2022-12-09 20:00:42
Another issue of Technics for Young People from 1936 describes the revolutionary CHP technology.
In short, the problem with expensive electricity was that to produce it, you had to heat water steam to 365 degrees and then create a pressure of 200 atmospheres. And the metal parts from such numbers were covered with scale, rusted and required frequent replacement.
But in 1914, the first mercury-water stations appeared. Already in 1933, such a unit worked on an industrial scale at the General Electric Company station. And it seems everything was fine - mercury at 8 atmospheres gave 500 degrees, the equipment does not oxidize and rust, and installation takes ten times less space. The world was on the verge of cheap electricity and, as it turned out, World War II. Countries had no money, cheap electricity with expensive initial construction was not part of the plans for post-war reconstruction.
Too bad, the current electricity bills don't suit me at all.
Forbidden History
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