SMU's Electricity Generator Gets Its Power from Waste Heat

smu diamond m · Post by **smu diamond m** » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:59 pm

Or view the webpage at:
http://www.electratherm.com/technology2.html

It uses a refrigerant, not water. We were all wrong!

It actually works much in the same fashion as a nuclear reactor, except the nuke relies on nuclear fusion to produce the heat.

perunapower · Post by **perunapower** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:27 am

More like a refrigerator running backwards. Takes heat from a high-temp environment to vaporize a refrigerant which is run through a turbine to generate energy. The refrigerant is then condensed and pumped so it can start all over again. Simple thermodynamics. Smart idea.