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99%? No. The Carnot limit is much lower than that for the temperatures at which steam turbines operate. Besides, the thermodynamic efficiency isn't particular
by caf 15y ago
99%? No. The Carnot limit is much lower than that for the temperatures at which steam turbines operate.
Besides, the thermodynamic efficiency isn't particularly relevant for technologies like this anyway - you're not paying for the input, after all. The efficiencies you care about here are watt/area, energy payback time and, ultimately, $/watt.
- sliverstorm 15y agothermodynamic efficiency should correlate pretty strongly to watt/area because the device harvests sunlight.
- caf 15y agoFor this technology, but not for the competitors that you'd want to compare them with.