So users of big process power from high grade heat are steel mills, cement plants, glass plants, petrochemical refiners, cargo ship, train engines, earth movers, aircraft, trucks, autos, water desalination, buses, pumps, mines...
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:58 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Megawatts are better than kilowatts and kilowatts are better than >>> milliwatts. >>> >> >> Probably not in the long term. Most devices use ~100 W. In the future I >> expect all power supplies to be self-contained, with no central generation >> or even household generators. I mean that every light fixture, computer and >> cell phone will have a thermoelectric generator. The most useful size will >> be 1 to 100 W. >> >> Even early into a cold fusion era there will be few uses for a megawatt >> generator. >> >> > Drop-in replacements for coal-burners in electrical power plants looks > like a quick win if the ECat-HT can be made self-sustaining via acting > cooling control. > > > >
