And just how would that be accomplished ? Sounds like more "you could just do this and 'POOF - a miracle happens' " .
After changing careers and returning to school because of an interest in R.E. and solar energy, and after a subsequent career as a mechanical engineer, a fair portion of which was spent designing heat transfer equipment and systems, my opinion about the ideas contained in your post is that they are, at this time, impractical for many reasons and probably not cost effective.
What you suggest is neither easy or cheap - at least not in the ways you seem to be suggesting, and at least not at this time.
Such ideas of energy scavenging have been around for a long time, and for many applications they make thermal and economic sense. For the residential or low temp. PV/solar thermal for example, the Univ. of Delaware did a lot of work. in the '50's on air cooled PV to supply heat for their experimental solar dwelling which was partially fitted w/early PV. Maybe SunEagle knows if it's still there. Others have done stuff, with the general conclusion that, while theoretically possible, it's not practical and/or cost effective at this time for all but specialized applications. Such schemes are great fodder for master's theses and journal articles, and activity in those areas continues. But, if it was cost effective and practical, it would be common place by now. Hope, progress and white collar welfare type research are always with us.
After changing careers and returning to school because of an interest in R.E. and solar energy, and after a subsequent career as a mechanical engineer, a fair portion of which was spent designing heat transfer equipment and systems, my opinion about the ideas contained in your post is that they are, at this time, impractical for many reasons and probably not cost effective.
What you suggest is neither easy or cheap - at least not in the ways you seem to be suggesting, and at least not at this time.
Such ideas of energy scavenging have been around for a long time, and for many applications they make thermal and economic sense. For the residential or low temp. PV/solar thermal for example, the Univ. of Delaware did a lot of work. in the '50's on air cooled PV to supply heat for their experimental solar dwelling which was partially fitted w/early PV. Maybe SunEagle knows if it's still there. Others have done stuff, with the general conclusion that, while theoretically possible, it's not practical and/or cost effective at this time for all but specialized applications. Such schemes are great fodder for master's theses and journal articles, and activity in those areas continues. But, if it was cost effective and practical, it would be common place by now. Hope, progress and white collar welfare type research are always with us.
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