The challenge should be more symmetrical then I just described. Rather than boil water, the challenge should be to melt ice with a very cold reservoir where the ambient temperature is low enough such that the normal state of water is ice.
Harry On Tue., Nov. 3, 2020, 4:04 p.m. H LV, <[email protected]> wrote: > > This challenge is inspired by the title of Gene Mallove`s book "Fire From > Ice". > > A major engineering goal in the past was to make ice from fire. That is > given a very hot reservoir and ambient temperature, build a machine which > will cause water to freeze. > > Can a complementary machine be built which will cause water to boil given > a very cold reservoir and the ambient temperature? Has this already been > done? > > Harry >
