[ausev] A/C in an EV

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http://www.sanden.com/products/electric.html
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-----Original Message-----
>From: Clendon Gibson <bsandyman at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Jun 12, 2007 9:20 AM
>To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion <ausev at austinev.org>
>Subject: Re: [ausev] A/C in an EV
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>Off and on I read articles about Sterling Engines. A sterling engine takes a temperature difference and turns it into mechanical motion. But you can also drive the sterling engine with a 12 motor or what have you and generate cold that way. Of course the sterling engine will also have a hot end.
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>There is a company that uses this method for cryogenic containment.
>
>An alternative that may be more accessible to the home brewer is thermoacoustic refrigeration.
>
>http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/Publications/ThermoDemo.pdf
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>----- Original Message ----
>From: gary <gkrysztopik at satx.rr.com>
>To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion <ausev at austinev.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 6:55:14 AM
>Subject: Re: [ausev] A/C in an EV
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>
>> live without it; but it won't be based on refrigerant. I plan to
>circulate
>> chilled water through my existing evaporator using an ordinary ice
>cooler. 
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>I saw these at a show http://arcticaircooler.com/ so I started making my
>own.  The guy said he went thru eight designs before he got it to work
>well.  I tried two different methods and one seems to work ok.  I never
>quantified it in any way but I think it would certainly help reduce the
>heat for a short while.  I think it's worth pursuing (and so did the guy
>that made it a business.)  Btw, they start at over $400.
>
>gary
>
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