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Because this offers different obstruction levels to different rates of flow and because it works in one direction could it somehow be used to create a version t
by graderjs 5y ago
Because this offers different obstruction levels to different rates of flow and because it works in one direction could it somehow be used to create a version that could operate like Maxwell's demon with particles with a certain temperature rather than a fluid? Temperature being a mscroscopic measure of the microscopic velocities of particles.
- totalZero 5y agoWhere temperature affects density or viscosity, there would obviously be applications of any technology that changes function as inertia or viscosity are modulated. But I don't think there's anything about this valve that would unlock the key to violating the second law of thermodynamics.
- graderjs 5y agoI also wonder what would happen to light if you made optical fibers in this pattern (or some other way made light flow in the same pattern) It would also be cool to etch like a single-atom-wide version on some substrate and see what would happen with particles you put in there :p ;) xx
- jecel 5y agoYou might find this device interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_tube It does take energy to separate the hot and cold air - the incoming mixed air is at a high pressure while the outgoing separated air is at normal pressure.
- graderjs 5y agoFuck...That is fascinating. Thanks! :p ;)xx