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Re:A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as... by ok_computer on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:32AM (#31027551)
I just want to point out that compressing gas takes a non-zero amount of work. Compressing gas to increase temperature to use temperature to make energy would be better spent using the compressing work directly to make electricity.
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