Can Cold Plasma Be Created and Used in Heat Pumps?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the feasibility of creating and utilizing cold plasma (charged gas at room temperature) in heat pump applications. Participants explore theoretical concepts and practical implications of using electric fields for gas compression and decompression.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Conceptual clarification, Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant questions the possibility of creating a cold charged gas for use in heat pumps, suggesting it could replace traditional compressors.
  • Another participant references the plasma found in fluorescent bulbs as a potential example of cold plasma.
  • A participant expresses interest in finding reading material related to using fields to compress cold plasma.
  • One reply suggests a practical experiment with magnets and fluorescent tubes, sharing a personal anecdote about the effects of strong magnets on plasma devices.
  • A later reply notes that lighting a fluorescent bulb in extremely cold conditions (e.g., -20 degC) may result in the gas remaining below room temperature.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants have not reached a consensus on the feasibility of using cold plasma in heat pumps, and multiple viewpoints regarding its properties and applications remain present.

Contextual Notes

There are limitations regarding the assumptions about the behavior of cold plasma, the definitions of "cold" in this context, and the practical implications of using electric fields for gas manipulation.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in plasma physics, heat pump technology, and experimental applications of charged gases may find this discussion relevant.

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is it possible to make a cold (room temp) charged gas?
would be nifty to use in a heat pump. instead of using compressors you could use fields to compress and decompress the gas
 
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Like, for example, the plasma within fluorescent bulbs?
 
i suppose that would work.
is there any reading material on using fields to compress cold plasma?
 
It's not exactly "reading material", but try holding a magnet up to a fluorescent tube, or one of those plasma globes you can egt at the novelty stores.

I would recommend a device you are not too fond of, since the palsma may never flow properly through it again (this from my own chilhood experience with a strong magnet and my family's first plasma screen TV!).
 
Andy Resnick said:
Like, for example, the plasma within fluorescent bulbs?

If you light one of those outside in Canadian Winter at -20 degC, the gas will probably remain below room temperature.
 

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