On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 13:58 -0500, "Olin Lathrop" wrote:
> RussellMc wrote:
> >>> I think it can be a matter of time a refrigeration unit would take
> >>> waste heat and even would freeze the output.
> >>> The collected heat would drive a small steam turbine.
> >
> > Q / Textus Receptus suggests that he is suggesting using waste heat to
> > drive a steam turbine and / or which would drive a refrigeration unit.
>=20
> Once again in your zeal to be the apologist for dumb comments, you have
> overlooked the most straight forward meaning.  Perhaps this is a language
> problem, but poor grasp of thermodynamics is a much more likely
> explanation
> since it requires less contorting in the interpretation.
>=20
> You can't get power from waste heat and then "freeze the output".  You
> can
> derive power from the difference in temperature of the exhaust and
> ambient.
> Doing so does cool the exhaust.  However, it can't cool it (in aggregate)
> below ambient without additional power input.  The point was to use the
> waste heat as power, so he obviously doesn't plan to use additional power
> and it would defeat the purpose anyway.

Hmm. Is what you are saying in contradiction to the well-known (to
old-timers) Propane Refrigerator?

Correctly termed "Absorption Refrigerator":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_refrigerator

But I have not been paying too close attention to the specific claims of
the thread-carriers, so it may be you are denying the existence of
something else.

Best regards,

Bob


--=20
http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service

--=20
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
.