power from your cooking pot.

[GeorgiaBII]

Found a interesting article online. I can see sailors might have an interest in this as well as hikers and campers.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1203647021/the-powerpot

 

[Witzend]

Very cool, peltier effect.... wonder what rubber the power cord it made from, hopefully silicon.

 

[JMM]

Very cool, peltier effect.... wonder what rubber the power cord it made from, hopefully silicon.

Very cool -- from the website:

For other materials nerds, the connector is a nylon fiberglass composite, and the PTFE-insulated wiring has a self-extinguishing silicone fiberglass composite protective sheath

 

[Benny17441]

It is a nice gadget or curiosity but I see no practical value for marine use. To burn propane to boil water to produce 1ah of electricity is just not sensible. Most of us have a house battery bank with a few hundred ah of capacity. We need it to start the engine, run lights, pumps and other devices. This battery bank can easily recharge cell phones, laptops and tablets. The Peltier/Seebeck effect has been known for almost 200 years and maybe because of lack of suitable materials or lack of low power appliances it has not been used for producing electricity. We are very familiar with the coolers and warmers but those consume electricity not produce it. I think solar power is a much better alternative. Perhaps in the future when more efficient elements can be developed and a number of low draw appliances are in the market then it may become practical. I applaud their drive and innovation in developing this Power Pot but don't see GE or any other company jumping into the fray. They probably have have a good number of such designs gathering dust on a shelf waiting for the right time.

 

[FourPoints]

I do see a marine market here, but not for a cooking pot. Exhaust manifold heat powered charging.

Judging from this you could probably acheive 40-60w of power from the exhaust heat, it's not a ton of power, but it's power that is otherwise 100% wasted, and if your alternator were to fail, that's more than enough to run your nav lights, VHF, and trickle charge your batteries (although maybe not all at once)...

 

[rpwillia]

Here is a better idea.

Orest Symko at Utah seems to be the real deal. University is trying to get a patent on this.

http://www.unews.utah.edu/old/p/053007-1.html

 

[Ross]

A very clever concept but more costly than any other method of generating watts.

 

[tommays]

I think it has a place in the big picture as are 200HP boiler has a huge amount of wasted energy as other ways to collect it are a BIG and LONG term investment