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I would be curious to see how well the tech scales down. There are so very many industrial processes that generate huge amounts of waste heat just to dump it in

I would be curious to see how well the tech scales down. There are so very many industrial processes that generate huge amounts of waste heat just to dump it into the local environment. Power plants are the clear winner here, but I would be curious to see if smelting and metal working industries could benefit as well. Anyone in those fields have an idea?

NickNameNick 12y ago
The problem is, most of those industrial processes need to be cooled already. Putting any sort of energy capture in the cooling system will cost you more in reduced efficiency elsewhere.