I would like to create topic that all we can share, discuss criticize our own innovation and inventions.
If you got ingenious idea, improvements but not afraid of loosing your patents rights by publishing and reveling here you are welcome here.
Rules are simple"
1. It must be your own new creation, idea or thought ( at least you think it is)
2. Your idea comes under fire of our public scrutiny and member could votes their innovatory , feasibility and glorify or criticize your project in the name of science not personal sake or liking.
3.Publishing your ideas may effect your patent ownership rights so get a legal advice if you have any doubts here.
Let go to work ! Who is first ?
Ingenious Innovations, Good and Not So Much
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Posted Thursday 24 Feb 2011 @ 12:13:50 am from IP #
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Solar Chimney
Ha, there is was already something similar but my idea go a bit further.
It consist of large ( in km2) solar radiation absorption area then going high ventilation shaft - on the bank of hill or straight structure.
Bottom part reminds large relatively high or even segmented green house construction.
Segmentation could minimize max wind speed.
There few goals:
1. Absorb solar energy to rise air temperature - then create draft to power wind turbines generator - to produce electricity
2.Solar Desalination Plant to evaporate sea water that will be then condense at the top of the escape shaft - provide source of fresh water. This part is supplied with fresh sea water that is partly or completely evaporated. Moisture escape by the chimney shaft , strong wind create optimal conditions for evaporation, byproduct - dry salts could be used as raw material for future processing or only partly increase liquid dispose back to sea or channels.
3. Hydro generator - powered by condensed water piped back to the ground level
4. Greenhouse plants agriculture - space in the green house - solar absorption area is used where possible for agricultural productionSummarizing. Project is different to others by combing 4 different approaches maximizing possible output and economical sense.
Posted Thursday 24 Feb 2011 @ 12:26:53 am from IP # -
Great extension of http://www.enviromission.com.au/EVM/content/home.html
Usually they want to work in very dry areas to make the concrete last longer. This means the inside of the tower would need at least an additional waterproof coating.The other issue is how to condense these huge quantities of water in huge air streams 1km above ground without creating too much resistance to air flow and too much weight.
On the pro side is the advantage that wet air is actually lighter than dry air, creating even more draft. However evaporating water will significantly reduce the temperature, causing less draft.
I am too tired at the moment, but with a good textbook on thermodynamics it should be no problem to calculate if the same collector is actually crating less or more up-draft when the humidity of the air is increased by evaporation of water.Posted Thursday 24 Feb 2011 @ 10:24:54 am from IP # -
"EnviroMission, which owns the global license to Solar Tower technology "
this is simply sick!!!!
How corrupted is this system to provide right to basic technologies.
Next will be will receiving rights to information technology, another to flying objects, visual moving picture displays, space travel, hydroponics, human genome etc
This is next example that so called intellectual property law needs urgent overhaul on global scale !
Intellectual property as heritage of whole human civilization now assigned to very suspicious individuals.
So next ingenious invention should be called "Sensible Intellectual Property Law"Look at this " r. Davey is a director of SolarMission Technologies, Inc (formerly Energen Global, Inc) based in the United States. SolarMission Technologies, Inc is the global license holder"
two old sclerotic accountants suddenly have rights , global rights to Solar Tower (in any incarnation??) !!
I wonder what all this developing , aspiring African countries must now and later pay to fraudulent western capitalism sharks. Shouldn't be "Method of Pumping Oil from Underground Reservoirs" been global protected by similar patent owner living obviously in US then royalties setup at 90% of income paid by all Arabic states.
Or patent of "Method of Aspirating Air to The Lungs by Means of Muscle Propulsion" then any breathing creature will pay or die.Posted Thursday 24 Feb 2011 @ 1:40:21 pm from IP # -
Jeffbloggs
MemberBuzz
In Germany you still have to licence every TV and radio, otherwise you get fined by the GEZ. That includes radios on mp3 players and mobiles!! They are however having difficulty trying to enforce licencing of PCs that watch online TV.Greenozi
I think you are right on the money with your hybrid greenhouse idea. I'm not quite sure of the overall dynamics of the system to harvest energy, the water evaporation side is however a critical resource, and as such should be equally valuable to energy production. You gain some, you lose some.But my question would be how small can this type of system be? I think a collection of smaller modular systems would be more effective, easier to construct and adapt. A prototype needs to be as small as possible, and needs to be able to adapt quickly to new insight and data to increase performance. With a large one it becomes more difficult. There is however the problem that some of these systems only operate at a certain scale, and I have a feeling that the solar chimney needs to be big to have the desired effect. As you know I'm a fan of Biogas tech, and using the greenhouse to grow food and use the organic residue for fuel would be ideal.
When I think of inventions, especially energy related ones, I like to find available potentials first. Potentials that create enough of a environmental difference so that they can do "work". The more "productive" this work is (ie hybrid production of various products) the better the overall efficiency. I hate it when engineers claim a certain efficiency, by simply restricting the calculation to: "All energy in to a "desired" energy output". The resulting low efficiencies are simply because the "desired" output is wrong. A CHP generator is a classic case: It is only 40% eff. electrically, but 95%% eff. thermodynamically, and combined they produce 40% elec. and 45% usable heat, so in total 85% eff. in the conversion of fuel into reclaimable "desired" output. Take the heat out, as is mostly the case in Aus generation, and you more than halve the efficiency, yet +60% of the energy consumption in a house is heating and nearly all centralized generation in Australia consumes further precious resources ie water to cool this down instead of using it!! Dumb!
Andy
I think a thread on IP and Patents is a good idea. Always interesting to see what others think.Posted Friday 25 Feb 2011 @ 1:18:55 am from IP # -
Re Solar Chimney
Because construction cost of stand alone chimney could be quite significant I propose to build first such projects on land when close to the oceans sudden mountains appears rising up to 1000- 2000 m above sea level. That should be enough to build up draft channel on steep land than all condensation infrastructure on top and piping going down with fresh water. From my youth trips I remember The Olympus peak where you can lie down on the beach be the sea in full hot summer and see not far away snowy Gods mountain just a few hours walk away.
Such natural place could be perfect for solar chimney infrastructure/Posted Sunday 27 Feb 2011 @ 1:42:26 pm from IP # -
Jeffbloggs
MemberI've already posted this one before, but it is similar to your (GO) proposal, bar the solar chimney for power generation, it uses solar thermal concentrating instead. http://www.saharaforestproject.com/#/
The other plus is that it uses naturally "growing" processes together with human engineering to achieve the results. The thing I like about it is that biomass is used for food and fuel, and it is possible to start with a small modular system. that way you can use plant residue for construction materials etc too, and incorporate some "small size" living inside the "artificial" ecosystem.Posted Sunday 27 Feb 2011 @ 2:23:41 pm from IP #
