The new thermal system can turn waste heat into electricity.

"A recent study shows tungsten disilicide’s potential in efficient heat-to-electricity conversion, promising advances in thermoelectric technology. Credit: SciTechDaily.com"  (ScitechDaily, Clean Energy Breakthrough Turns Waste Heat Into Usable Electricity)

"Researchers have demonstrated a new method for converting heat to electricity using tungsten disilicide, showing potential for more efficient thermoelectric devices that could revolutionize energy efficiency in various applications." (ScitechDaily, Clean Energy Breakthrough Turns Waste Heat Into Usable Electricity)

"Thermoelectric materials, which convert heat into electricity, play a crucial role in capturing waste heat and transforming it into usable power. These materials are particularly beneficial in industries and vehicles where engines produce significant waste heat, enhancing energy efficiency by generating additional electricity. They also hold promise for portable power applications, such as remote sensors and satellites, where traditional power sources may not be feasible." (ScitechDaily, Clean Energy Breakthrough Turns Waste Heat Into Usable Electricity)

The ability to turn waste heat into electricity increases the efficiency of power plants. Those things can also increase the efficiency of solar panels because they can collect heat from their black shells and then turn it into electricity. This kind of system can decrease the need for fuel in power stations. But this kind of system does not create electricity from the emptiness. 

"This paper is the first direct demonstration of the transverse thermoelectric generation in WSi2, and the results could pave the way for more efficient thermoelectric devices. Credit: Ryuji Okazaki from Tokyo University of Science, Japan"(ScitechDaily, Clean Energy Breakthrough Turns Waste Heat Into Usable Electricity)

They turn IR- or thermal energy into electricity. And that makes them a good system to collect electricity from places like fusion platforms. That thing makes it possible to create systems that are making fusion systems like Tokamaks more efficient. When the thermoelectric elements turn IR radiation into electricity they take heat energy out from the shell. And maybe those systems can make it possible to create a fusion reactor that uses less energy than it delivers. 

The problem with traditional heat control systems is that they bind thermal energy into a medium like water. But the problem is where that water flow conducts energy. The heat exchangers are effective tools if there is a lake or river where that system can dump energy. The possibility to transform thermal energy into electricity makes it possible to create a system that transports thermal energy out from the system using radio waves or laser beams.

Those systems can revolutionize aviation and space technology. It can transport thermal energy out from the small size nuclear reactors in the form of electromagnetic radiation. The system can transport thermal energy out from high-temperature layers like from rocket engines. The system can also used to decrease temperatures from the shells of hypersonic aircraft and conduct electricity to plasma jet engines. 

The heat is the problem with hypersonic flight. But what if the system can turn heat into electricity and transport that electricity out from the shell? 

The system can used in new ways to decrease the temperature of the machines and make high-temperature systems more energy efficient. The blast furnaces can take thermal energy into use. Those systems can be used to collect energy from the small probes that can dive deep into the solar atmosphere. The solar panels would be effective. And they are in use at Parker Probe. 

But the ability to turn thermal energy into electricity allows to creation of probes that can go closer than Parker. The solar panels or their wires can melt even if they are in the vacuum thermos layer. The ability to close the probe into the thermal protecting layers makes it possible to transport the probe closer to the sun than ever. 

But the system that turns thermal energy into electricity without in-between. The new thermoelectric system can make new possibilities. For example the hypersonic flight. The ability to take thermal energy out from the shell by turning it into electricity makes it possible to create systems that cool the layers in fast-moving aircraft. 

The system can transport electricity to the engines where the electric system can increase the power of the engine. The idea is that electric arcs can raise the temperature of burning fuel. But. the system can also feed energy to things like plasma jet engines. That can make the aircraft more effective than ever before.

https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/aeronautics/eap/

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/new-electric-jet-engine-actually-works-inside-the-atmosphere

https://www.iter.org

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/parker-solar-probe/

https://scitechdaily.com/clean-energy-breakthrough-turns-waste-heat-into-usable-electricity/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak

New rotation detonation rocket engines can revolutionize spaceflight and aviation.

The artist's impression of USAF's top secret hypersonic "Mayhem" bomber concept. (Image: Popular mechanics)

Rotation Detonation Rocket Engine. Or simply RDRE engine is the next generation rocket system. The big difference between regular rocket engines is that RDRE engine uses screw-shaped burning structure. The simplest way to make an RDRE engine is to make a screw-looking structure in the walls of the combustion chamber. 

The RDRE engine uses less fuel than a regular rocket engine. And that means it's an excellent tool for moon travel. But the RDRE engine can make much more than just transit people between the Moon and earth by using moon shuttles. The RDRE engine can connect with large-size hypersonic aircraft. 

When that hypersonic aircraft starts to make a ballistic jump above the atmosphere. It can turn to use the RDRE engine when it reaches space. That makes it possible to create a real space shuttle that can operate from regular airfields. And that system can make futuristic travel to the moon from regular airports possible. 

But that kind of engine combination can make things like "Mayhem" hypersonic bombers more advanced and more deadly than ever before. The ability to connect rocket engines to hypersonic aircraft is always an interesting thing. That kind of system can make it possible to launch satellites. And the same system can also use in space fighters. 

Researchers are interested in scramjet engines because they use atmospheric oxygen. That gives more space for fuel.  And if the scramjet has a flap at the front of it. And internal oxygen tanks can turn into a rocket. This engine system allows the craft to operate at the orbital trajectory or travel to the moon. 

The RDRE engine could connect with scramjet- or ramjet engines. The idea is that at the front of the engine is the flap that is closed when the aircraft cannot use air from the atmosphere. 

Then the system can turn to use internal oxygen that makes the same aircraft or shuttle able to operate in the atmosphere and space. The system can be more powerful and multi-use than ever before. The screw-looking structure in the ramjet- or scramjet engine will also allow them to fill the chamber more effectively. 

The flap scramjet makes it possible to create hypersonic aircraft that don't need any compressors or regular jet engines for lift-off. At the beginning of the flight, the system uses flap scramjets in rocket mode. When the aircraft's speed is high enough the system turns to use the oxygen from the atmosphere. And if will turn to fly to an orbital trajectory. It turns back to use its engines in rocket mode. 

https://afresearchlab.com/technology/rotating-detonation-rocket-engines-rdre/

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a42589676/air-forces-secret-hypersonic-bomber-project-mayhem-updates/

https://scitechdaily.com/rotating-detonation-rocket-engine-nasas-revolutionary-propulsion-design-for-deep-space-missions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating_detonation_engine

See also: 

Scramjet

Ramjet

https://shorttextsofoldscholars.blogspot.com/

The aviation of future

The aviation of future


The primary tool in the military and civil aviation is highly sophisticated artificial intelligence. The thing, that makes artificial intelligence so effective tool is that it can handle the robots, what are fixing problems and damages very sharply, but it can control the great entirety.

If we are thinking the artificial intelligence, that thing can make new aircraft more effective, even if there is old-looking aircraft. But as I have written before the human-shaped robot can also be used as the pilot of the aircraft, and that thing can turn every aircraft in the world to the drone. And it can communicate with controllers by using satellite communication, which could be internal or it can connect itself to the communication system of aircraft.

Below this text is the BAEs promotion video, what the aviation of tomorrow would look like. That kind of system might provide new kinds of advantages and opportunities, what is ever seen in aviation before. The nanotechnology will give the aircraft change to fix its damages, and the highly sophisticated artificial intelligence can make that kind of process without pilot even notices that there is some kind of damages. There could be so-called nano-latex, what is formed small machines, which could fix the holes autonomously.

Those mechanic spiders can walk inside the body of aircraft, and if there would be holes in the body, some of those robots would go to make the supporting structure in that hole, and rest of them would release the carbon fiber to that hole, and because of that the aircraft can continue its operation even if there are damages in structures. In some other, more conventional scenarios inside the body of aircraft would installed robot arms, which is equipped with 3D prInters, which can fix holes.

Those 3D printers can manufacture spare parts to vehicles and equipment, and in theory, they can manufacture entire cars and aircraft in operational areas, which makes those systems very effective for supporting actions near the operational area. They can be used to make almost every particle, which is needed for successful operations.

The modular aircraft can dock other aircraft wIth it Is also a really interesting idea. If we are thinking about the structure, what can connect and then separate parts of it for independently operated vehicles, we can think the opportunity to create aircraft concept, what can be used to every mission. If the pieces are together, that thing can use as the heavy strategic bomber.

But if the sub-parts of the plane would be released, they can act as well as the fighters and assault systems, and the thing is that this kind of system also allows replacing part of the aircraft during the flight. So if we are thinking about the use of that system in the military actions, those aircraft can carry heavyweight bombs to some area, and after bombs are dropped, those parts can be released and turn to very effective fighters. Also, those modular aircraft would be stored in smaller hangars, which will cover the existence of big bombers. This kind of new advantages might be more revolutionary than we ever thought.

https://youtu.be/Ia4Os7WkbEI

Flying cars and national security.

Flying cars and national security. 

The flying car can change our way to travel fundamentally, and that equipment can equip with natural friendly fuel cells, what are using hydrogen and oxygen as the fuel. They can make traffic more comfortable, and the problem is that the technology would need a special driver's license or pilot's license that it would be safe. Or it would need autopilot, what can communicate with central computers and the problem with those systems is that they need very much tests, that they could be suitable and safe solutions, what ordinary people can buy and handle safely. 

But also the military is interesting about this kind of low-noise and low-cost all-terrain vehicles. If this kind of technology is connected to the normal jet plane, that would make possible to operate that vehicle in extremely low altitude and from the runways, what are full of craters. If this technology, what is introduced in the film below, is used in jet fighters, those systems would not need aircraft carrier, and they can be dropped above of water simply driving them over the deck, and they can be used by any ship or field, what can be found. Those systems might not have fixed installation. 

The very big model or so-called "flying truck" can take the jetplane on the back, and then the aircraft can accelerate by that vehicle to the speed, that it can raise airborne. The so-called "catamaran structure could be effective. That system would raise the jetfighter to the high altitude, and then it would rip from the middle to two parts, and the aircraft can get enough speed, while it drops, and then the pilot can fly it as normal aircraft. But if the all-terrain vehicles would equip this kind of technology, they can avoid minefields. 

Flying cars can be used as the base of the developing fundamental weapon systems. They can be used as the base of creating the next generation cargo systems for nuclear weapons. 

The problems with technology what is used with flying cars are visible in the film, what is below this text. The same technology, what allows this futuristic version of the Renault to fly in the low altitudes can benefit in the new generation cruise missiles, and bombs what can be dropped on the areas, and then those bombs can drive or fly in the bunkers, where protected targets are stored. So the question is it wise to build that kind of devices in China. 

The flying vehicle can be dropped over the harbor, and then they can slip in the storage bunkers where the nuclear submarines are waiting to go overseas. And in fact, in those systems can equip also nuclear warheads. 

That makes possible to create the vehicle, what can attack to heavily protected targets. The new kind of cargo-vehicles can drive the nuclear warhead to the entrance of heavily armored command bunker, and then explode themselves near the armored door, what can destroy those targets in seconds, or at least damage them very badly. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6K-yQaWgTw

Aviation and ICT-sector

Aviation and ICT-sector

The carbon-dioxide releases of ICT-sector are bigger than aviation, and that is not a surprising thing. The NSA headquarters has been the largest energy user in the State of Maryland. The monstrous server rooms need always a very large-scale electric supply. And the number of those server rooms is increasing all the time. The reason is that mobile devices transfer the calculating capacity to the servers, which means that those systems need more and more power.

The high-power computers and servers need more and more electricity and the mobile systems, what is communicating with servers needs more electricity for communication processes. And if we would use light and non-powerful processors in the mobile systems, we would transfer the calculations to the servers, and that means that we would need more and more powerful server technology.

The reason why this thing has happened is that the remote use of computers and digital meetings will be a cheaper choice for companies, than some business trips. The manager of the big company might have even tens of meetings per day, and that means if those meetings would happen by using physical traveling, the price of those meetings would be very high.

But there has been one reason, why the big companies have turned to use virtual meetings. The reason is the security checks and if the laptop computer must be left to the airport would the result be devastating. Every contracts and paper would leave behind that person, and that is the reason, why there have been created the solutions like web-based documentation software and writing tools, that the person must not carry them across the border.

Also, the usage of Web-based solutions is easier to control than some local tools. That means that if some persons use very expensive software, and then leaves the company, the user rights of those applications can be denied immediately. In this case, the software would not able to use anymore, even if the laptop disappears in some airfield.