In reply to Andrew's message of Sun, 26 May 2013 13:21:16 -0700: Hi, [snip] >I'm not very versed in the engineering of heat engines versus electrical >generators. If you want to use a heat source like the E-Cat (assuming it's as >advertised with COP >> 1) for powering a drive train in a car, is it necessary >to go through an electrical conversion and use electric motors; is it more >efficient to go directly to a heat engine?
Since the first step in generating electric power is usually the conversion to mechanical energy anyway, the answer is usually going to be "yes". An exception might be found, if it turns out to be possible to convert the primary power source directly into electrical energy without first producing heat. e.g. look at the work of Paul Brown & Alfred Hubbard. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
