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Keep in mind that Carnot efficiency at this temperature is nearly 90% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_cycle 1 -
by petermcneeley 5y ago
Keep in mind that Carnot efficiency at this temperature is nearly 90%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot_cycle
1 - Tc/Th = 1 - 295k/2000k
- SnowHill9902 5y agoYeah but heat losses grow with the 4th power (!).
- klysm 5y agoThat sounds like O(bad)
- BlueTemplar 5y agoYeah, not to mention that these semiconductors are probably not particularly transparent ? (Not counting the photoelectric photons.) And you're going to have to cool them "before" and "after" the light hits the mirror behind them.