Amusing indeed (the PV magazine article). The pump “reportedly produces 3 kW to 4 kW of heat for every kilowatt of power it consumes”. Say what?
On Fri, Jan 6, 2023 at 8:28 AM Roger Critchlow <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was amused to see an announcement of a thermoacoustic heat pump the other > day: > > > https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/01/02/residential-thermo-acoustic-heat-pump-produces-water-up-to-80-c/ > > then an ionocaloric refrigerator announcement turns up this morning > > https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2023/01/03/cool-new-method-of-refrigeration/ > > It seems that you won't recognize your air conditioner in a few years. > > -- rec -- > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom https://bit.ly/virtualfriam to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ archives: 5/2017 thru present https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/
