'Miracle' stove (TM) that runs on sound--this looks like BS to me
Via 'LabNewsOnline': http://www.labnews.co.uk/laboratory_...fficient-power.
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The £2m SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project brings together experts from across the world to develop a generator capable of both cooking and cooling food. The researchers are using thermoacoustic technology to convert biomass fuels - such as wood - into energy to power the appliance. The wood is burned to produce heat. This then goes into a specially shaped pipe which produces areas of high and low gas pressure in such a way as to generate sound (in similar way to a singing kettle). The sound energy is then converted into electricity by a linear alternator which is then used to power the device.
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I have no idea what a linear alternator is, but this all sounds very fishy to me.
Opinions, anyone??
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