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February 2001 Newsletter
Micro Cogeneration
An answer to needed economy in energy consumption.
I wrote a how-to book some years back on this subject and was
planning to update the cost examples and re-issue it. Upon
reflection I decided that even if the book was re-issued at ten
times its original size it would still be too small to contain
all the information needed for someone who had no electrical and
mechanical background.
Instead, I am writing this paper as a starting point for someone
who has the desire to institute energy savings in his community
and has the background or ready access to people that do.
Concept
Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of two or more
products. Most processes naturally have multiple products or
outputs and it is in the interest of efficiency if you can
control the process and/or construct the equipment so that those
multiple products are of use to you.
Most high quality energy, electrical energy, is generated in
centralized power plants by the combustion of a fuel. This
process results in a great deal of heat which has no useful
purpose. Generally the elimination of this heat into the local
environment requires fans and/or pumps to move air or water
through a heat exchanger and this energy burden lowers the
overall efficiency of the installation. If you have a use for
that otherwise lost thermal energy the overall cost is
distributed over the useful products, thereby lowering the cost
of the first, or principal, product.
A utility company with proximity to the New York flower market
has utilized this otherwise waste heat to grow roses in
greenhouses and has the enhanced margin of no heating bill. This
is a much wiser use of resources than the common practice of
throwing the heat away.
Micro cogeneration
We all use electricity. Most of us need heat. If we examine our
energy usage we find, especially in colder climates, that we
consume a great deal of energy in the form of heating our
environment, and in any climate the basic requirement of hot
water for clothes, dishes, and baths is significant.
The usual way of fulfilling these needs is to buy electricity
from one source and fuel for water and space heating from another.
When the electricity is generated in a fossil fuel plant the
waste or bottom end heat is thrown away. We then burn additional
fossil fuel in water heaters and furnaces that adds to total
consumption of fossil fuels and total environmental carbon
dioxide burden.
A much more efficient utilization of fuel resources would be to
generate the electricity where heat is needed. The waste heat
would be useful load, an obviously superior condition. There are
other advantages as well. Locally generated power eliminates
transmission losses and distribution grid vulnerability to
damage, accidental or otherwise. The capital and materials
investment is also avoided. The benefits of cogeneration are
being realized by industrial processors on an accelerating scale.
Not only are their efforts reducing their outlay for energy, they
have also disconnected themselves from an electrical grid that
appears to be approaching overload soon in many parts of the
country. These benefits need to be secured by individuals as well
as mega corporations. The use of micro (small) generating
facility on an individual building would be appropriate
technology.
How
Internal combustion engines burn fuel and convert part of the
produced thermal energy into mechanical work. This process is not
100% efficient and heat is a major byproduct when you run an
engine. If the fuel you normally burn to heat the structure and
make hot water is burned instead in an engine, you can generate
electricity without the normal cost of the fuel as the waste heat
is not waste. This makes the incremental cost of the fuel used
for electrical generation much cheaper.
Coupling this technology with application of measures to reduce
total consumption, such as adequate insulation and utilizing heat
exchangers in building ventilation can cut energy costs
drastically. Where climate permits the incorporation of passive
solar can increase your comfort and reduce your heating expenses
even further.
Should you do this? I suppose if you can be realistic in your
commitment to maintenance. Are you the kind of person who drives
his car until the red dash lights tell him to add oil or service
other systems? If so then you should accept the fact that the
only way you will achieve reasonable service from your power
plant is if you get a service agreement from a mechanic or
similar person. Agree they will change engine oil every 100 hours
of operation and inspect and replace filters and other
maintenance items. Diesel lubricating oil must be used in a
diesel engine. Belts, if used, must be properly tensioned and
periodically inspected. If neglected, a ten dollar item can cause
hundreds of dollars of damage. Don't be scared off by this
admonition. If you are successful maintaining an automobile, you
should be successful with your power plant. In fact, the power
plant has low oil pressure shut off (if not, then install one)
and can be designed with other safety equipment as well which an
automobile does not have. A meter to tell you accumulated
operating time is well worthwhile also.
You can save by buying consumables like oil when they are on
special pricing at various times of the year. Shop around and buy
by the case. Keep spare rubber parts on hand as well as spare
fuses, etc. Plan ahead.
Most people will opt for diesel as solar thermal power plants are
still not readily available. You should become familiar with
external combustion engines if you want to go solar, biomass, or
coal powered.
Most descriptions of prime movers undervalue reliability and
efficiency and overvalue light weight and power density.
Stationary service has different criteria than in a mobile
application so don't accept authors' evaluations without
considering their decision criteria. You may find you don't agree
with them.
Kirk....................................................The above
was emailed to myself, by Kirk, with permission to print in our
newsletter, thank you Kirk for taking the time to share your
ideas...Ken
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The following letter is an
extract from the web site at
http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000/MiracleinVoid.htm
Please go to the web site to view the full document.
March 13, 2000
Subject: Miracle in the Void: The New Energy Revolution
Hello everyone
Here is the compilation about the new energy sources as promised
in my last email. I was fascinated, reading a long article
received at the beginning of this year, about a number of new
revolutionary ways of producing clean, safe energy and I resolved
to share this with you. One of the most basic needs we have on
Earth right now, as we look at the grim future our profligate use
of fossil sources of energy and nuclear power is sure to create,
is new ways of producing as much energy as required without
further jeopardizing and polluting our environment. The good news
is that, as best as I can judge, tantalizing possibilities exist
to switch in the next few years to such environmentally
sustainable sources of energy. The bad news is that neither the
governments nor the multinational corporations and the investors
that could help bolster the chances of such good technologies to
become swiftly available to all of us seem anxious or even
interested to seriously look at these possibilities, prefering to
invest their attention and money into mostly traditional ways of
generating energy that are proving fatal to our whole planet. Is
it short-sightedness on their part of has it more to do with
protecting the cash cows that make the fossil fuel-based economy
churn?
I'll let you decide. In any case, if you are someone who would
like to be amongst the first investors pioneering the solutions
to our planetary case of growing high fever, there is a golden
opportunity below. But think fast, because the delay is this
March 15.
Onward towards a saner future
Jean Hudon
Earth Rainbow Network Coordinator
http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert200
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NOTE: After reading "Miracle in the Void: The New Energy
Revolution" (see an abridged version below - the original
version is available at http://www.connexion.org/kaplanand
will also be posted on the ERN website above), I decided to first
ask to Mr. Hal Fox, an expert in the unfolding new energy
revolution and publisher of a newsletter on the subject, his
assessment of the various technologies featured in this article.
This is a good introduction before entering into the heart of the
matter. Also I must add that this is certainly not a
comprehensive review of all the options that exist, but these are
the lesser known and most exciting possibilities that I've seen
so far.
Date: 7 January 2000
From: Hal Fox <halfox@slkc.uswest.net>
Subject: Sending information.
Dear Jean Hudon,
According to knowledgeable observers, we should focus our
attention on six new technologies:
(1) plasma-type devices;
(2) solid-state electromagnetic devices;
(3) hydrogen gas cells;
(4) super motors based on super magnets;
(5) cold fusion or "new hydrogen energy" (the Japanese
name for cold fusion);
(6) hydrosonic or cavitation devices.
Here are my comments for what they are worth:
(1) plasma-type devices:
These are the most important type of devices. The best example is
the high-density, charge-cluster technology discovered first by
Kenneth Shoulders (U.S. Patent 5,018,180) and later by Ilyanok of
Belarus, later still by Mesyats in Russia. These were all
independent discoveries. Such devices tap the energy of space and
will provide both thermal and electrical energy for the future.
Several other discoveries, knowingly, or unknowingly, are based
on charge-cluster phenomena. Laboratory work has shown electrical
energy output as much as one hundred times higher than energy
input.
(2) solid-state electromagnetic devices:
So far there has been one proven EM device that puts out
considerably more energy than is input to the device. This device
has been carefully studied by Greg Hodowanek and the results have
been published by us.
(3) Hydrogen gas cells:
The only hydrogen gas cell that I know about is Dr. Randell Mills
discovery that hydrogen can be collapsed below its normal un-ionized
orbit stage (called the ground state). Your readers should read
the papers in www.blacklightpower.com
(4) super motors based on super magnets:
So far there are none that are effective. Dr. Harold Aspden has
done the best work and reports on this type of motor. He has a
website.
(5) cold fusion or "new hydrogen energy" (the Japanese
name for cold fusion):
In my judgement, the cold fusion phenomenon is not sufficient
robust to be a good commercial device. Most of the energy comes
from the creation of charge clusters when the palladium cracks.
It is much easier to make the charge clusters directly. See
plasma-type devices.
(6) hydrosonic or cavitation devices:
There are two groups that have had some success with cavitation
devices: James Griggs with his hydronic pump and the use of
cavitation in electrochemical cells.
There are other new devices that have not been publicly announced
but which, in my judgement, will make dramatic changes in the way
in which we produce energy, create propulsion, and fly.
As fast as proper patent protection is achieved, we publish peer-reviewed
technical articles on these various topics (and others) in the
Journal of New Energy. Hope that these comments help.
We have started a closed-end mutual fund to help fund some of the
better new-energy products.
Best personal regards,
Hal Fox, editor, Journal of New Energy
AND THEN ON JANUARY 10, 2000, MR. FOX ALSO SENT THIS:
Bless you for the work that you are doing to get more accurate
and complete information to the public and the media about the
new developments in energy. You certainly have my permission to
use any of the information that I have sent.
If you will send me your address, I'll send you a copy of the
proceedings of the last Institute for New Energy Conference
Proceedings. As the editor of the four-year old Journal of New
Energy, I used my contacts to invite special presentations on new-energy
and allied topics. We have received strong congratulations both
on the conference and on the proceedings.
Last Friday, a retired scientist came to visit our lab. We showed
him how we work with high-density charge clusters in solutions
and also in the atmosphere. Then we gave him a copy of the
Proceedings. His comment was something like the following: "I
have known all my scientific career that we were missing key
ingredients in our science. Now you have shown me experiments and
articles that confirm my belief."
Jean, we are living in exciting times, especially for changing
the way the world produces and distributes energy. Unfortunately,
the media's response (if any) is to call the local university for
corroborative information. It has always been difficult for the
academic community to recognize REAL scientific breakthroughs,
unless such progress is accompanied by grants and contracts (especially
from the government).
The best method to show the world that new-energy developments
are REAL is to manufacture and sell the products, and/or to
license the products. One of our objectives for the Emerging
Energy Mutual Fund is to be a part of that process. In addition,
we want to give the small investor opportunities to invest and
not just to have the "big boys" get the major share of
some of these fast-growing new-energy companies.
We do have to be careful. There will be those who are so
convinced that this type of new technology will not work, that
there will probably be some strong comments and accusations made
that we are trying to perpetrate a fraud on investors. That is
another reason for us to move as quickly as possible to get new-energy
products on the market.
Thanks for your help!
Best personal regards, Hal Fox
The above was an extract from the
web site at;
http://www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000/MiracleinVoid.htm
Please go to the web site to view the full document.
Peter's Page ASTRO MEETING Friday Jan the 12th 2001 |
The meeting started at 8.05 pm and was opened with a welcome
to all by Rodger. Apologies were accepted from Percy.
Rodger thanked Michael for the use of his residential premises
for our ASTRO meetings and said that ASTRO would pay for the
carpets to be cleaned in a sign of appreciation.
Athol
read the previous meeting's minutes. They were
accepted.
Treasurer's report
there was $1156.00 after the 1st and 3rd
ASTRO prizes had been claimed.
Rodger...apologised that things were a little disorganised for
tonight's meeting as he had been burnt out twice in a month and
he was literally standing in his whole possessions. He passed
around some photos of the fire aftermath.
Ken
went through Email correspondence.
Rodger
re-congratulated the winners of last months ASTRO
INVENTOR"S PRIZES
Ken
for his brilliant halogen light power supply unit. (See
ASTRO Page for details)
Percy
for his portable "Bio-Diesel Generator"
Kieth
for his innovative off-road vehicle jack.
GENERAL MEETING
The night was allocated as a general discussions night, with no
guest speaker present.
Peter
mentioned that the "Smithsonian Museum of Natural
History" in the USA had at last recognised Nicola Tesla as
the inventor of AC Electricity, not Edison, as had apparently had
been incorrectly (and purposefully) alluded to for more than a
half of century.. A small display of some of his inventions will
be exhibited. Peter suggested this might be because some of his
SCALAR technology ideas are now coming out of the secret closet.
He also mentioned a large seminar in USA on " Electric Wound
Healing", suggesting that the scientific world is re-inventing
and legitimising some of Bob Beck's work.
Nina
said that a professor in Germany had discovered that
magnets in water cause the dissolved iron to pool. She also said
that milling flour with metal grinders caused the Vitamin-E to
degenerate. She asked if anyone knew any more.
George
said that it was due to the electrical charges in the
enzymes, and gave as an example the much improved crop yield
after using copper ploughs instead of iron.
Dino
mentioned that an Aboriginal community had had lead
poisoning from lead leeching out of PVC water pipes. He also
mentioned toxic pillows.
Andrew-S
mentioned a film on the "Hindenburg Disaster",
where the misleading indictment on Hydrogen cast a shadow on it's
use as a fuel. The fierceness of the fire was, in reality, due to
dope in the fabric covering, fine aluminium powder on the outside
and fine iron powder on the inside of the dirigible.
Victor
said that "the razor blade in the pyramid"
staying sharp was due to the forces (inside the pyramid) keeping
the blade dry.They dessicated the atmosphere or anything inside.
He said that you could do the same by blow drying your blades
after use.
Yanis
said that from an article on the Adams Motor (in Nexus
Magazine) that we are not producing electrical energy, only just
making a "gate" to extract it.
Davershoen
.mentioned a catalogue called "Lost Tech
Archives", available from PO Box 96' PHIA, Auckland, New
Zealand. This was a good source of lost technology information.
Bruce
said that Hydrogen was the flavour of the month. He
had bought a H2 unit from Canada, and had put it on a Toyota
Corolla. His economy went from 28 Mpg to 47Mpg. (Also see Jan
2001 newsletter Hydrogen Boost article). He also said that
someone in Melbourne was getting 77 Mpg from a similar unit,
drawing 15Amps. McKenzies citric acid is now used as the
electrolyte instead of Sodium Hydroxide (which damages engine
parts).
Ken
said that fuel injected cars run better on hydrogen
supplimentation because the computer backs the fuel off, making
them more efficient.
Bruce
blew his cell apart due to a backfire. He has built a
"flash back arrester" from a PVC tube with a water trap
inside.
Rodger
mentioned that a lot of people are getting cancer
from fried chips. The toxic fatty acids apparently increase at an
alarming rate as the oil is continually used.
Charles
concurred about the oil, saying that the only safe
oil to cook in was olive oil if only used once. He also added
that people who use low fat milks also put themselves at a much
increased health risk due to the fact that the fat globules are
too small for the body to process safely. He said that if you
need to use milk and you want to reduce the fat content from the
"normal and insignificant" 4% to the "low fat"
2%, use half of the normal amount. (He is a medical specialist
and researcher)
Dino
spoke on a new invention that had taken 20 years to
develop. It was a ball with scollops taken out from the outside
surface area. When it is in an air or a fluid stream it suspends
and is inertia-less and can move in any direction without any
gyro effect. Some of its uses are as a fuel mixer, micro mill, a
bearing-less water pump and an electric generator. Dino also
spoke on an article from an English newspaper where a human
memory chip was mentioned. He also mentioned "Bush's Eye in
the sky" and a "Soul-catcher Chip" which will
enable everything that you see, after being (usually
involuntarily) implanted in some person or animal's eye, to be
beamed up to a satellite and viewed by the controllers.
Yanis
showed part of a video from Poland where a professor
demonstrated the existence of wall like energy grids that are
apparently all over the earth. He found only two places in Poland
that were not effected by these grids. They were 1/ Parliament
House and 2/ the salt mines.The video also showed an aluminium
flying saucer(in an electrical field), polaroid lenses blocking
light and used to view these grids, a mammoth tooth found in the
Warsaw River and coal with snake skin imprints. These lenses can
be used to check the tensions in crystals. The professor also
showed a globe glowing blue in his hand (with 22Kv @ 250Khz). See
www.earthtransitions.com/articles/sleeping-hartmann.htm Yanis
also had a big folder of Email correspondence from around the
world, on his "gravity wheel". He would like Ken to put
these on the Webb. He also asked for assistance in describing and
putting up on the Webb (in plain English) an accurate description
of his Gravity Wheel.
Other things discussed were
(a) power lines that give a radiation reading of 400 mT in the
daytime give double the reading in the night.
(b) when using a gas stove, the user should be aware that the gas
coming off the sides of the cooking utensil is toxic and can lead
to brain damage.
Roger(from M Bridge)
gave an eye catching demonstration of a
Dick Smith Ultra-bright LED message disk, with the different
messages and patterns (in four brilliant colours) being
controlled by a PIC controller on a small printed circuit board.
Rodger then closed the meeting by thanking everyone for their inputs and invited them to supper.
The next meeting is on Friday 9th of February.
Cheers
PeterP
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