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I have just signed up to these forums to see if anybody can explain or put to bed this theory that i found on another forum to which the poster has had no replies, I wanted to hear peoples opinions on here seeing as this is a more relevant place to ask than the place it was first posted. Please bear in mind that i am not a person of scientific knowledge, I'm just curious.
I have just signed up to these forums to see if anybody can explain or put to bed this theory that i found on another forum to which the poster has had no replies, I wanted to hear peoples opinions on here seeing as this is a more relevant place to ask than the place it was first posted. Please bear in mind that i am not a person of scientific knowledge, I'm just curious.
Usually.... coal is burned, the heat boils water, the water turns to steam and the steam turns a turbine.
Well why is it always water?
In a thermometer Mercury will rise up when heat is applied. Theoretically, what if you simply magnified the size of a thermometer so it was industrial sized?
Imagine an enormous skyscraper sized tube/chimney with tons of Mercury at the bottom. Supply enough heat to the Mercury and it will rise up through the tube/chimney. Now imagine if this mercury as it rose pushed against turbines which turned a generator. It would generate electricity.
The Mercury would rise all the way to the top from the heat pushing the turbines. The tube/chimney would bend at the top and head back down again. Sooo once the mercury had risen so far it would head back down again and gravity would help it out. As it heads back down the otherside thanks to gravity it would turn some more turbines.
This Mercury would enter back into another storage tank where it would be left momentarily to cool before being released back to the main tank where it would be re-heated causing a rise again and more turbine turning.
Now the question is how do you heat the Mercury? reflective mirrors!
Mercury will rise even under low temperatures, it does not need a boiling point of 100 degrees Celsius. With enough mirrors expansion would occur quite quickly.
Using Mercury is basically turning the suns heat directly into kinetic energy.
Well why is it always water?
In a thermometer Mercury will rise up when heat is applied. Theoretically, what if you simply magnified the size of a thermometer so it was industrial sized?
Imagine an enormous skyscraper sized tube/chimney with tons of Mercury at the bottom. Supply enough heat to the Mercury and it will rise up through the tube/chimney. Now imagine if this mercury as it rose pushed against turbines which turned a generator. It would generate electricity.
The Mercury would rise all the way to the top from the heat pushing the turbines. The tube/chimney would bend at the top and head back down again. Sooo once the mercury had risen so far it would head back down again and gravity would help it out. As it heads back down the otherside thanks to gravity it would turn some more turbines.
This Mercury would enter back into another storage tank where it would be left momentarily to cool before being released back to the main tank where it would be re-heated causing a rise again and more turbine turning.
Now the question is how do you heat the Mercury? reflective mirrors!
Mercury will rise even under low temperatures, it does not need a boiling point of 100 degrees Celsius. With enough mirrors expansion would occur quite quickly.
Using Mercury is basically turning the suns heat directly into kinetic energy.