Re:The Sandia Cooler (2016)
by convolvatron on Sunday June 27, 2021 @09:16PM
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What about old style Babbitt bearings
You're right. Plain bearings provide plenty of contact surface for thermal conduction. Though, thermal expansion will tend to increase clearance and decrease contact area (ignoring differences in thermal expansion between dissimilar materials).
I guess you'd want a bearing with sodium-potassium alloy (hazmat!) or mercury (hazmat!) or something. Or... make the casing for the shaft into a heat pipe with ammonia or alcohol vapor.