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How do we make thermo electric generators better?

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 01:39:39 2020 No.11546450 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11546455 >>11546623 >>11546659 >>11546715 >>11546807

I want to create a society that runs from only this as our energy source.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 01:40:46 No.11546452 Report

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by having more heat gradients

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 01:41:18 No.11546455 Report

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>>11546450
By killing yourself, it will use less energy on useless people, that's how you make thermo electric generators better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 02:45:48 No.11546623 Report

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>>11546450
>Sapping the earths finite heat energy, eventually ending plate tectonics and the magnetic molten core, leading to a cold dead space rock.
Great idea.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 02:55:17 No.11546659 Report

Quoted By: >>11546671 >>11547280

>>11546450
Look up how heat pipes work.
Look up stirling engines.
Dig deep hole.
Put heat pipes in.
Put stirling engine on top.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 03:01:46 No.11546671 Report

Quoted By: >>11546685 >>11546722

>>11546623
hmmm what if the heat in the earth is infinite anyway because the intense gravity at the core which constantly causes friction which causes heat?
>>11546659
i only like solid state devices though

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 03:12:22 No.11546685 Report

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>>11546671
>infinite
I was going to ask if the earth started out as a big molten ball and has been slowly cooling ever since.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 03:24:52 No.11546715 Report

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>>11546450
By making a material which has electrons that conduct heat extremely well, but with atomic/lattice vibrations (phonons) conducting little heat. This is pretty challenging, but current progress involves nanostructures that dampen atomic vibrations but allow electrons to pass.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 03:27:05 No.11546722 Report

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>>11546671
and what if magical unicorns exist which will gift us endless energy?

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 03:34:40 No.11546741 Report

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>>11546722
hit rebar with a blacksmith hammer as hard as you can 25 times in the same spot, then stop hitting it and grab the rebar exactly where you were hitting.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 03:37:03 No.11546746 Report

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>>11546741
Aren't there planets that once had active tectonics that are now dead? Like Mars?

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 04:04:09 No.11546807 Report

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>>11546450
Add reheating and regenerative cycles

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 04:29:59 No.11546839 Report

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>>11546807
how tho

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 08:41:14 No.11547267 Report

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>>11546741
yes kinetic energy from outside a system will be converted to thermal energy, now explain where this external force is coming from. And no tidal forces aren't significant enough to provide "infinite heat"

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 08:43:18 No.11547271 Report

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>>11546746
yup mars and mercury are not longer active, as their ratio of volume to surface area is much lower therefore they cooled much faster.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 08:50:33 No.11547280 Report

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>>11546623
How much steam would we have to produce in order to do that, it's an unreasonable amount.
>>11546659
Geothermal generators already exist, they're just inaccessible to most countries

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 09:01:36 No.11547290 Report

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>>11547280
Well, how much heat potential is in the earth?

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 09:10:24 No.11547304 Report

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>>11547290
A lot.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 09:39:21 No.11547342 Report

Quoted By: >>11547358 >>11547363

atoms being crushed together by gravity IS the kinetic energy. Ever heard of the big bang and how hot the singularity was? well the earths core is just a way less dense version of that. the only way to prove me wrong is to show me thermal video proof of exactly what is inside mars core and if it can be fairly comparable to earth like is the core solid metal or is the whole planet just a big ball of clay etc. too many factors, and neither of us truly know for sure, just theories.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 09:54:22 No.11547357 Report

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>>11547304
>how much Co2 would we have to produce to alter our atmosphere? An unreasonable amount.
Was what i was going to post before. Heat total can't be calculated with force of gravity and amount of heat making it to the surface factored? Why? Because we don't know the exact composition of the interior? Or maybe the exact mass of the Earth? I thought it was known already. Was thinking earlier as well. Before this thread i think. On whether heat rises due to a mere temperature exchange or if there are other factors at play. ( know about hot air being lighter, not talking about that, or am i ).

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 09:55:14 No.11547358 Report

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>>11547342
Yeah but at some point those atoms are gonna settle down and cool off.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 09:57:06 No.11547363 Report

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>>11547342
The accepted story is that the core was much hotter previously and has been cooling and hardening. Clearly it is not a perpetual energy generator.

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Anonymous Thu 09 Apr 2020 10:10:33 No.11547380 Report

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>>11547363
yea and i could just say you're clearly regurgitating what someone else wants you to think. I don't trust anything mainstream.

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