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Originally Posted by theunchosen
Are you suggesting that I can't stick a turbine into an extremely hot flow and get work?
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The critical word there is "flow". Why do you have a flow? Pressure differential, no? And in most turbines, you've created that differential by heating something (by burning coal in the case of a powerplant) thus raising the temperature & pressure. But if you're using exhaust heat from the powerplant to make a nice warm environment for your bacteria, there's not going to be any PT differential.
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As to the sulfur compounds. . .that happens when you burn coal.
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So what exactly happens to the sulfur in the coal? You don't suppose it could be oxidized to SO2 in another exothermic reaction?