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PVC Rain Water Collector
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Jul 1, 2011
Rain water conservation method applicable to urban, suburban and rural residences. Water creates an environment for life to happen. Allowing for plants and trees to fruit making nourishment for other organisms. Water can make an environment more pleasing to be in. For example allowing the creation of gardens and grass lawns. The rain water collector I designed uses already existing industrial sized PVC pipes to create a low cost water reservoir.The method of collecting water is passive in this case. By channeling water to a PVC pipe of 3 foot diameter and 10 foot high, about 2,000 gallons of ...
REOSE Solar Panel House
The REOSE Solar Panel House is a home that is completely built with steel, structurally insulated solar panels (SSISP). The REOSE SSISP are unique because they are the only structural building material that collects, transfers, stores and converts solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy flows into useful, and mindful work.
Traditional building designs reject the summer’s sun, spring rains and fall’s gusty winds with cool roofs, rainwater runoff plans and wind diverting schemes, and yet homeowners secretly yearn for those very same energy flows during different times of the year. What the REOSE solar panel House does is flip ...
Eco Friendly KE Electricity Generator
In NYC alone there are over 8 million people. On average a person applies 20 Newtons of Force that is absorbed into the pavement and wasted. Given an average of 5K steps, there are 8 trillion Newtons of force in NYC alone that can be converted into electricity daily!
This generator creates electricity by the proven method of magnetic induction. It also has a back up solar component that sustains the change in magnetic flux when no pressure is available.
All parts are insulated from weather and the magnetic field is arranged and shielded so that no pedestrians are ...
Trans Wind Energy Generation
Trans Wind Energy Generation
A Fresh Concept for Renewable Energy
Trans Wind Energy Generation (TWEG), patent pending, uses energy captured by fixed wing/sails traversing elevated cables to energize potor/generators riding along suspended cables which direct energy to the power grid. Richard Harrington, President of Harrington Electronics LLC, is the innovator behind this new concept as one of his many innovative products commercialized over 45 years of developing electronic products for the sports and medical fields. The concept is equivalent to sailing along cables and comes from the genesis of combining efficient, sustainable wind energy generation with the collateral benefit ...
All Energy is Good Energy (AEnGE)
Wind energy harvesting technology has established its market due to the excellent advantages it possesses. At the same time, severe limitations of this technology has emerged. This is a step forward from the combustion based energy generation techniques used before; in a way that the ill-effects of green house gases were realized much later in time. The intermittency of power generation is the largest pitfall of current wind energy source. Therefore, an integrated system that can harvest more than one energy source, while operational, is proposed.
Along with wind, rain and snow are also highly energetic resources, if harvested ...
Universal Materials Recovery System
The UMRS is a system for recycling or reclaiming any material, natural or man made. The UMRS first uses extreme heat to break down these materials to the elements from which they were made, then separates them, allowing the purified elementary matter to be reused in any agricultural, chemical or industrial application.
Any material- biological hazards, toxic waste, raw sewage, garbage, industrial pollutants - even greenhouse gases from the Earth's atmosphere - can be processed through the UMRS, and thus be reduced to reusable, pure elements. The UMRS is the ultimate recycling program, infinitely reusing the precious resources provided by the Earth and any other planet ...
Solar Radiometer Power Generator
Innovation: The Solar Radiometer Power Generator gives us the opportunity to utilize the vast solar energy Earth receives each day in a very direct and simple way to be more energy independent of national nonrenewable materials and foreign imports from unfriendly nations to the United States.
My proposed power generator is based on the principle that makes the Crook’s Tube work. First, we have the sun as our available source of free energy. Second, we have a transparent great dome made with a steel structure or frame and glass, or plastic, or a combination of both with good optical ...
Present Necessity
Ontario, California United States of America
Jun 30, 2011
• What problem does your design idea solve?
The need for housing around the world to people who have been hit by natural disasters and those who need to improve their quality of life.
• What are the potential benefits?
To improve the live of those who have been hit by natural disasters and be prepared to respond to future disasters
• How is your idea novel or an improvement on what is currently available in the marketplace?
It's not in the market
• Where would this idea be applied?
Around the world where it's needed (Japan, US, Haiti...)
Lunera 6460 SERIES LED Luminaure
The Lunera 6460 SERIES is an ultra thin, suspended, linear direct/indirect LED luminaire for office, institutional, retail, and other commercial applications. The suspended four foot long fixture, which can be joined into dramatic continuous runs, distributes light 70% direct (down) and 30% indirect (up). Using a only 45 to 47 watts of energy depending on CCT, the dimmable, blade-like fixture fills a space with quality light, making it a highly efficient, sustainably designed, alternative to standard fluorescent fixtures.
At 1.17” thin, the sleek direct/indirect design of the 6460 SERIES allows the luminaire to be suspended from 12 to 18 ...
Zn/Cu Vegetation Batteries
Change in the cell and tissue structure of a Zinc/Copper Potato Cell by means of boiling and irreversible electroporation was found to increase the power generated by the cell[1]. This breakthrough is important in the field of reversible and sustainable energy and more importantly for disadvantage communities who lack the necessary
resources to produce electricity.
Tests that were conducted demonstrated that treated potatoes had a higher voltage and current than untreated potatoes [1]. Which can be related to the impedance created by the KCL salt bridge made of Zinc, Copper, electrolysis and potato tissue, which is the dominating factor ...
Volume Hydrogen Production with Specialized Anode
Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States
Jun 30, 2011
This concept addresses growing interest and demand for hydrogen for mobile applications and as a competitive source of energy for the combustion engine 1. While hydrogen may make an ideal fuel, it is rare in natural occurrence. Future production must come from other energy sources and face market efficiency.
The envisioned system is a process for high volume production of hydrogen using a primary energy source such as coal or nuclear energy for heat (~850o C). Coal and nuclear energy have high abundance and, up until now, have had no practical extension to automobiles except for secondary electrical distribution ...
Stirling Engine as Application of THE DOT Project
Sparta, Laconia Greece
Jun 30, 2011
A Greek Laboratory, highly specialized in Pure Mechanical Systems, has developed an Innovative Transmission Mechanism with many significant applications.
This Transmission Mechanism (DOT: Distributive Oscillating Transmission) interconnects, in the most effective way, a plurality of Elements with a main Shaft, said Elements and Shaft rotating coaxially around a common axis with different but completely programmable angular velocities.
This interconnection is achieved via planetary systems with some non-circular gears which have almost the same mechanical efficiency as the standard ones.
The Transmission Mechanism can perform literally any required Cycle, Thermodynamic or not, even one with odd number of asymmetrical ...
Power Subsystem for Future Spacecraft
Sunnyvale, California United States
Jun 30, 2011
An innovative hybrid power system combining nuclear and solar energy sources has the potential for providing sustainable power to future small spacecraft such as satellite servicing vehicles. The specific form of nuclear energy involves a Multi Mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (also known as an MMTRG shown in blue on the diagram) which safely administers the heat released from radioactive decay and converts it to electrical power using thermocouples. The three solar panels (seen in yellow) have the ability to rotate out of the system and follow light as it orbits the Earth for maximum intake of the sun’s energy.
...Green Energy as a Service™ (GES)
This invention is the delivery of Green Energy as a Service (GES) which generates a positive cash flow for electric utilities while lowering the costs of electricity for residential, commercial and industrial customers.
GES consists of an innovative novel business method (patent pending) where renewable energy is generated by equipment that is installed on the customer’s premises where the equipment is owned by a utility, cooperative or third party. GES makes use of readily available technologies, legal frameworks, and existing infrastructure. GES is not limited to any technology and can encompass any kind of grid connected distributed renewable energy ...
Sail Carousel Wind Turbine
We have invented a unique configuration of wind turbines. The construct consists of vertical sails affixed to the periphery of a rotating framework. This framework has wheels at the location of the sails and a pivot point at the center. As the wind causes the sails to push the frame around the central pivot point, the wheels roll and drive electrical generators. The electrical energy generated is conducted to slip rings at the center pivot. This generated power travels through the slip rings and from there through power conditioning electronics and on to the grid or the end user.
...An Air Conditioner = A Mini Power Plant
Of a city’s total electricity consumption, more than 25% of the power is just consumed by the very basic need for air conditioning – to keep the temperature inside offices, homes, malls, shopping complexes, hypermarkets, cinema halls, factory complexes – at an ambient temperature for comfortable working, living and leisure.
MY INVENTION makes it possible to generate a self-perpetuating source of electrical power from an everyday appliance – the AIR CONDITIONER – a power-guzzler found in almost every household and every office and factory, in 80% of the parts of the world – and turn it into a POWER ...
Precast Smart (Clean Water) Pervious Concrete
Contaminated stormwater-runoff flows directly into our waterways worldwide.
The solution is our smart precast pervious concrete slabs/tiles/paver construction products -- pollution abatement technology that is environmentally friendly, extremely durable, versatile, cost-effective (30% above normal concrete), and easy to install.
Independent research determined 97.6% to 99% of oils introduced into pervious concrete are trapped and biodegraded.
Our solution: A Game Changer!
As stormwater races across parking lots and other pavements it picks up contaminates on its way to the storm drain. Our technology (lifespan of 15 to 30 years) helps in filtering and recharging local ground water, reducing flow of ...
Vacuum Activated Closed Loop System
This a system developed to extract energy from the atmosphere by creating a vacuum into which atmospheric air is drawn through a vacuum operated motor coupled to a power producer as a generator. The motor operates on the pressure differential between atmospheric pressure at the motor inlet and the system created vacuum level. The greater the pressure differential plus the greater the air flow through the motor, the greater the energy extracted by the vacuum motor.
The system operates on the siphon principle where air drawn through the motor is introduced as micro-bubbles via a micro-bubble diffuser into the ...
Adjustable Transparency Photovoltaic Panels
Orlando, Florida United States of America
Jun 30, 2011
My idea is restructuring liquid crystals to have controllable photovoltaic properties. This can cause desirable effects, and could also make photovoltaics much more practical for household use. The panels are designed to exhibit photovoltaic properties when a small voltage is applied from a separate power source, darkening the glass, while also causing the structure to exhibit photovoltaics. When the voltage is removed, the panel resumes transparency. I wish this to be variable. The device functions as a window, shade, and electrical panel at once. Tint would not be necessary on the panels, as the panels can be adjusted for ...
Seebeck Radiators: A Car Heat Conversion System
A major environmental issue today concerns the effects of automobile pollution and efficiency. Recycling lost energy, increasing fuel economy, and protecting air quality are areas in which a vehicle could be improved. Engine combustion of gasoline creates excess heat energy which the radiator disperses into the atmosphere. One way to recycle this heat is to redesign the radiator and incorporate Peltier coolers using the Seebeck effect. This would be accomplished by simply removing the old radiator and inserting a new radiator that was the same size and cooling capability of the old radiator. This new radiator would also include ...
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