UCLA HSSRP - Thermoelectrics/Frictional Heat Experiment

[JClarke0912]

Tap foot to A-Punk...words pop up...yadda yadda science blah blah...Vampire Weekend...thingy spinning...Vampire Weekend...words...Vampire Weekend...faster spinning...science...words...V­ampire Weekend.

That's all I got out of it. But at least it had Vampire Weekend!

[thecid1000]

wait a second.......is the motor running the centrifuge connected to an outside power supply or is the energy recycled? Also...what is the temperature scale (like 10*c diff or 1*c difference) for this and what are the conductors made of?

THis experiment is wtf confusing lol.

sorry final question...if this is actually applied in rl how much would it cost per intersection to...lets say power a traffic light. yea curiousity killed the cat

[TobuZangeki]

@thecid1000 You first have to understand how a thermoelectric module is able to create voltage.... these devices have to have a temperature difference between the hot and cold plates to generate an electric current, therefore the greater the difference in temp, the higher the voltage.... keeping this in mind, i go back to your question.... How will the motor run if there is no heat source being supplied to the surface of the thermoelectric module? Just thought i'd point that out....

[theunkown8]

one question i'm no science geek but don't you need to apply current for this thing to work? whats the gain/loss in electricity?>

[jjfrunner]

@theunkown8 This is just a guess but I think that this was just an example and that in real eviroments this would be hooked up to mabye a river or some sort of thing to get the wheels running.

[theunkown8]

@jjfrunner its possible to implement it into a river or another source of motion thus causing friction thus generating electricity but this HAS been done before, its not a new idea.

[jjfrunner]

@theunkown8 Yes, I know

[A113Productions]

@theunkown8 Are you referring to the centrifuge? There is a motor running it, however the electricity the motor is using is negligible for the sake of the experiment... it's only to model cars driving on the road.

[theunkown8]

@A113Productions yeah i was, thanks.

[jjfrunner]

Cool man, and yes I actualy understood this video.

[then00best]

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[Kikabom]

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