Awesome reply, thanks so much!
You helped me remember that indeed much of the energy put in and taken out of fluid is in changing its state, not it's temperature. Hadn't really taken into account the state change, as you pointed out.
Still something I'm unclear on about your biological...
Such thing as a "steam panel" for generating energy?
Hi,
Sort of a hypothetical question here, though I suspect there's some real-world technology like this.
I was wondering about a possible way to generate energy using a panel that would catch steam, and use the temperature difference...
Thank you! Electroactive polymers were exactly what I was looking for, though I'm glad you also introducted me to PAMs as well-- I might be able to integrate those, too. I also found Scientific American article linked by your last link to be very helpful. :smile:
While the technology does...
Artificial polymer "muscles" that contract with electronic/magnetic stimulation?
Hi everyone! First post-- hope this is the right place for it! And just to let you know, I'm not an engineering professional. I'm asking this question based on a speculative industrial design contest for which...