“I began to contemplate whether we could convert the evaporation energy into mechanical energy first, and then translate it into electricity,” Wu said.
Until now, previous attempts to convert evaporation energy into electricity have suffered from a low-conversion efficiency.
The authors claim that their drinking bird generator can yield much more power than previous experiments that used other methods were able to.
The team’s next goal is to design its own drinking bird that can harness the power of evaporation more efficiently.
If they’re successful, the retro drinking bird may be here to stay.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, South China University of Technology
Locations:
Hong Kong, China