Peltier Effect?
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Voyajer@lemmy.world 6 months agoAll power generation is either solar or ‘make thing spin’, unless we’re including RTGs.
wewbull@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Voyajer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s the principle used by RTGs right?
Steve@startrek.website 6 months ago
Solar thermal power…
Turun@feddit.de 6 months ago
Yes? Makes things spin.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
All of these are in some way heat engines
herrvogel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah but those heat engines don’t rely on spinning things inside a magnetic field. Heat on one side, less heat on the other side, and you have current. No motors.
skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
even photovoltaics are heat engines in broad definition
herrvogel@lemmy.world 6 months ago
We’re all heat engines on this blessed day if you broaden the definition enough.
rainynight65@feddit.de 6 months ago
But not all electricity generation is based on boiling water. Wind, hydro and tidal don’t need to generate large amounts of heat to make steam that spins a turbine, they just use natural movement to do so.
Voyajer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yes, make thing spin