I am writing you an idea to achieve sustainable evolution and development for man kind. If you accept this idea you may write me your opinion and inform your friends too, to try for it.
What forces us to think for new methods?
As you all have been informed through media, atomic disaster in Japan these days and the ones happened former in other regions of our planet, there seems an urgent need to substitute wise methods of energy production for man needs. I like most of you believe that renewable energies are better substitute for polluting methods of energy production. I introduce my idea to you all. I hope it will be analyzed by all the countries that can afford for this idea.
The benefits of the method:
If we produce compressed air by wind energy in any place that there are appropriate wind velocities, especially in deserts of the world. We will have many benefits for our planet. Harmony will govern on our environment if we use such ideas. Our evolution will continue, we will be able to achieve sustainable development for all nations.
The processes:
Compressed air produced in deserts and appropriate locations could be stored in under ground reservoirs. This process causes a small pressure difference between deserts and other wind farms and big cities, lakes, seas, oceans using this idea.Compressed air and air pressure difference produced in this process will deliver some good opportunities to us.
A -The mentioned compressed air in under ground reservoirs can be transferred through appropriate pipe nets to cities.
B -In cities compressed air can be used to deliver us mechanical and electrical energy need of our cities.
C – Compressed air can be injected in to special compressed vessels to be used by our transport vehicles and boats, etc.
D – Compressed air delivering its pressure energy will be released in to atmosphere in cities. It will replace polluted air of cities.
E – Compressed air yields us a good amount of fresh water as by product in above mentioned big wind farms in deserts. The fresh water produced will be enough to have some new settlements in deserts.
F – High vapor content air transferring to deserts will cause more precipitation there while more fresh water can also be produced by compressors.
G - Oceans and seas have big potentials of wind energy too. Countries like Canada, United States, Russia, India, China and many other countries can gain many times more energy from wind potential energy from the seas and oceans surrounding them too.
H- One of pollutants of our planet is the exhaust gas of transport vehicles. Using compressed air
For our vehicles working with compressed air will prevent these pollutions to enter to our atmosphere.
I – This idea can produce more jobs than the traditional forms of energy.
Question:
Atomic science can be used for many humanistic purposes. Why we are not using renewable energies like solar, wind, biomass and other renewable ones? I believe we can substitute renewable energies not only instead of atomic reactors producing electricity but also power plants using fossil fuels too.
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HI Jim, my name is Al Rampone. I am a retired helicopter pilot. I am building a 30ft diameter pnumatic water wheel. It will develope 5,475hp at 8rpm. We intend for it to power a 3.75mw generator. We hope to have our prototype working by the end of the year.
Al,
Sorry it took me so long to reply, but I haven't been making all that much time for this site because it hasn't been as productive for me as say LinkedIn, and believe it or not, Facebook and Twitter. I am interested in being kept up to speed though. Feel free to message me on here or email me at JimmyjamGE@Gmail.com for a more timely response.
I just found your comment from 7-18, sorry about that, I did not know there was a comment section at the bottom of the profile. Seems an unusual place for it.
Please share more about what you are doing. Photos, theory, prototypes, science, etc. so that the rest of us can cheer along if nothing else.
Start a thread or something so that we can all participate! Go ahead and send me stuff directly as well paul@floridasolarenergy.net
I'm speaking primarily from my work with diesel generators, but I'd imagine it would have to hold true for wind (AC power anyhow). The smallest wind generator that GE Wind builds is 1.5mw... and it goes up from there (it's an 80 meter blade diameter). Check out the AWEA (awea.org) American Wind Energy Association, there's a bunch of links there. Beregy is another company making smaller ones, I'll send you a couple others as I think of them.
I know the 60hz line frequency is a BIG factor when connecting to the grid... it HAS to be 60hz within milli-seconds. That's most of the 'heart' of the 'Smart Grid', but also load factors are another matter. My big generators do not connect to the grid, it's either grid OR generator. There's a massive box of electronics that senses "Zero Cross" (the point when the AC voltages of both are at zero volts... between +60vacpeak and -60vacpeak (120vac total).. and the switch between them happens at that EXACT moment. Any difference in the 60hz timing and there are massive sparks and switch/load damages are very possible.
alrampone wrote:
Dave, Thankyou for all the good info on wind generators. I have heard of wind generators up to 1.25mw. Do you know of any larger than that? I will try and contact some of the manufacturers you mentioned. On my project. a generator that turned at 60rpm would be better than one turning 900rpm. Thankyou Al
Al: Now that I'm awake (was just getting home last night when writing the previous note) but, an AC power generator's RPM is going to be 60 RPM, to get the 60hz line frequency. The torque to turn it is dynamic in that it's a result of the electrical load on the unit. Hence, a larger load (more current drawn) will require a larger HP to turn then at idle - no load. There is a govenor to maintain 60 RPM/HZ rates.... loads fluxuates (until limits are reached and fuses/breakers are popped... or transformers explode!). So, apparently it's the 'gearbox' where all the 'magic' is performed. Again, I havn't found info on the actual blade RPMs. I did see on the smaller consumer wind generators are outputting DC voltages, to charge batteries, which in turn power invertors, such as solar cells. Those are electrically controlled for 60 hz. SO blade RPMs are not as critical.
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Check out this link... it's a newsletter type of web-site about all the various 'green energy' methods. Dave