sci.energy

Dear Eeyore:

"Eeyore" wrote in
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> Bill Ghrist wrote:
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>> Secondly, the fact that the amount of energy
>> available from a process is less than the input
>> does not preclude it from having practical uses.
>> If that were the case then nobody would ever
>> convert energy from one form to another, .
>> in a turbine generator, because the energy of
>> the final product is always less than the energy
>> ( . heat) used as input. Likewise, there
>> would be no devices powered by rechargeable
>> batteries, since you don't get as much
>> electrical energy out as you put in.
>
> Since the output is a highly explosive gas mixture,
> I fail to see much practical use for the discovery.

*If* there was a reliable / safe / mobile way to store the
hydrogen, you could "easily" liquify the oxygen, or use the
different densities to separate the hydrogen from the water vapor
and oxygen. But will it be more thermally effiicient than a
storage battery with these extra losses?

David A. Smith