Mary Yugo <[email protected]> wrote:
> In practice the requirement to close the loop with a wet CF cell is likely >> to be more stringent than that. >> > > I understand but, not to drive this into the ground, why is it necessarily > so? Is there nothing you can do to such a cell to get a higher delta T? > Larger electrodes? More current? Less coolant flow? Obviously I don't > know -- just throwing out some guesses. > I suggest you stop guessing and read the literature. Cells running heat after death have closed the loop. Apart from them, no laboratory scale device can produce electricity. Anyone who understands heat engines and familiar with the literature can see see why, and why skeptics who demand this are being absurd. The reasons are obvious: the reaction is very small, the water is not pressurized, and the reaction cannot be controlled. - Jed
