New alloy discovered that converts heat directly into electricity
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someone is gonna be rich
and here we go.
minnesota fuck yeah
But the machine runs on sweat, so if one doesn't exist, neither does the other.
It's mutually assured destruction.
The video made me laugh.
nothing....
then it jumps over
[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;30645853]The video made me laugh.
nothing....
then it jumps over[/QUOTE]
It's kind of like the ending of Xmen 3
Obligatory post about how blown my mind is.
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Also avatar fits.
Solar panels with heat?
Quick, everyone, start global warming back up!
I'm going to power my computer using the heat from my piss
[QUOTE=ManningQB18;30646247]I'm going to power my computer using the heat from my piss[/QUOTE]
Or power your computer using the heat from your computer?
Stick one into center of the earth.
[QUOTE=Lol-Nade;30646326]Stick one into center of the earth.[/QUOTE]
Center of the sun.
They need to make roof tiles out of this and have a generator in the attic of that house.
Portable game systems that run off of our own heat.
Neat!
Now we just need to setup a virtual reality for people to live in while we use their heat to power everything we will ever need.
We can call it "The Matrix"
I mean.. If you had this stuff hooked upto something that would draw power from. How much heat would it take to melt it when it's all being converted to power and drawn away.
Oh god I'm thinking of the Stargate universe ship that recharges by by flying through a sun.
Lets call it "Obtainium" since we obtained it, and it's not unobtainable anymore.
What you guys are forgetting is that it becomes magnetic when heat is applied, which can cause all sorts of bad things.
A self charging thermometer that charges it self.
Place it in chairs in waiting areas, potentilally powering parts of the building.
Self powered massage chair.
If this truly produce electricity from heat and not temperature difference, they broke 2nd law of thermodynamics, and in that case, huzzah.
I am afraid that's not true, tho, and it's probably just capable of utilizing temperature difference. And that has been possible already.
I find all the speculations in this thread hilarious. The thing needs a changing heat to get the job done(:arghfist::ninja:).
The first or second thing I thought of was a nuclear reactor taking advantage of something like this instead of using water as a middleman. Too bad it seems that nobody but those in the lab actually know any definite properties of it
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[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;30646701]If this truly produce electricity from heat and not temperature difference, they broke 2nd law of thermodynamics, and in that case, huzzah.
I am afraid that's not true, tho, and it's probably just capable of utilizing temperature difference. And that has been possible already.[/QUOTE]
Yep, but the important part is that we cut out the water middleman. Until now, almost everything uses the heat taken from whatever, turns it into steam, and uses those to turn turbines, which make electricity.
[QUOTE=kevinseven;30640566]So...like solar panels? Only with heat?[/QUOTE]
Many methods of power production use heat to generate electricity, but in a much more roundabout way. For example, a nuclear power plant uses the heat from fission to heat pressurised water, pushing it through turbines to generate electricity. It is then cooled and returned to the reactor.
Converting heat directly into electricity could capitalise on the energy wasted in such a system.
(Sorry if my knowledge is really off; I'm only a year 11 physics student).
so can I use this to power microprocessors using the heat they generate?
Spent my entire work day thinking about this, so stand back and prepare for :science:
Alright, the article on PopSci explained that if you heat the material and expose it to a natural/permanent magnet, it creates a stronger magnetic field. That field then induces a current in a spool of wire wrapped around the material. Simple electromagnetics, right?
Maybe. For a magnetic field to generate current, the strength of the field relative to the wire must be changing. This can be done several ways: changing the distance between the wire and the field source, spinning the wire in certain ways, or by changing the field strength generated.
That's where I begin seeing issues with using this to generate electricity: if the material produces a constant, regular magnetic field ( not changing), then the wire needs to be moved to generate current. That could make this method of generating power horribly inefficient. If the field strength generated varies however, then its a different story.
If increasing or decreasing the temperature of the material can change the field's strength, then generating power simply becomes an issue of keeping the material above the minimum field generating temperature without melting it, which would be bad.
Other issues are the price of production, stability of the alloy, and efficiency of the magnetic field generated. If the material doesn't last long or costs too much to make( it's manufactured at the atomic level, which is pretty darn expensive iirc), then it wouldn't be a viable way to produce power. It may also not produce enough power to justify that expense.
Last, bear in mind that this method requires a source of heat, which, IMO, would likely be a conventional source (oil, coal, nuclear, geothermal). If I understand this stuff correctly, it'd basically be replacing turbines in terms of generating electricity.
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tl;dr - that's about as short as I think I can abbreviate that.
Also, that took a long time to tap out on my iTouch.
Brake rotors, anyone?
As I sit here reading this with my laptop, I realize how hot the exhaust vents are on this thing. Just put some of this stuff near them and you have a self powering laptop! (Patent Pending)
Volcano power plants? Or is that not how this works?
cover the moon with black sheets of this, and throw some kind of laser cannon on it or some shit.
[quote]Ni45Co5Mn40Sn10[/quote]
What.
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[QUOTE=Alan Ninja!;30647977]Spent my entire work day thinking about this, so stand back and prepare for :science:
Alright, the article on PopSci explained that if you heat the material and expose it to a natural/permanent magnet, it creates a stronger magnetic field. That field then induces a current in a spool of wire wrapped around the material. Simple electromagnetics, right?
Maybe. For a magnetic field to generate current, the strength of the field relative to the wire must be changing. This can be done several ways: changing the distance between the wire and the field source, spinning the wire in certain ways, or by changing the field strength generated.
That's where I begin seeing issues with using this to generate electricity: if the material produces a constant, regular magnetic field ( not changing), then the wire needs to be moved to generate current. That could make this method of generating power horribly inefficient. If the field strength generated varies however, then its a different story.
If increasing or decreasing the temperature of the material can change the field's strength, then generating power simply becomes an issue of keeping the material above the minimum field generating temperature without melting it, which would be bad.
Other issues are the price of production, stability of the alloy, and efficiency of the magnetic field generated. If the material doesn't last long or costs too much to make( it's manufactured at the atomic level, which is pretty darn expensive iirc), then it wouldn't be a viable way to produce power. It may also not produce enough power to justify that expense.
Last, bear in mind that this method requires a source of heat, which, IMO, would likely be a conventional source (oil, coal, nuclear, geothermal). If I understand this stuff correctly, it'd basically be replacing turbines in terms of generating electricity.
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tl;dr - that's about as short as I think I can abbreviate that.
Also, that took a long time to tap out on my iTouch.[/QUOTE]
Uses waste heat bro, like exhaust. Hot air.
[QUOTE=Del91;30648683]What.
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45 nickel
5 cobalt
40 magnesium
10 tin
I'm still waiting for the researchers to accidentaly brutally stab themselves in the stomachs while shaving.
Or commit suicide by shooting themelves several times, reloading the guns, shooting themselves again, and then hanging themselves.
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[QUOTE=Del91;30648683]Uses waste heat bro, like exhaust. [b]Hot air[/b].[/QUOTE]
Great! All we have to do now is install panels of this stuff inside the Senate, and we've got unlimited energy!
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