Your right Allan, not quite what I am looking for but Chris's system sounds worthy of a HP article itself. As with most products these days our customers want nice packaged units in lieu of the self engineered systems. Not that say they are not great solutions, but more difficult to sell a customer on.
In researching the micro-chp units, and I have checked out all the links provided by fellow wrenches and others, a lot of it seems like concept development. The Honda unit looks promising, a few things I wonder about is whether it will have the capability of being converted to LPG and auto started from say an Outback system. I really like the idea of combined heat and power, it just seems to make sense and appears to be in wider deployment outside of the US, as with most innovative energy solutions. I just hope we will be able to get our hands on a quality product in the near future as I think it could integrate nicely into RE systems. Orion Thornton Independent Power Systems _____ From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Allan Sindelar Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 6:30 PM To: 'RE-wrenches' Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] CHP Generator Wow, I like that. I have an off-grid client with an Outback quad-stack and a 20kW Onan liquid-cooled gennie who will be burying lines to run coolant from the gennie to a boiler loop for in floor radiant. Photos are in the gennie article in the next HP. This is a first; none of our customers has ever tried this, so it'll be interesting to see how well it works, likely beginning next winter. But I don't think that either of our solutions is what Orion is looking for. Allan at PosE _____ Hi Orion, My used 1967 flat head four cylinder powered 10kW Kohler LPG unit came with the outputs from the block for plumbing in a car heater, so I adapted it to a homemade heat exchange system. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to modify the radiator hoses with some custom tees to do the same on your install. Sincerely, Chris Worcester From: re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:re-wrenches-boun...@lists.re-wrenches.org] On Behalf Of Orion Thornton Wrenches, Does anyone have any experience with or have a product they can recommend for a combined heat and power generator, specifically for an off-grid application. The prospective client would like to combine the electrical generation/charging capacity with their planned in-floor radiant heating system. Thanks in advance for any information. Orion Thornton Independent Power Systems
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