I agree the idea is clever. Essentially they are recycling heat generated as a "byproduct".
I wish there were a better way to generate electricity directly from heat.
Other than the two dissimilar metals method, thermovoltaics instead of photovoltaics.
I wonder if they run into feedback issues. Electricity->heat-electricity->heat.
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I agree the idea is clever. Essentially they are recycling heat generated as a "byproduct". I wish there were a better way to generate electricity directly from heat. Other than the two dissimilar metals method, thermovoltaics instead of photovoltaics. I wonder if they run into feedback issues. Electricity->heat-electricity->heat.