Simon Forman on Nostr: nprofile1q…dkmgm In re: power systems up on the land, the temperature changes by up ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqwp5gfwhcs4t4psf3fljs09aqwu44pqjtypj4rp4z5uhur2gtlwhqedkmgm (nprofile…kmgm) In re: power systems up on the land, the temperature changes by up to thirty degrees Celsius (fifty Fahrenheit) between night and day. That's plenty of energy flux of which to take advantage. Also there are myriad rocks for thermal storage (of both hot and cold). So I'm hoping to use that and crude Sterling engines (possibly with methanol as the working fluid) to extract electric power as needed from that daily cycle.

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