Yep.... That's me............. those postings with Clint and Eric put my concerns to rest, although embarrassing, they were simple math errors and NASA accepted Clint's corrections.
What electrode problem? His work has a funding problem.
1,2,3 & 4: Power chips (and Cool Chips) are quantum tunneling thermocouples not PV.
The Thermionic locomotive (and car) would work like this: Solar direct hydrogen (or bio-hydrogen)
http://www.hydrogensolar.com/index.html ....is stored with an equal energy density of diesel in cheap graphite New look for hydrogen storage (July 2005) - News
http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/7/10 ....Burned.... direct heat to electric Power Chips (@ 80% carnot efficiency).....to Chorus electric motors drives ( 300% increase in torque with equal loads ).
......and you get to over 50% well to wheel efficiency and there ain't no wells.
5: Here's another solar approach, they claim a 50 MW array will produce at $.046/KWhr Barnabus Energy, Inc. (OTC BB : BBSE) Investor Facts
http://www.otcfn.com/bbse/report.html
I finally found some more specific info on the Suncone, The numbers look better than any solar technology I have seen at this level of development, that you can invest in. The credentials and track record of Dr. Melvin L. Prueitt are most impressive, And the solar roofing technology they are acquiring also looks solid.
Sustainable Resources, Inc. - The Suncone Solar Power Generator
http://www.sriglobal.org/suncone_intro.html
6: Again I was speaking of using arrays of thermocouples to recapture waste heat back to work.
Cheers,
Erich
