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JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Draegur@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Steam implies water! What if we used some OTHER phase-change working fluid? :D

  ||(No idea what, though. my question is implied with a playful tone and is at least 50% facetious; any actual discussion that might result would be little more than a pleasant coincidence)||

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  • MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You want to see weird water look up super critical boilers. That stuff was nasty. A regular steam leak will set things on fire. That stuff would explode a broom. We looked for the leaks with straw brooms. You can’t see steam in normal conditions. Only its effects.

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    • Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Blech, I’ve heard stories in my industrial automation days of people being clipped by invisible high pressure steam leaks. No frickin thank you, regular stovetop steam jacks me up frequently enough.

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      • xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Well, now this is on my list of invisible things that scare me:

        • Radiation
        • Methanol fires
        • Supercritical steam jets

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  • chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Molten salt?

    We can then use compressed CO2 in the place of steam to drive the turbine.

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Tag yourself! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerant

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  • BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Like Dr. Pepper?

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