In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 10 May 2011 07:31:34 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Yes - that is exactly why I mentioned a particular organic Rankine cycle >Turbine which can provide close to 15% thermal efficiency at 500 C : > >http://www.infinityturbine.com/ORC/ORC_Waste_Heat_Turbine.html > >There are others, but the Stirling is in a lower range of efficiency. Since >Infinity Turbine is obviously in production now, there is not wait on their >end.
At 500 C, Carnot = 61%. Surely a reasonable fraction of that can be attained without too much difficulty? Fission reactors run at about 300 - 350 C. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
