[rollei_list] Re: OT - Santoku envy and lousy German (was: "NIH Syndrome" (was: Liquid Lenses))
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:42:15 -0800
Peter,
Speaking of Santukos, My wife gave me one of Global's
largest Santukos for Christmas. I now envy no one's
Santuko! :-) Yanagi, maybe, but not Santuko.
Jerry
Peter Kotsinadelis wrote:
> Ardie,
>
> So, sprechen Sie Deutsches?
>
> Peter K
> Der Grieche
>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:11:01 -0500, Ardeshir Mehta
> <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >=20
> > On Tuesday, January 25, 2005, at 08:12 PM, Peter Kotsinadelis wrote:
> >=20
> > > LOL. Good one.
> >=20
> > I don't know what you think is so good about Jerry's post. Turbines
> > have been used for decades to generate electricity, for instance to
> > propel ships. My idea has to do with the DESIGN of the turbine, which I
> > have not revealed to anyone on the list, and am not about to (seeing as
> > I haven't made the idea public yet): it has nothing to do with the
> > practicality of using turbines for generating electricity. (Jerry likes
> > to think of himself as some kind of an engineer, of course, but we all
> > know that's just Santoku envy.)
> >=20
> > Besides, "Gott sie danken" isn't even good German. (He's been making
> > that same mistake for donkey's years (see
> > <http://www.digistar.com/rollei/2001-03/1144.html>). Jerry would do
> > better to stick to Russian and let others just THINK he doesn't know
> > how to express himself in German, than to open his mouth in German
> > itself, and thereby remove all doubt!
> >=20
> > Cheers.
> >=20
> > +++++
> >=20
> > > On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:52:03 -0800, Jerry Lehrer
> > > <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Ardy,
> > >>
> > >> The more smaller turbines that you pass the exhaust thru, the higher
> > >> will be the back pressure and hence the lower the gas velocity. The
> > >> most efficient setup would be a tuned extractor exhaust downstream of
> > >> the primary turbine.
> > >>
> > >> No free lunch.
> > >>
> > >> I am pleased that I will not be able to read Ardy's response. Gott
> > >> sie danken!
> > >>
> > >> Jerry
> > >>
> > >> Bernard wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>> True. My proposal to solve this problem is to pass the exhaust
> > >>>> successively through one or more turbos, like those on ordinary
> > >>>> turbocharged cars, so as to extract the maximum energy from the
> > >>>> heat. Each turbo would be coupled, not to a compressor, but to a
> > >>>> generator, and this would add to the electricity generated.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Also, conventional turbine engines are expensive. Mine would be
> > >>>> (relatively) inexpensive.
> > >>>
> > >>> GM made a few of their EV1's using small turbine engines as
> > >>> generators. You may want to do a patent search to see how they dealt
> > >>> with these and other issues.
> > >>>
> > >>> Bernard
> >=20
> >=20
>
> --=20
> Peter K
> =D3=BF=D5=AC
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