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Build my own power station
On 06/05/2017 14:33, wrote:
On Saturday, 6 May 2017 13:34:25 UTC+1, Clive Arthur wrote:
On 05/05/2017 19:42, AnthonyL wrote:
I was watching the early development of electricity generation and
houses had their own coal fired generators before power distribution
became widespread.
Now is the time of year my fuel contracts come up for renewal; I can
get gas at less that 3p/kwH but my electricity supplier (soon not to
be) has upped their rate to nearly 14p/kwH which had me wondering
about the economics of using the cheaper gas to generate my
electricity.
ok, a bit t-i-c but it'd be fun having my own steam generator
(modified boiler?), turbine and generator. I recall a viable jet
engine (intended for VTOL some 45yrs ago) that could be picked up by
one person so a turbine needn't be too big.
Why not just run an ordinary generator from gas? As long as you need
the heat as well, you'd be quids in, ignoring capital costs. And noise.
And safety.
Cheers
efficiency, noise, capital cost, run cost, reliability, payback, failure to use the heat, anything I missed?
NT
A little civility, perhaps.
Cheers
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Clive
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