Preheater

"Mike Rapoport" writes:

The people at Tanis are working on a generator that you might want to
research. Their primary objective is power to weight. I have thought about
a Honda generator for preheating in remote areas but I would need the 2K
version which is a lot heavier than the 1K.

When I dream about such things, I dream of an IC engine that could replace a
Janitrol heater. The exhaust heat would run through a heat exchanger to
provide cabin heat and the rotary motion would power a small fan and an
alternator. The alternator could be used to top off the batteries, power
engine heaters, and power an electric heating element (or heat pump?) to
supplement the exhaust heat.

If I'm going to carry around a big combustion chamber in my nose, I'd like it
to do something useful. (Heck, with my current heater, I'd be satisfied if
it it simply provided heat. But when I dream...)

--kyler