Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Back to surface propulsion (generators)

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com>]

Yeah, something like that.  The thing is that those motors can produce
electricity via rotating the shaft.  And since they already have a
pulley attached, that makes it much easier.  Though you may want to
replcase the pulley with a much smaller one.
Carl


John Brownlee wrote:
> 
>         As for swamp coolers out here in the Southwest and in other hot,
> dry climes also call them 'evaporative coolers.' The principle in play is
> that it takes heat to evaporate water, known in chemical circles as the
> 'latent heat of vaporization.' Blowing hot air over wet fiber mats causes
> the heat in the air to be consumed in changing the state of the water from
> liquid to vapor in the mats, thus cooling the air as it gets blown into
> the living space.
>         This method works pretty well and is more cost-effective than air
> conditioning in the dry months. When the ambient humidity gets too high,
> the outside air being blown down the cooler mats cannot readily accept more
> vapor and the amount of heat consumed goes down, along with the thermal
> differential between the ambient and cooled air.
> 
> --
>                                                         John
> 
> John Brownlee
> Chief Systems Administrator
> Scary Monsters Network
> jonnie at scarymonsters dot net

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