In regards to kitchens having both heat sources (stoves) and heat sinks (fridges):
I remember reading about a device that, by manipulating sound waves in two specially designed cones, would get very hot on one end and cold on the other. I haven't read anything about it since then.
The problem (as I remember it) is that domestic kitchens don't need a constant source of hot and cold, and the temperature differences we need are not proportionate. If you are cooking something you want a few hundred degrees above ambient for a short time period. And the fridge runs it wants a few tens of degrees below ambient constantly.
If we are going to get things to fit, we are going to need to find similar heat profiles in time & amount.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
I remember reading about a device that, by manipulating sound waves in two specially designed cones, would get very hot on one end and cold on the other. I haven't read anything about it since then.
The problem (as I remember it) is that domestic kitchens don't need a constant source of hot and cold, and the temperature differences we need are not proportionate. If you are cooking something you want a few hundred degrees above ambient for a short time period. And the fridge runs it wants a few tens of degrees below ambient constantly.
If we are going to get things to fit, we are going to need to find similar heat profiles in time & amount.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy