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Converting More Heat To Useful Energy

Posted by timothy on from the use-turkey-gut-oil-and-really-make-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "New Scientist has an article about a technology proposed by Wow Energies which can nearly double the efficiency of power stations, utilise waste heat from many industrial processes, and reduce toxic pollution. The secret is to use propane vapour, which boils at much lower temperatures than steam, and so can convert more heat to useful energy. Even better, it uses existing pump and turbine technology. Could this be a big weapon in the fight against global warming?"

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  1. Combine with Mech computing by rawgod0122 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love how the stories on /. line up sometimes. If we take this tech and the mechinical computing not too far down the page we can get more computation for our effort. That has to count as over clocking... or at least cool on the geek factor.

  2. So.... by Rhinobird · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what does this mean for Sim City? Will there be a new option in powerplants? or maybe an upgrade option to tranform my coal fired plants into ultra effriecient/low polluting rigs?

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