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How does a Drinking Bird convert thermal into mechanical energy?
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How does a Drinking Bird convert thermal into mechanical energy?
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How does a Drinking Bird convert thermal into mechanical energy?
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Drinking bird converts ambient heat into mechanical energy. It does it 24/7/365, thus basically does need energy storage.
Here is interesting patent:
https://www.google.com/patents/US6434941
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Does anyone tried to build it?
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Re: How does a Drinking Bird convert thermal into mechanical energy?
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Re: How does a Drinking Bird convert thermal into mechanical energy?
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Patent US6434941
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Re: How does a Drinking Bird convert thermal into mechanical energy?
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//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVcMN093ISY
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwyDsHG-ymQ
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Quote from: chiralSPO on 11/06/2017 01:39:25
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwyDsHG-ymQ
Anything which provides a temp differential. I've used a sliver of ice cube taped on and no beaker of water.
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