I suppose the question is; How inefficient does the solar cell array become when the device is throttled back significantly? Since all the power eventually becomes radiated, the black body temperature must be adjusted downwards as the required output power is reduced. Since the radiated power varies as the 4th order of the temperature, halving the temperature would cause the radiated power to drop by a factor of 16. How well would the array operate at that black body temperature?
Also, would the silver remain a vapor at one half the standard output temperature? If not, the device may not work at that operating point. And, the power available to run the silver furnace and pump might become a significant proportion of the total received from the solar array at that lower power level. If so, a lot of heat would be emitted for a relatively small amount of electrical energy. I suspect that a large amount of engineering is going to have to take place before this product can become commercial. At least Mills might have a good start. Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <mix...@bigpond.com> To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Thu, Feb 4, 2016 9:12 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:BLP demo video In reply to Bob Higgins's message of Thu, 4 Feb 2016 17:22:46 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Mills talked about the source voltage being "only 10V", but 10V has at >least the potential to deliver 10eV of energy. 10eV of energy is the >energy of a photon at 124nm in the extreme UV. His "only 10V" statement >was meant to dissuade the listener that high energy photons were not >possible directly from this source. > >He also has the habit of immensely glossing over engineering details. When >he talked about getting rid of 65% of 250kW (163kW) of heat using an >"automobile radiator", he forgot to notice that an automobile engine only >dissipates that much heat at high speed and only then for short bursts. If >a car is trying to dissipate that much heat while standing still, it will >overheat immediately. Yes, you can use a radiator to dissipate 163kW of >heat, but it will be huge and fan cooled. His device is actually run in pulse mode, with rapid pulse repetition. That means that he can vary the output power by varying the pulse rate. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
