[Stoves] TEGs

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[Default] On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:54:32 +0000,"Sluis, Paul van der"
<paul.van.der.sluis at philips.com> wrote:

>TEG’s are not reliable enough for stoves that are started and stopped many times. Plus the fact that solar prices have come down significantly, the Philips stove is now solar powered. That also solves the issue of people running the stove to create a small amount of electricity.

What affects the TEGS to make them less reliable, is it overheating?
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>The price of a TEG stove with small battery or a solar stove with large battery is not very different. Both need electronics. Both have to be solidly build with quality materials. It all adds up. Then comes transport and import duties. That makes them relatively expensive.

Excellent post, thank you Paul, fits with what I had been thinking but
good to hear from someone professionally involved in the science.

Andrew