How to Charge Your Phone From Alcohol, and Maybe Burn Your House Down
The average amperage on denatured alcohol started at over 2 amps (which may have been an erroneous reading?) but then gradually diminished to 0.27 over a few minutes as the metal heated up. The main limiting factor was keeping the side of the stirling engine cool that was supposed to be. Radiator style cooling fins would be a big help I think, it's too small for practical liquid cooling.
Stay Cozy!
Risk burning my house down....
or risk my battery running out....
Hmmmmm.
I couldn't imagine something like that, great way to use the energy generate by the stirling engine. Regards
Fummy enough this experiment looks easy but technically its quite complicated. Only science students will actually be able to decipher whats going on here
That's a pretty cool fire hazard you've got there. It actually is cool.
It's sorcery! Burn the witch!
Very cool transducer. Real steampunk vibe going on. Wonder what the theoretical maximum output of this particular contraption is, given optimum fuel and localized cooling fins, as you suggested?
Also, doesn't this seem like an infernal contraption that would be right at home in Bioshock?
Their use of combustion engines for powering robots and stuff always confused me. It's a poor choice for an enclosed environment with recirculated air.
Wow this is really amazing...Science and Technology at their peak👍
Very sciency.. I love physics although I'm a biology undergrad. Nice set-up by the way.
Who needs a house when you can charge your phone for free?
It's great that your can do all these things and make stuff anywhere. Really great
Some people are just smart and have a mechanical mind. I wouldn't know where to start on this but amazing to see what is possible. Looks simple enough but know I wouldn't have a clue.