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bymisnohmer ( 1636461 ) writes:
From the summary:
"its pumps use liquid carbon dioxide as refrigerant, which is circulated using rocket engine technology rather than fans."
So these guys thought that a common way to circulate liquid CO2 is using fans?!? Or was it just the AI that wrote the startup's business plan, or perhaps just this announcement, its summary?
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bybeelsebob ( 529313 ) writes:
And since when is a turbopump âoeSpaceX technologyâ, as if no one had done it before.
bykenh ( 9056 ) writes:
Hey, growing up my morning breakfast used NASA Technology to create a healthy powdered morning drink mix that reduced the number of oranges required to fill my juice glass!
byjeffreyjakucyk ( 263849 ) writes:
I bet there's some misunderstanding on the reporter/marketer's side, whether deliberate or not, to make this seem cooler (heh) than it is. Conventional refrigeration systems already exist that use carbon dioxide, though they seem to be more focused on walk-in coolers and such rather than air conditioners. The only technical challenge to using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant is that the whole system runs at a much higher pressure than those using more conventional fluorocarbon refrigerants. That means the
bythegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
You're assuming this was written by "guys", whereas it reads like a poorly AI generated summary.
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