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From: Crispin
[mailto:crispin@newdawn.sz]
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002
8:57
To: Stoves
Subject: RE:Noorie Lantern
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It also
appear to me that burning anything cleverly (like producer gas) might be able
to produce a conductive plasma that will allow for something clever to be done
between stacked plates, such as generate enough power to charge a cell
phone. Charging phones is a major problem in rural areas where coverage
by radion is far easier to get than power to charge the phones.
[GGG] I have seen Russian research that suggested that a gasifier could
be used in this way as a CHP device- I saw it several years ago and no longer
have a Url for it. Since there has been no further publicity I guess it want as
efficient or successful as had been hoped.
A
lantern that charges a phone (very low power requirement) would sell
imediately, whether or not it was pressurized at 2kg/cm^2 or much less.
[GGG] Little Solar cells can surely charge a Phone- these are
pretty cheap now in the UK sayŁ10.00 (around $15) with UK mark up and distribution
costs. I would certainly have one if I travelled to rural and sunny places.
Are
there metal stacks available that will generate 6 VDC? What happened to
that talk last year about a stove in the western USA that was to produce 1Kw?
[GGG] Yours
Gavin from surprisingly sunny Scotland
Thanks
Crispin
