Sodium power is the best..., did you know?

[Angel of God]

If we put metallic sodium and water in a piston engine
we can have the best power we know today...................
Ships, tractors etc... can use it very well.

Can we change today..........oil with sodium power and ethanol?

I think..sodium ships have a power greater than nuclear ships....

 

[Suffolk Sean]

If we put metallic sodium and water in a piston engine
we can have the best power we know today...................
Ships, tractors etc... can use it very well.

Can we change today..........oil with sodium power and ethanol?

I think..sodium ships have a power greater than nuclear ships....

There are alot of mitigating factors to such a thing. Cost of the refining of pure sodium, the down right hazard that raw sodium presents, the engineering of such an engine, etc.

BTW, the benefit of nuclear powered ships is not as much power, but a lack of need to constantly refuel.

 

[FromTheAshes]

Sorry, no mere chemical reaction can rival the power of a split atom.

 

[Suffolk Sean]

Sorry, no mere chemical reaction can rival the power of a split atom.

In sheer raw power of course. Nuclear power tends to be pretty ineffcient though, lots of waste heat.

 

[FromTheAshes]

In sheer raw power of course. Nuclear power tends to be pretty ineffcient though, lots of waste heat.

Yeah. That's true. But I really don't think you're going to find a power source for subs that lasts as long...

 

[Suffolk Sean]

Yeah. That's true. But I really don't think you're going to find a power source for subs that lasts as long...

you a nuke?

 

[FromTheAshes]

you a nuke?

Uh, no... I was human last time I checked...

 

[Deamiter]

lol... his point was that humans last an EXTREMELY long time... Anyway, isn't the waste heat a product of inefficient (though cheaper) designs that are allowed by the sheer raw power? I mean, a combustion reaction can waste a lot of heat, but there's nothing BESIDES heat that's driving the engine...

 

[Suffolk Sean]

Uh, no... I was human last time I checked...

heh, just seeing, you sounded like you have had some experience in the nuclear power industry.

I worked on them in the Navy.

 

[Suffolk Sean]

lol... his point was that humans last an EXTREMELY long time... Anyway, isn't the waste heat a product of inefficient (though cheaper) designs that are allowed by the sheer raw power? I mean, a combustion reaction can waste a lot of heat, but there's nothing BESIDES heat that's driving the engine...

I would agree with that, but there are many ways to utilize so called waste heat in power generation in order to increase efficiancy.

 

[FromTheAshes]

Meh, so hard with nuclear because of the need for internal water in the design, which creates problems with maximum temperatures. That's made up for by releasing absurd amounts of energy though