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This design is photovoltaics, just like solar, but optimized for infrared photons. There is no avoiding the reality that energy storage density will scale as
by walnutclosefarm 5y ago
This design is photovoltaics, just like solar, but optimized for infrared photons. There is no avoiding the reality that energy storage density will scale as the cube of the facility size, but power density only as the square. And at 2.38 w/cm^2, the scale coefficient is not all that great.
- Retric 5y agoPicture a stack of flat panels with each layer consisting of: (Cold)(Panel)(Hot)(Panel)(Cold) held vertically. So: (Cold)(Panel)(Hot)(Panel)(Cold)(Panel)(Hot)(Panel)(Cold)(Panel)(Hot) Now you add hot gas at the bottom and have say 4 layers per m. So a 3mx3mx3m cube would be 4 layers * 2 panels per layer * 3m * 3m * 3m = 216m2 of panels taking up a 3mx3m section of floor. At 2.38w/cm2 * 10000cm2/m2 * 216m2 = 5.14 MW of power.