> 400 milliwatts per square meter
About two orders of magnitude weaker than solar panels, even over 24 hours.
E = (T2-T1) / T2
About two orders of magnitude weaker than solar panels, even over 24 hours.
E = (T2-T1) / T2
Not sure if you can get the MTBF on Stirling engines higher than on LFP batteries, though.
Nothing to sneeze at. Just be careful of midbrow high-effort dismissals from the old and wise:)
These guys are applying them to solar panels:
https://www.i2cool.com/tideflow/uwJVdixI.html
"Case Study 2: Solar Farm in Dubai
Problem: Solar panels lost 15–20% efficiency at 55°C+ temperatures.
Solution: Coated panels with i2Cool’s film.
Results:
Panel surface temperature: ▼25.7°C (from 58°C to 32.3°C)
Power output: ▲8% (equivalent to adding 2,400 new panels to a 30MW farm)"This is like shaving nickels to make money.
Certainly, there are better energy sources like the fusion reactor in the sky and building a fusion reactor (that's perpetually 30 years away).
TIL: Active nuclear reactors of all types around the world are mappable using antineutrino detectors. It would probably also expose the location of every stationary nuclear-powered ship and submarine too.