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[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 11 points 4 weeks ago

Wot if instead of boiling water, we boiled CO2, and instead of boiling CO2, we kept it at high pressure so that it never quite reached boiling or condensation?

[-] fullsquare@awful.systems 0 points 4 weeks ago

different tool for a different purpose. water has a large heat of evaporation which is something that allows for more compact turbines

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 4 weeks ago

sCO2 turbines are like 1/30th the size of an equivalent steam turbine.

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