Timeline for Can I take heat from the air and convert it to electricity?
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| Mar 8, 2014 at 17:49 | history | protected | Qmechanic♦ | ||
| Mar 8, 2014 at 17:39 | answer | added | Johnny | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 20, 2014 at 11:48 | answer | added | Aditya Bose | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 30, 2012 at 13:57 | vote | accept | billpg | ||
| Nov 22, 2012 at 15:02 | answer | added | anna v | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 15, 2012 at 7:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhysics/status/268971923449454592 | ||
| Nov 15, 2012 at 2:40 | comment | added | Martin Beckett | @Prathyush it is technically feasible and has been done . One pine resin changes from solid to liquid at around 22degC. So in the day it melts absorbing heat and when the temp falls below this at night it freezes releasing heat. You just need a log cabin in a desert | |
| Nov 15, 2012 at 2:29 | answer | added | Mark Eichenlaub | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 15, 2012 at 1:07 | comment | added | Prathyush | I have an idea ;). You can "collect" heat on a hot summer day then release it at night. It would require the right chemical reaction, which may exist. The chemical reagents are such that chemical reaction happen in the forward direction at higher temperature absorbing heat. And backward reaction happen at night releasing heat. One may use the chemical reaction that happens at night to generate electricity. While this is possible, it might not technically feasible. Important thing is you need a colder place. | |
| Nov 14, 2012 at 22:48 | comment | added | Mike Dunlavey | As Claudius says, you need someplace colder for the heat to go to, like an ocean or maybe underground water. | |
| Nov 14, 2012 at 22:08 | answer | added | Claudius | timeline score: 18 | |
| Nov 14, 2012 at 21:39 | history | edited | billpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 14, 2012 at 21:33 | history | asked | billpg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |