Re: [Vo]:New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam

2014-07-28 Thread Ken Deboer
I wonder is this the same phenonomena as that described by Halas's group at Rice Univ a couple years back?. They simply focused sunlight onto carbon black in water and saw water boiling directly off at apparently low temp. I briefly reproduced her experiment by a fresnel lens focused on a little

Re: [Vo]:New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam

2014-07-28 Thread Roarty, Francis X
. It seems like a minor change but the combination of closed and open cells seems to be a win-win scenario to insulate, float and syphon. Fran From: Ken Deboer [mailto:barlaz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 2:10 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:New spongelike structure

Re: [Vo]:New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam

2014-07-27 Thread Axil Axil
Can this system support supercritical steam generation. How hot are the hot spots? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical_steam_generator On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Frank roarty fr...@roarty.biz wrote: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140724213957.htm *Source:*

Re: [Vo]:New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam

2014-07-27 Thread John Berry
Surely it would make a steam punk fans day. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 7:49 AM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Can this system support supercritical steam generation. How hot are the hot spots? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical_steam_generator On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 2:29 PM,