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2014
Sustainable Technologies

Distributed RE Regulator

Problem

Major utilities see Renewable Energy (RE) power sources such as small-scale wind and solar installations as a threat because the produced energy is not controlled.

Retail RE from solar panels (and other sources such as wind micro-turbines) is "dumped" on the grid in response to natural forces through relatively simplistic, non-inter-operating net metering infrastructure.

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R Taggart Carpenter
Duxbury, United States
Votes: 3
Views: 4381
Sustainable Technologies
Apr 10, 2014

Dynamo High-Tech Highways

Dynamo High-Tech Highways:

The main aim of this "Dynamo High-tech highways" is to generate the power through high speed air flow striking the turbine of the generator placed on the dividers of the highways, where the high speed air flow is caused by fast moving vehicles passing through.

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B Prashanth Kumar
Hyderabad, India
Votes: 0
Views: 6221
Sustainable Technologies
Jun 22, 2014

Economic Wood Stove (Less Smoke, More Efficient) Differently Designed Models And Their Descriptions

VARIOUS MODELS

1. Economic wood stove - Single stove method

2. Economic wood stove - Single stove method with water boiler (steamer)

3. Economic wood stove - working procedure of a stove with three uses    

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Madasamy Sonaimuthu
Karaikudi, India
Votes: 7
Views: 16365
Sustainable Technologies
Jun 20, 2014

Ecopot Garbage Garden

Introduction:

Organic garbage decomposes, smells and needs to be collected often, transported, land filled or incinerated. Cities are looking for low cost green waste disposal! Urban wastes is an unsolved global problem costing huge money & pollution!

Concept & Idea:

Why not grow plants directly from organic wastes without waiting for months for compost? Ecopots garbage garden is a lazy man’

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Vijayan Thirumalai
Chennai, India
Votes: 0
Views: 5509
Sustainable Technologies
Apr 13, 2014

ecovent Systems - Make every room the right temperature

Most homes have only one thermostat, so they operate like a house with only one light switch. Everything is either on or off. That leaves some rooms boiling hot while others are freezing cold. It’s uncomfortable, and it’s inefficient. ecovent fixes that problem.

We’

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Dipul Patel
Boston, United States
Votes: 19
Views: 12970
Sustainable Technologies
May 23, 2014

Efficient shallow water turbine

Efficient energy extraction from tides, estuaries, rivers, and other shallow water movement has not yet been feasible. Also, a system for this application should be fish friendly. The machine planned uses a 4 blade horizontal turbine impeller which has the flow entering from the side at any radial direction,

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Austen Barnes
Buffalo, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 3675
Sustainable Technologies
Jun 6, 2014

Emulsified Heavy Fuel Oil Reduces Consumption, Emission, and Maintenance Costs

USA EPA and other countries’ environmental authorities are requiring a greater reduction of the total contaminants including dust, ash, NOx and SOx levels for all non-natural gas applications such as diesel, furnace, boiler and turbine emissions. It is also challenging the diesel truck fleets and especially the maritime fleets to improve fuel emissions and mileage.

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Michael Siegel
Barrington, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 7527
Sustainable Technologies
Mar 18, 2014

Energy From Space Systems

Energy From Space Systems aka, Space Solar Power refers to the concept of a space system that collects solar power via photovoltaic & mirrors then transmits it to ground collection stations using visible or microwave radiation. Most important to me & US is to back the US Dollar with the Future of Energy & Economy.

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Shawn Boike
Long Beach, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 4538
Sustainable Technologies
Jun 27, 2014

Energy Harvesting Retractable Speed Bump

Speed breakers are used to slow down the vehicles when they approach a crossing or an area which emphasises pedestrian safety. On seeing a speed bump, driver driving vehicle at high speed applies friction brakes to decelerate. As the vehicle rolls over the speed bump, the suspension of the vehicle compresses.

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Abhishek Agarwal
Gurgaon, India
Votes: 2
Views: 8077
Sustainable Technologies
Jul 1, 2014

ENV for Green Evaluation of new design

for evaluating a breakthrough innovation from the view point of the environment. Sometimes an innovation would be declared a breakthrough from a business angle. But later in the product life cycle, it may reveal its wrong impact on the environment, after the corporation invests money and effort.

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Joseph Theckeveetil
Bangalore, India
Votes: 0
Views: 3576
Sustainable Technologies
Apr 11, 2014

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