[Stoves] TEG Thermoelectric Generator for stoves

Nikhil Desai pienergy2008 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 4 11:35:43 CST 2019


Andrew:

Thank you. I agree with Todd - "Handheld photovoltaic battery charging
units currently available offer more capacity and storage, as well as being
more cost-effective and viable is my point. "

However, solar insolation is lower in England, and heating needs are
greater. Everything is contextual.

My Chaiwalla Prime Minister distributed solar induction stoves for tsunami
shelters and some households in the islands of Indian Ocean -
http://echoofindia.com/port-blair-pm-inaugurates-clean-cooking-electric-vehicles-schemes-isles-142974.


" The Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi inaugurated two projects on clean
cooking and electric mobility in these islands on Sunday. Introducing 99
Tsunami Shelter Homes to a clean, comfortable and hassle-free cooking
option, the Prime Minister distributed Solar PV-based induction cook stoves
to households at Chouldari.


He is known to spot fads very well, and may well have judged that solar
induction cooking is a better bet than stoves with TEG.

Nikhil


On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 5:10 AM Andrew Heggie <aj.heggie at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019 at 09:29, Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Could you please give some idea of daily average and peak electric demand
>> of some users, and corresponding locations, where TEGs can be viable
>> substitutes for pico-PV or diesel/kerosene generators?
>>
>
> It's an interesting question but even in my household  with a 4kW(t) stove
> burning wood during waking hours 100W would go a long way toward our
> lighting and IT requirements. It wouldn't manage the washing machine or
> cooking, not the refrigerator but that only works hard in the summer as
> it's in an outhouse.
>
>>
>>
>> Why not just use the TEG for electric cooking via induction stoves?
>>
>
> Because a TEG  turns about 5% of the heat flux into electricity, as a
> 5kW(t) cookstove could never better ~250W(e)  it's better to cook with the
> heat and use electricity for something like IT or light.
>
> Andrew
>
>
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