Before thinking to convert all energy to electricity, we must think how much energy we use today to produce heat. Having a heat plant inhouse changes many things: the oven will not need electricity to heat, so the dishwasher and the washing machine. Electrical power needed in a house will be in the order of W not KW. Electricity is a convenient way to transport heat, but it cannot compete with locally generated heat.
mic 2011/4/28 Axil Axil <[email protected]>: > "Thermoelectric chips?" > > > > Exactly. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantenna > > > > There is direct thermal electric technology (nantenna) in development that > can be 90% efficient that is well suited to extract power from the Rossi > device. > > > > What will make the Cold fusion reaction really useful is direct thermal > electric generation technology. > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> The real value of the Rossi device is not that it will be a viable energy >>> source but that it proves the cold fusion meme and will spark a wild frenzy >>> to produce a really useful energy generation product. >>> >>> >>> >>> And that product will most certainly NOT use steam. >> >> Of course it is a viable energy source! >> What do you think it will use to generate electricity? Thermoelectric >> chips? >> The output from cold fusion is heat. "Heat is principal signature of the >> reaction" as Martin says. At present, the most effective and economical way >> to generate electricity from heat is with a steam turbine. Small steam >> turbines have been developed, and will be rapidly improved with the advent >> of cold fusion. >> Eventually, turbines are likely to be replaced with thermoelectric >> devices. >> I do not know of any evidence that cold fusion can be made to produce any >> form of energy other than heat. >> That's what I say, anyway. See: >> http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJcoldfusiona.pdf >> - Jed > >
