Is this possible Veeky Forums?
>water of the reservoir generates electricity
>the water at the bottom evaporates
>it has to ascend a tunnel because there is for example a glas roof on the water.
>it condensates in the cool mountain and flows again in the reservoir.
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Sure. You could get a few drops back into the reservoir by the time it empties completely.
Weeell... This is basically how the atmosphere works, so...
I assume he meant an isolated system. A reservoir that doesn't refill from groundwater.
>Is this possible Veeky Forums?
Yes but it's also completely retarded.
if you think about it the natural water cycle is essentially a perpetual motion machine
Within a human's perspective, sure. Not on larger timescales.
The question is not if it works, the question is if it is profitable. Ya know, if the water evaporates fast enough so that it is worth the effort.
So this is the power of Veeky Forums WHOA
>what is the sun radiating energy into the system
Is this possible Veeky Forums?
I came here to post this. The same premise is already in use
>he isn't currently powering his house by a tracking parabolic mirror solar-driven stirling engine which pumps water to a holding tank to drive a tesla turbine generating electricity when needed
it's 2016 guys
What if you do it over a volcano/magma pocket to provide the heat for evaporation?
Something of this sort was mentioned in one of my classes. Apparently it holds a great potential for energy generation.. Enhanced geothermal systems are something you might want to explore.
Using the sun makes it by definition not a closed system. Unless you're talking about the entire solar system as a closed system.
The part where this system breaks down is the sheer volume and distance the condensing water must travel, if at any point it condenses in the tunnel or cave, it would have to flow back into the glass roof lower reservoir at a more stable state.
I think the more plausible solution is to advance cloud seeding to a more controlled and quantified yield,
Someone else had already made a thread outlining the same idea. Technically speaking, it would work. The problem is it would basically be a disgustingly inefficient solar panel.
Yes, but the CIA had a better way to do it:
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Make a canal to a big hole in the desert that's below sea level and put a dam in between. Water flows from ocean through the dam into the hole, then evaporates because it's in the desert. You don't worry about returning the water because it's the ocean
Well with pic related you have a disgustingly inefficient solar panel that's kilometers in sized
There's no way evaporation will happen faster than the water flowing into the desert.
what happens when you run out of water in the med?
Depends on the size of the area into which it can flow.
there's nothing 'perpetual' about it
the sun is going to go out eventually and that will be the end of evaporation
burn forests to raise CO2 level to cause global warming to melt icecaps to raise ocean level
easy
Oh, but it would. We're talking a huge amount of area which is generating a grand total of 6800 megawatts
If you run out of water from the ocean, we've got bigger problems