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* [[chemomechanical converters]] – the link for massive and efficient energy storage that is missing today (2021) | * [[chemomechanical converters]] – the link for massive and efficient energy storage that is missing today (2021) | ||
* [[electromechanical converters]] – two types? | * [[electromechanical converters]] – two types? | ||
| − | * [[entropomechanical converters]] | + | * [[entropomechanical converters]] – storing energy into molecular order into squeezing out molecular degrees of freedom |
| + | * [[thermomechanical converters]] – (heat pump systems) | ||
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* [[Diamondoid solar cell]]s – optoelectric/solarelectric converters | * [[Diamondoid solar cell]]s – optoelectric/solarelectric converters | ||
Revision as of 20:40, 14 June 2021
Atomically precise technology for energy conversion can:
- solve the enegry storage problem making renewable energy storable and fossile or nuclear fission baseload power plants unnecessary
- circumvent burning processes that unnecessarily devaluates energy
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Different power converters have heterogeneity residing on different size scales.
Contents
Nanoscale: molecular power converters
AP technology provides several possibilities for energy conversion that work in a mill/zip/conveyor belt like style:
- chemomechanical converters – the link for massive and efficient energy storage that is missing today (2021)
- electromechanical converters – two types?
- entropomechanical converters – storing energy into molecular order into squeezing out molecular degrees of freedom
- thermomechanical converters – (heat pump systems)
- Diamondoid solar cells – optoelectric/solarelectric converters
- Atomically precise electrochemical converters – basically batteries when there is atomically precise control over matter
- mechanoradio and radiomechanical conversion
– spinning electrical dipoles really fast mechanically
– the limit might be somewhere at 100GHz? (nanoscale levitation likely needed to limit friction at speeds close to the unsupported rotating ring speed limit) - mechanooptical conversion – this is very new – exciting elecronic stated by force applying mechanic manipulation on bound molecules
- optomechanical conversion – basically photochemistry – causing a conformational change through electronic structure change through optical excitation
The teraherz gap between radio frequencies and far infrared frequencies
- is too high for generation by moving charges mechanically and also
- is challenging to cover even from the electronic side – (non mechanical technology path)
Mesoscale
thermomechanical:
diamondoid heat pump system
Used base technologies can be: microcapsules, infinitesimal bearings and thermal switching cells
Note that although the efficiency is limited by the Carnough-cycle the conversion can be near reversible.
Makroscale
thermonuclear
Complex macroscopic systems made from advanced diamondoid metamaterials may lead to significant improvements here.
Related
External links
- Wikipedia: transducer, actuators, ...
