The numbers and materials are indicative, but they show the principle … Bounty will be paid to the first who can show that this invention can’t replace most of the fossil fuels by 2044, because even with reasonable modifications… Quite frankly, I don’t think there is anything or anyone who can make this invention not …
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Abstract: The gas laws bind together volume, pressure and temperature. Despite that, Sadi Carnot discovered in 1824 that only the heat engine’s hot- and cold-side temperatures determine its maximum efficiency. Since then, the engineers have been calculating efficiencies using temperatures and an equation: Ƞmax = ȠCarnot = 1 – T(cold reservoir) / T(hot reservoir) This …
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Sadi Carnot discovered that a heat engine’s hot and cold side temperature determines its maximum efficiency. Therefore, since 1824 engineers have been measuring heat engine’s hot and cold side temperatures and quite successfully determining each heat engine’s achieved and expected maximum efficiency. Carnot’s theorem has an error because it ignores the impact of having different …
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For science nerds, the following picture probably says more than 1000 words. Click on the picture to see it in a downloadable full size. So, what is it? I created a simple (~one moving part) heat pipe + turbine design, which permanently maintains a higher turbine entry side pressure and recycles all waste heat from …