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Re: Initial notes and ideas for retort/stove/steam power...
Water tower for energy storage? I doubt it. Steam powered water pump? Even less likely.
The problem is that steam engines are typically quite inefficient, say 10% for typical steam engine, about 30-40 percent for a turbine. And even if you drive the water up with this mechanical pump is bout 70% efficient and a little less when you let it down and drive a generator. So in fact you are only using bout 5% of the wood energy (having a turbine is costly). Its generally a better idea to somehow get a turbine or a stirling engine and drive generator directly.
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