SolarPunk
π
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis, PDF
https://dialecticalartist.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/freedom-is-a-constant-struggle.pdf
https://dialecticalartist.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/freedom-is-a-constant-struggle.pdf
β€8
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
β€40π16π3π₯1π1
Forwarded from Nazaryn Azureclaw π§ππ₯πΊπ¦
Geothermal is good, but the extractable energy is calculated by the temperature differential:
Very simple:
Then each element has a known value of energy it will carry, for instance:
Liquid water:
So say you have a geothermal vent which is 85Β°C, and you pipe room temperature water down to it (20Β°C):
So in one liter of water piped down, you'd get 272 kJ (joules are an SI unit of pure energy).
Let's say you want to run an iPhone 14S Max on that energy. It has a 10 Wh battery.
To convert Wh to joules, multiply by 3600 (seconds in an hour).
So the smartphone needs 36 kJ of energy to run. One liter of the naturally boiled water, if extracted at 100% efficiency, would power your smartphone for (272Γ·36 = 7 and Β½ days).
Of course, this assumes the natural hot spring is 85Β°C. There's not many places in the world that's true. Let's say the groundwater is 22Β°C, instead of 85Β°C, just slightly hotter than room temperature.
With the same math, you can now only extract 8.3 kJ per liter of pumped water, not even enough to partially charge an iPhone.
So the "geothermal spots" assuming you had infinite money, and are wise, are limited to the "ring of fire" on the Earth.
Very simple:
Tin - Tout = βΒ°CThen each element has a known value of energy it will carry, for instance:
Liquid water:
4.184 J/βΒ°CSo say you have a geothermal vent which is 85Β°C, and you pipe room temperature water down to it (20Β°C):
85-20= β65Β°C Γ 4.184 = 272 joules per gramSo in one liter of water piped down, you'd get 272 kJ (joules are an SI unit of pure energy).
Let's say you want to run an iPhone 14S Max on that energy. It has a 10 Wh battery.
To convert Wh to joules, multiply by 3600 (seconds in an hour).
So the smartphone needs 36 kJ of energy to run. One liter of the naturally boiled water, if extracted at 100% efficiency, would power your smartphone for (272Γ·36 = 7 and Β½ days).
Of course, this assumes the natural hot spring is 85Β°C. There's not many places in the world that's true. Let's say the groundwater is 22Β°C, instead of 85Β°C, just slightly hotter than room temperature.
With the same math, you can now only extract 8.3 kJ per liter of pumped water, not even enough to partially charge an iPhone.
So the "geothermal spots" assuming you had infinite money, and are wise, are limited to the "ring of fire" on the Earth.
π16π₯5π€3
Forwarded from Nazaryn Azureclaw π§ππ₯πΊπ¦
π6
Forwarded from Nazaryn Azureclaw π§ππ₯πΊπ¦
And the source of geothermal energy is technically nuclear decay (fission) from fissile materials in the crust+mantle
π4
Forwarded from Nazaryn Azureclaw π§ππ₯πΊπ¦
SolarPunk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire
π―3

