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Oh yeah, I was just expanding on the non turbine power types cause I think they're neat.
Though I missed some of the most interesting ones: Nuclear Batteries.
They're different from chemical batteries in that they can't be charged or discharged, and their energy comes not from chemical reactions, but from radioactive decay.
Thermal-nuclear batteries convert heat into electricity, including completely solid state ones like radioisotope generators, that use an array of thermo-couples to convert heat into electricity, not turbines.
Then there are Beta-Voltaic nuclear batteries that use specialized semi-conductor circuits to convert the electrons and positrons emitted from a radioactive material into usable electricity.
Neither of these produce anywhere near enough power output for a flying suit, nor can their power output vary, but still interesting to think about in the context of Tony Stark's arc reactor.