Beer Fridge Thermostat
Has Anyone built power generators built out of materials with Coefficients of thermal expansion dissimile?
You know, They Have Various Mechanisms That will turn ocean Into waves power … I wonder if someone build a Mechanism That Could Shape Changes with temperature and does work? Maybe build a spring That gets heated by a parabolic mirror and does high-force, short travel work … or maybe like the spring in a thermostat. You Could Have hundreds of springs all tied to the same shaft with one-way bearings, and timed like cylinders in an engine so Some Will Always be driving. The cycle is controlled by pointing the mirrors … Could Be whole mechanical system, Until at the end is a gearbox and the generator, and a fridge full of cold beer.
Lots of Things are possible. But, What is Often missed in popular articles about technology machinery Is That Does Not eat for free. If you are going to merchandises to technology, you Have to take account of how much capital investment-is required in order to get a Certain Desired output. That I suspect the kind of thing you are talking about would fail on These grounds – Not Because It is impossible technically, But Because It is impossible economically.