AMTEC powered residential furnace and auxiliary power

摘要: Residential gas furnaces normally rely on utility grid electric power to operate the fans and/or pumps used circulate conditioned air or water and they are thus vulnerable interruptions of service. Experience has shown that such can occur during heating season, lead serious consequences. A furnace coupled an AMTEC conversion system retains potential produce heat electricity (gas lines seldom interrupted outages), save approximately $47/heating season compared a conventional furnace. The key designing is understanding, predicting, cell performance characteristics. three main processes must be understood modeled fully characterize electrochemical, sodium vapor flow, transfer. This paper shows results attempt model transfer in multitube then discusses conceptual design self-powered residential