Mary Yugo <maryyu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Many things don't. If the Hyperions require mains power and use only a > small battery for backup, what do they do in the event of a long lasting > mains power failure in some remote location where it's very cold? > In remote locations, the units will have a built-in generator and a larger battery for this kind of application. That is, built-in regeneration. There is no point to supplying this with units to be used in urban areas where reliable AC electricity is readily available. It is not worth the additional cost. In urban areas subject to long power outages, they will automatically shut down when the battery is nearly drained. > Why don't they recycle heat from the output to the input through a > regulator if they need heat input? > This would appear to be a violation of the laws of thermodynamics. Perhaps I misunderstand. > My theory for what it's worth: > . . . > - Absent the core modules, they used an electrical heater to simulate the > core in the test prototypes > That is imaginative but it is not what they say. > Jed Rothwell was planning to make or assist with such visits? What went > wrong with that effort? > Nothing yet, but it has been delayed, perhaps indefinitely. I do not know why. - Jed
