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Can waste CO2 be used to turn generators?
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That is not the way a funnel works. The velocity increases as the funnel gets narrower, not the pressure. It is explained by Bernoulli's Principle.
Power plants have already researched and exploited all imaginable ways to use regenerative energy or to make themselves more efficient. It would be worth many billions of dollars to get even a 1% increase in efficiency.
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So the increased velocity wouldn't be able to push the generator?anorlunda said:
That is not the way a funnel works. The velocity increases as the funnel gets narrower, not the pressure. It is explained by Bernoulli's Principle.
Power plants have already researched and exploited all imaginable ways to use regenerative energy or to make themselves more efficient. It would be worth many billions of dollars to get even a 1% increase in efficiency.
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Did you read the link that @anorlunda provided? Does it discuss ways to passively increase the energy in the flow of a gas?rashad465 said:
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The link did not work for meberkeman said:
Mod note: I have repaired the link.
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Hmm, agreed, it's not working for me either. Probably just a typo in the link.rashad465 said:
When something like that happens, and @anorlunda gave you the keyword for the link, all you have to do is use those words in your own search at Wikipedia or via Google. Please read the Wikipedia page about the Bernoulli Principle, and let us know if that helps you to figure our the answers to your question. Thanks.
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I read the wikipedia page and I understand now that Bernoulli's principle would apply to this scenario. Thanks for your helpberkeman said:Hmm, agreed, it's not working for me either. Probably just a typo in the link.
When something like that happens, and @anorlunda gave you the keyword for the link, all you have to do is use those words in your own search at Wikipedia or via Google. Please read the Wikipedia page about the Bernoulli Principle, and let us know if that helps you to figure our the answers to your question. Thanks.
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If you attach a turbine to the exhaust, it blocks the exhaust and makes the rest of the plant less efficient, so there is little or no net benefit.
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Rashad465.. If the pressure was greater on the right than on the left, which way would the gas flow in the pipe?
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Many motor car engines use a Turbo to force more air / fuel into the cylinders. This actually take energy from the engine despite the net gain in power because of the extra fuel burned.rashad465 said:
There is no such thing as a free lunch - - - - ever. Having said that, there are good and bad ways of harvesting 'waste' energy and some of them give good value. Combined Heat and Power systems have been used for years. The Mother of a friend of mine was in a Council Flat in London (in the 1950's / 1960's) which was heated by the cooling water from Battersea Power Station. Then the Power Station was closed down (inefficient) and they had to use a different source of heating.