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Self-Running Stirling Engine / Peltier Heat Pump Experiment
Peltier devices are considered "inefficient" when used for refrigeration, but what about when used for heat transfer in the manner of a conventional "Heat Pump"?
Apparently, from what I've been reading, AS A SUPPLIER OF HEAT, a Peltier chip can have a COP comparable to that of a conventional heat pump.
Anyway, if a Peltier device can supply heat, essentially "overunity", meaning that the electrical input to operate the Peltier is ALL transformed into heat PLUS the Peltier simultaneously MOVES additional heat through itself, heat that is absorbed from the surrounding environment, then what if a Stirling engine / electrical generator is powering a Peltier device that is transforming and recycling the mechanical energy from the Stirling engine, transforming that energy into HEAT and feeding the heat back into the engine while also MOVING additional environmental heat adding the two sources of heat/energy together.
I'm not sure how understandable that premise is, but I think that there is enough of a chance that it might actually work to give it a try. The experiment is relatively easy and inexpensive.
So far I think I have gotten most of the materials together that I may need for the experiment:
Apparently, from what I've been reading, AS A SUPPLIER OF HEAT, a Peltier chip can have a COP comparable to that of a conventional heat pump.
Anyway, if a Peltier device can supply heat, essentially "overunity", meaning that the electrical input to operate the Peltier is ALL transformed into heat PLUS the Peltier simultaneously MOVES additional heat through itself, heat that is absorbed from the surrounding environment, then what if a Stirling engine / electrical generator is powering a Peltier device that is transforming and recycling the mechanical energy from the Stirling engine, transforming that energy into HEAT and feeding the heat back into the engine while also MOVING additional environmental heat adding the two sources of heat/energy together.
I'm not sure how understandable that premise is, but I think that there is enough of a chance that it might actually work to give it a try. The experiment is relatively easy and inexpensive.
So far I think I have gotten most of the materials together that I may need for the experiment:
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