Harness a tornado to reap free power - Stack gas heat recovery

Ramani Aswath

Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 Oct 22, 2024
More than 60% of heat energy is lost ito the atmosphere in thermal plants.
Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal has set up a foundation Breakout Labs that funds wacky ideas that may not find other takers to find out of the box solutions to problems. This agency has funded a project that aims to harness the tornado principle to harvest this huge heat lost in thermal plants.
Called the Atmospheric Vortex Engine the concept fits CE to a T:
<a href="https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143692-increasing-fossil-fuel-power-by-40-with-a-green-clean-tornado-turbocharger?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fextremetech+%28Extremetech%29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Increasing fossil-fuel power by 40% with a green, clean tornado turbocharger | ExtremeTech</a>

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