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Draegur@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨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 ⁨8⁩ ⁨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 ⁨7⁩ ⁨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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨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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    Benjaben@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    Not quite invisible but you could also splash and wade into a pool of strong acid thinking it was water, during what first seemed like a somewhat routine FUBAR maintenance situation…filling your boots etc.
    
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JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Tag yourself! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerant

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chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Molten salt?

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

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BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Like Dr. Pepper?

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