this is a perfect thread for me, i am looking that this boat that has had the cabin gutted and im looking to put the stove and sink from this old junk pop up camper i have in the cabin. the stove is a 1960's 3 burner propane stove works great. i was talking to the owner of the sailboat and i ran the idea of installing the propane stove on the boat and he said its a total no-no. but after reading this thread im thinking maybe i can go ahead and use the old stove on the boat if i do end up buying it. great thread, couldn't have come at a better time
Picking a stove
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Solar cooking
Hey Kloudie
I was thinking of building a floating sterling genset using the temp difference between the solar insolation and the ocean water to power a DC generator. Since it is floating it could be towed behind the boat and be pretty big surface area wise. Then we could install (in our secret lab below decks) a hydrogen cracker and storage tank. I was thinking of a compartment in the bottom of the boat that is open to the sea at the bottom and that the gas gets "pumped" into. The gas displaces the water and pressurizes it. Then plumb it to the stove. Probably use one of my fresh water tanks that is below water level for this. also have to re jet the stove with bigger holes for it to work right.
wala! Solar cooking
I have not worked out the plumbing of the O2 but think I could just vent that overboard through an approprialty designed vent.
You know I started this post as a joke but I think you could actually Rube Goldburg something like this together. All your energy (wind, solar panel, alternator and sterling float) could be dumped into this to provied a long term storage system for you energy needs. Then run it back through a stove, hot water heater or fuel cell to produce heat or electricity when you need it.
Anybody know the specific heat of hydrogen at 2-3 PSI so I can scope the size of storage tank we would be needing? I'm sure it would be WAY more than the 20 gal in my fresh water tank.
Hey Kloudie
I was thinking of building a floating sterling genset using the temp difference between the solar insolation and the ocean water to power a DC generator. Since it is floating it could be towed behind the boat and be pretty big surface area wise. Then we could install (in our secret lab below decks) a hydrogen cracker and storage tank. I was thinking of a compartment in the bottom of the boat that is open to the sea at the bottom and that the gas gets "pumped" into. The gas displaces the water and pressurizes it. Then plumb it to the stove. Probably use one of my fresh water tanks that is below water level for this. also have to re jet the stove with bigger holes for it to work right.
wala! Solar cooking
I have not worked out the plumbing of the O2 but think I could just vent that overboard through an approprialty designed vent.
You know I started this post as a joke but I think you could actually Rube Goldburg something like this together. All your energy (wind, solar panel, alternator and sterling float) could be dumped into this to provied a long term storage system for you energy needs. Then run it back through a stove, hot water heater or fuel cell to produce heat or electricity when you need it.
Anybody know the specific heat of hydrogen at 2-3 PSI so I can scope the size of storage tank we would be needing? I'm sure it would be WAY more than the 20 gal in my fresh water tank.
Startin' to sound like my electric repower brainstorm with flexible solar cells on the sails and a massive battery shaped like a keel.
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