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Question:

Given the latest bits of information, I must ask if anyone has considered the RPM at which the sterling would run, and the rpm/work needed to drive the generator circuit?

Are we driving one generator with several SE, or are we driving generator per SE?

I'm thinking that even a 30HP SE is only going 100RPM or so (that might be wrong, probably is, so the math here isn't necessarily correct either, other than analytically.)

If it's generating 30HP of work at 100RPM, and the generator needs to spin at 3000 RPM to make any reasonable amount of power, the reduction would be 30:1 (30 at the generator for every 1 at the SE) Which means that the generator would only see 1/30 of the HP that the SE is giving.

1 HP may not be enough to drive the generator to the 3000 RPM it needs to see with the kind of load it's going to be creating while charging the batteries/electrical system.

Granted, more than one system like this would lessen the load, and technically, you could employ enough systems to lessen the load to the extent that 1HP would be sufficient, but how much weight would you be adding at that point?

It seems kind of counter-intuitive unless the efficiency marks go up significantly for each piece of the puzzle.

That's what I'm thinking, please tell me I'm wrong. I'd hate to see this project wasted over something so consequential.