[Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-13 Thread Michel Jullian
produce a significant force BTW? How would one go about calculating this? Michel - Original Message - From: Lawrence de Bivort [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:13 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials But what use

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2008-02-13 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 1:18 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials Good point. Having air inside must be indispensable anyway to offset the weight of the metal hull and batteries. Michel - Original Message - From: Robin van

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2008-02-12 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials Good point. Having air inside must be indispensable anyway to offset the weight of the metal hull and batteries. Michel - Original Message - From: Robin van Spaandonk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l

[Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-12 Thread Michel Jullian
Good point. Having air inside must be indispensable anyway to offset the weight of the metal hull and batteries. Michel - Original Message - From: Robin van Spaandonk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 3:07 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ambient

Re: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-11 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Lawrence de Bivort's message of Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:28:56 -0500: Hi, [snip] Here is a better explanation of how the glider works, from the Science Notebook of today's the Washington Post: Monday, February 11, 2008; Page A05 Motorless Sub Keeps Going Scientists seeking to gather

RE: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-11 Thread Lawrence de Bivort
Here is a better explanation of how the glider works, from the Science Notebook of today's the Washington Post: Monday, February 11, 2008; Page A05 Motorless Sub Keeps Going Scientists seeking to gather temperature, salinity and other data from the oceans have long had two choices: steam out to

[Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-11 Thread Michel Jullian
PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:26:12 +0100: Hi, [snip] Quote from the link below: Wax-filled tubes inside the craft expand when it is gliding through warmer water. This heat is used to push oil from

Re: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-11 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:47:30 +0100: Hi, [snip] This would indeed work Robin, but their system seems more complicated, the wax expansion energy is stored somehow according to the WHOI News Release here:

[Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-10 Thread Michel Jullian
Quote from the link below: Wax-filled tubes inside the craft expand when it is gliding through warmer water. This heat is used to push oil from a bladder inside the hull to one outside, changing its buoyancy. Anyone knows how this works in more detail? From the above description one would

Re: [Vo]:Re: Ocean glider uses ocean heat differentials

2008-02-10 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Michel Jullian's message of Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:26:12 +0100: Hi, [snip] Quote from the link below: Wax-filled tubes inside the craft expand when it is gliding through warmer water. This heat is used to push oil from a bladder inside the hull to one outside, changing its buoyancy.