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Homemade liquid nitrogen generator Joule Thomson throttle (2013)

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Re: Homemade liquid nitrogen generator Joule Thomson throttle (2013)

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The YouTube channel Hyperspace Pirate[0] has been consistently uploading fantastic videos documenting their attempts to make their own homemade liquid nitrogen machine. They don't shy away from including all the technical details, and throw in plenty of hilarious deadpan humor too. Highly recommend them if you're interested in this topic.

[0]https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate

Re: Homemade liquid nitrogen generator Joule Thomson throttle (2013)

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Are those adds from my/our ISP? How does he, someone who seems to write html somewhat poorly, manage to get so many intrusive ads into this post?

I turned off my adblocker and I see two inline ads, nothing crazy. Not sure what you’re seeing, but I’m quite sure you should install an adblocker.

Re: Homemade liquid nitrogen generator Joule Thomson throttle (2013)

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I wonder if in the time since this was written if anyone has found a good source for small turbo expanders.

Liquefied air is a potentially interesting mode of energy storage for islanded solar because it doesn't require high pressure storage (which has safety concerns)-- for that application the round trip efficiency isn't critical as there is nothing else to do with the power... but it can't be a total joke. And the basic JT cycle is really poor. I understand that simply adding an expander and another heat exchange stage can improve it a lot.

Re: Homemade liquid nitrogen generator Joule Thomson throttle (2013)

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Are those adds from my/our ISP? How does he, someone who seems to write html somewhat poorly, manage to get so many intrusive ads into this post?

The overall quality of this website I'd estimate at least in top 5% of all Web, if not top 1%. The content is superb, the presentation is quite clear.
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