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Stoves Archive for November 2002
126 messages, last added Tue Nov 26 17:32:03 2002

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RE: Noorie Lantern



There is a thermo-electric technology (I'm possible this is not the correct name) which is similar to a photovaltaic solar cell, but with greater sensitivity in the infrared region.  Has been used to genrerate electricity from the infrared heat energy from IR sources.  The technology has been applied to small-scale lanterns.  I believe one of the national labs in the Pacific Northwest (U.S.) has been active in this area. 
-----Original Message-----
From: Crispin [mailto:crispin@newdawn.sz]
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 1:57 AM
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
Thanks
Crispin