find this is my front runner steam engine to use as the >> torque source for a domestic LENR CHP unit. With 24/7 LENR primary heat >> source and CHP with electricity generation at around 5 - 6 Ac kWs, who >> needs to worry about grid tie? >> >> On 12/6/2011 2:36 PM, ecat builder wrote: >> > Hi Aussie, >> > >> > I posted that and a few other steam engines earlier that got a bunch >> > of thoughtful replies. >> > >> > >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/**vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg53254.**html<http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg53254.html> >> > >> > However, maybe a discussion of grid-tie in using existing solar/wind >> > systems would be interesting. Some of the new tie-in controllers tell >> > you how much carbon you're not using. (!?) >> > >> > - Brad >> > p.s. Aussie, or any other Vortex person.. The Nelson slides mention >> > someone from Quantum Energy Technologies being at the Rossi demo... Do >> > you know if this company is one and the same? >> > http://www.quantumenergy.com.**au/ <http://www.quantumenergy.com.au/> >> > >> > >> >> >
