Lerner wrote:
For the generator, I think that solid electrodes are possible. Cooling rates of 1 kW/cm^2 are considered achievable today. At 3500 K, blackbody radiation would be at that level, so you could keep electrodes much cooler, say around 1100 K. If I have done the calculations right—and I invite you to do them yourselves–neither conduction nor convection with any reasonable internal gas velocities can cool the gas anywhere near as fast as radiation, so they can be ignored.
This presentation casts doubt on aspects of Black Body theory.
