1000C input temperature can achieve 50% Carnot efficiency with an exhaust temperature of 362C
Not quite hot enough for input to MHD ;-) On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Alan J Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > At 01:31 AM 12/30/2011, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote: > >> http://www.technologyreview.**com/energy/32267/<http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/32267/> >> > > But : > > A second prototype that aims for 20 to 30 percent efficiency at 500 °C is > expected this spring. > .... > "To get from 40 percent to 50 percent, we need to raise the temperature to > 1,000 °C, and that requires some use of ceramics." >
