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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
How about a sterling engine powering the generator?
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Even with high-grade heat, sterlings only get 20%. In heat engines, efficiency is totally dependent on temperature difference. That's why jet engines use such expensive high-temperature materials, and diesels still beat them by letting ordinary metal cool off between thermal peaks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot...thermodynamics)