[FRIAM] A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine

[Marcus Daniels]

Definitely get bragging rights with a glowing block of graphite in the backyard.
https://thermalbattery.co/technology/#1626489016052-5e6c46c5-a80f

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 12:13 PM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine

The TPV cell is just the last piece in a larger scheme.  This article gives more details:

https://www.science.org/content/article/thermal-batteries-could-efficiently-store-wind-and-solar-power-renewable-grid

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On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 2:20 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com<mailto:marcus at snoutfarm.com>> wrote:
It’s like a solar cell, but uses infrared spectrum.

From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com<mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com>> On Behalf Of cody dooderson
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2022 10:46 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com<mailto:friam at redfish.com>>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine

That would be good for a concentrated solar array. Do you have any idea how it works?

Cody Smith


On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:43 AM Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org<mailto:rec at elf.org>> wrote:
https://news.mit.edu/2022/thermal-heat-engine-0413

Thermophotovoltaic, converts 1900-2400C source photons to electricity at >40% efficiency.

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