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You'll need some electricity and that's a mere heat generator. The Carnot heat engine efficiency is not nice at a cold side of 2000K and the working fluid will
by VLM 6y ago
You'll need some electricity and that's a mere heat generator.
The Carnot heat engine efficiency is not nice at a cold side of 2000K and the working fluid will be a problem. Maybe gaseous helium or argon to reduce leakage, I guess.
The only place I found EU-610 was a Russian thermal rocket. Which is kind of like saying all you need for a coal electrical plant is a lightweight pile of charcoal.
Its a different type of technology, sorta like the difference between burning in a cast iron stove to boil tea, vs using a microwave oven to boil tea.