In reply to R C Macaulay's message of Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:30:57 -0600: Hi, [snip] >Howdy Robin, Considering the advances the Isrealis have made in their Dead >Sea project research, salt can he heated to some very high temperatures. >Combine the efficency of closed loop freon engines and certain possibilities >can be visualized for standby power generation. >Richard > > >>As wind turbine research continues, the vertical style hold the most >>promise. Wind can be "enhanced" by use of "shapes" that swirl and >>concentrate the wind and induce vortices.See fire storm vids >> >>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txq-tHOMxAM&feature=related >>Wind electric power can be stored. One of the most popular is hydrogen.. >>however.. heat can be stored using salt, an ideal eutectic. >>Richard > >...and about a thousand times cheaper / kWh than lead-acid batteries (when >done >on a large scale).
...and at the melting point of table salt, the Carnot efficiency is quite good. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
