isnt it that space is cold and they said that if you arae in space half of you facing the Sun will burn you and the other side of you will freeze. what if they use this to make unlimited energy? since you have both hot and cold.
The heat can't be transferred to surfaces directly through the void. What I mean is, there would be nothing around the engine for heat to escape to, which would lead to it getting hotter over time until it stopped functioning.
Yes, that would work! The big question though is, "Can we do the same thing cheaper, lighter, or simpler?" In space, if you use the difference in temperature, maybe you could use thermocouples to create electricity. Or maybe create steam on the hot side, run a turbine, and condense the steam on the cold side. On the other hand, just using regular solar panels facing the Sun might be cheaper to build, less mass to send up, and simpler to maintain. But yes, the temperature difference would work.
Very logical
Now put it on the dry ice and reverse the motion
isnt it that space is cold and they said that if you arae in space half of you facing the Sun will burn you and the other side of you will freeze. what if they use this to make unlimited energy? since you have both hot and cold.
The heat can't be transferred to surfaces directly through the void. What I mean is, there would be nothing around the engine for heat to escape to, which would lead to it getting hotter over time until it stopped functioning.
Yes, that would work! The big question though is, "Can we do the same thing cheaper, lighter, or simpler?" In space, if you use the difference in temperature, maybe you could use thermocouples to create electricity. Or maybe create steam on the hot side, run a turbine, and condense the steam on the cold side. On the other hand, just using regular solar panels facing the Sun might be cheaper to build, less mass to send up, and simpler to maintain. But yes, the temperature difference would work.
Love them, but buggered if I understand them
How is this not a thermoelectric generator (TEG) again?
TEG converts heat difference directly to voltage, while this engine simply converts that to rotational force.
When the flexible what?
Uhh, Member? Whats the joke here
Bru might be 12