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Article #8469Electrolysis Car of Yesterday
From: Crash Gordon
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 22:55
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 1990 22:55
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>One problem, though. When going up steep hills the motor gets >awfully, and the generator gets very cold. I'm worried that something >will go wrong. Any suggestions? I'm assuming you meant to say the motor gets awfully _hot_. You could cool the motor by surrounding it with thermocouples. This would salvage that waste heat and you could top off the batteries with it. (You'll find the extra power handy on those uphill stretches) I wouldn't worry about the cold alternator. It will work more efficiently at low temperatures. If you make the windings out of hi-temp superconducting ceramics, you'll get infinite current from a sufficiently cold alternator. Then you could add some peltier wafers to keep it cool. We'd better hope Detroit doesn't read this group; I think we're onto something! ----------------------------------------------------- Gordon S. Hlavenka cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us Disclaimer: Yeah, I said it. So what?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!pacbell.com!att!linac!tellab5!laidbak!obdient!vpnet!cgordon From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Crash Gordon) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Electrolysis Car of Yesterday Keywords: Electric car mystery Message-ID: <27485d14-590.3sci.electronics-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> Date: 19 Nov 90 22:55:05 GMT References: <1990Nov17.213701.25601@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <4086@media-lab.MEDIA.MI Lines: 21