Home Waste Heat Recycling

[Joe Blake]

http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/7142/

Looks interesting, except I don't use any artificial heating (or cooling).

But being able to recycle heat. I like that.

Joe

[Paul Bailey]

Hi Joe : Thanks for the quizmag links , lots of interesting energy news. On the homefront I have been using the GFX to extract heat from wastewater for 7 years now without any problems. Paul:)

[George Craft]

I'm glad to see that this works well. My brother was telling me about this idea and I actually inspected my home system to see how easy that it can be done. After seeing this photo, I think that I am inspired to do the same.

PS: A co-worker has a new furnace that expels its exhaust thru the side of the house instead of the roof. The incoming air for the furnace is drawn over the exhaust flue going out. This is the same concept. I wonder if it would be easy to implement this idea into an existing home gas furnace installation? I think that the system would require a forced air feed to ensure a proper draft.

At the moment, I've been researching used oil burning furnaces. Unfortunately, they are not ULC or CSA approved, so they would have to be run remotely away from any living spaces. My idea is to plumb a coolant jacket around the heater and pipe it thru my existing water circulating heating system in my basement. I can use the evacuated solar tube system to supplement it during the daylight hours.
Reference: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me11.html

[Paul Bailey]

Another updated link to the GFX heat recovery unit..Lots of info in here. Again no I don't work for these guys just impressed with heat recovery performance and potential in this day and age..Paul:)

http://www.gfxstar.ca/englishindex.html