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I wonder if this tech has the efficiency of a turbine and if it could be used to extract power from nuclear fission.

• smolder 4y ago
  It's awkward to compare this to a turbine. In a sense they're opposites, one uses mechanical energy to create thermal gradients, the other turns thermal gradients into mechanical energy. However while a normal pump is sort of an engine run backwards, the heating efficiency of a heat pump is because it's moving heat, not because it's efficient at turning motion into heat. Finding a way to run this device "backwards" would not make for a good generator.
  • mosquitobiten 4y ago
    >turns thermal gradients into mechanical energy This tech does this too, you can see here: https://youtu.be/wg96lDw7sNw https://youtu.be/wg96lDw7sNw
    • smolder 4y ago
      Wow, interesting. I can't watch now, but thanks for the link.