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spqr0a1 | 3 years ago

The largest unit demonstrated in this video output 35 watts. Not quite 5 megawatts, lest anyone get the wrong idea. That's mentioned in the paper linked in the description.

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.48057

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ptsneves|3 years ago

It is paywalled, definitely curious :(

SemanticStrengh|3 years ago

https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.2514/3.48057 > It is found that the Nitinol heat engine capital costs per unit power generating capacity are approximately $0.15/W, and that the cost of produced energy for the Nitinol heat engine portion of the power plant is approximately 0.74C/kWh, including operation, maintenance, Nitinol replacements and the cost of capital for the heat engine. It is concluded that Nitinol power plants for the conversion of low grade thermal energy may have a significant economical advantage over conventionally fueled power plants.

It seems like it has a huge potential in nuclear plants