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

[Roger Critchlow]

The Nature article about the thermal photo voltaic chip design is open
access: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04473-y

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On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 3:34 PM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

> Definitely get bragging rights with a glowing block of graphite in the
> backyard.
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> 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
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> The TPV cell is just the last piece in a larger scheme.  This article
> gives more details:
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> 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>
> wrote:
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> It’s like a solar cell, but uses infrared spectrum.
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> *From:* Friam <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>
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] A new heat engine with no moving parts is as
> efficient as a steam turbine
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> That would be good for a concentrated solar array. Do you have any idea
> how it works?
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> Cody Smith
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> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:43 AM Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org> wrote:
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> https://news.mit.edu/2022/thermal-heat-engine-0413
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> Thermophotovoltaic, converts 1900-2400C source photons to electricity at
> >40% efficiency.
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