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User avatar #1 - puppybiscuit (05/28/2012) [-]
Yes its called a flotation or buoyancy engine. Unfortunately getting that bottom seal to work is the problem. Inventors have tried this for over a thousand years.
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#3 to #1 - majicolll (05/28/2012) [-]
the seal at the bottom would have to be friction-less, it works on paper but unfortunately we don't have the technology to create it, also to put forward another point it wouldn't be that efficient so you would need thousands if not millions to produce enough energy as a typical power plant. (pic is kinda related)
the seal at the bottom would have to be friction-less, it works on paper but unfortunately we don't have the technology to create it, also to put forward another point it wouldn't be that efficient so you would need thousands if not millions to produce enough energy as a typical power plant. (pic is kinda related)
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User avatar #4 to #3 - puppybiscuit (05/28/2012) [-]
Efficiency only has to do with friction in the bearings shafts, the lift capacity of the spheres (Hydrogen filled spheres would be more buoyant than plain air. Also the height of the liquid column. also the liquid would affect the efficiency, ie mercury would way increase the efficiency.
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#5 to #4 - majicolll (05/28/2012) [-]
That is what i'm saying, with the set up described in this diagram then it wouldn't be very efficient at all.
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