Can Cold Plasma Be Created and Used in Heat Pumps?

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The discussion centers on the feasibility of creating and utilizing cold plasma in heat pumps, specifically exploring the concept of using electric fields to compress and decompress charged gases instead of traditional compressors. Participants reference fluorescent bulbs and plasma globes as examples of cold plasma applications. Concerns are raised about the behavior of plasma under extreme conditions, such as Canadian winters, where the gas may remain below room temperature. Overall, the conversation highlights innovative ideas for enhancing heat pump technology through the manipulation of cold plasma.

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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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