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    Geothermal Well charachteristics

    Try ourcoolhouse.com They have live streaming data and trends for a geothermal heating/cooling system. I researched a Geo system with an IC engine as the prime mover, but it had some definite shortcomings. A Stirling is definitely the way to go. Good luck.
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    Heat pumps and shape-memory alloys motor

    Heat Pump COP and perpetual motion machine I'm a little fuzzy on the efficiency calculations. Wouldn't a heat pump with a COP of 5 put out five times the energy it requires to run? In that case it could be coupled to a Sterling engine with, say 25% efficiency for a net efficiency of 125%...
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