Assume a working fluid of ambient hot air, assume a very large displacement, 10’ X 10’ and several feet thick for example, with the displacer having close tolerances with the walls and being the driving element. Assume a microprocessor sensing everything and injecting mist at critical times to drive the displacer as the massive increase in surface area of the misted water causes rapid evaporation with the accompanying chilling..
This will cause rapid movement of the displacer/driver, both driving the load and bringing in a new large gulp of hot air on its other side, where the process is then repeated.
Assume the displacer alignment is created by hydraulic cylinders and the motion drives hydraulic inputs into a large hydraulic accumulator.
Now assume the displacer/driver load is activation of a positive displacement AC compressor, creating a hot side which is transferred to input air to the stirling engine compartments, and is then used normally to chill inside dwelling area air in a normal AC process. Assume a number of AC positive displacement pumps which can be clutched/declutched by the microprocessor based on available power, allowing stirling activity under almost all conditions.
Assume almost unlimited ceiling space in warehouses with stacks of 10’ x 10’ engines. They might provide a lot of power for cooling using ambient hot air with mist chilling driving the cycle.
I am a retired electronic designer and programmer, but am 83 years old and my math skills have vanished.
There are major things I do not know: What is the volume of air at varying temperatures? How much cooling could be had from mist with varying temperatures and pre-existing humidity levels?
Is the idea practical? Is anyone with up to date math skills interested in playing with this idea. If it is practical I would like to model it and build some ptototypes.
Vwey large displacement ambient hot air questions
-
Grower Dick
- Posts: 4
- Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:09 am