mayorredbeard
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My assignment:
Create the most efficient turbine you possibly can.
Efficiency in this sense is actual efficiency. And it has to be able to operate continuously.
Pretty broad, right? This is my idea:
1. Create an air-tight chamber.
2. Fasten a small diameter pipe onto one of the walls of the chamber, and the other end feeds into a reservoir of water; held back by a latch.
3. Use a industrial pump to remove as much air as possible.
4. Heat the inside of the chamber.
5. Release water into the chamber and it should boil at a very low temperature due to the lack of internal pressure, making it vastly more efficient then a normal steam turbine.
Anyone see any flaws in this idea? As long as you keep feeding in water the pipe won't open up to the atmosphere causing the chamber to reach equilibrium with the outside. It seems so simple I figure there must be something wrong with it. Otherwise this would be done on a much larger scale to make electricity very cheap.
Create the most efficient turbine you possibly can.
Efficiency in this sense is actual efficiency. And it has to be able to operate continuously.
Pretty broad, right? This is my idea:
1. Create an air-tight chamber.
2. Fasten a small diameter pipe onto one of the walls of the chamber, and the other end feeds into a reservoir of water; held back by a latch.
3. Use a industrial pump to remove as much air as possible.
4. Heat the inside of the chamber.
5. Release water into the chamber and it should boil at a very low temperature due to the lack of internal pressure, making it vastly more efficient then a normal steam turbine.
Anyone see any flaws in this idea? As long as you keep feeding in water the pipe won't open up to the atmosphere causing the chamber to reach equilibrium with the outside. It seems so simple I figure there must be something wrong with it. Otherwise this would be done on a much larger scale to make electricity very cheap.