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2018
Sustainable Technologies

BathRecycler

When a severe drought in my region triggered a “Level 4 Drought Response” banning all outdoor residential water use, I began to seek ways to facilitate my goal (and my neighbors’) of reusing our children’s nightly bathwater so we could keep our outdoor plants alive.

I assumed finding and buying a household graywater reuse system would be simple.

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Katie Egan
Kennesaw, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 1997
Sustainable Technologies
Jul 2, 2018

Bi-Toroid Transformer (BiTT) Load Isolation Transformer

The Bi-Toroid (Load Isolation) Transformer is a new patented transformer design which is used to isolate electric generators from their loads.

The Bi-Toroid Transformer (BiTT) operates essentially as a magnetic diode and magnetically isolates the electric generator from the load and allows the generator to deliver power without requiring an increase in prime mover input (i.e.

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Thane Heins
Almonte, Canada
Votes: 3
Views: 10747
Sustainable Technologies
Jun 20, 2018

Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas Oil as an Alternative for Use in Diesel Engines

Biodiesel from Jatropha Curcas oil (not edible) can be produced at small and medium scale, having the potential to be an option for energy supply in isolated rural areas, especially in the Amazon rainforest. With the local production of biodiesel, the standard of living in rural communities can be improved,

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Magali Camila Vivas Cuellar
Lima, Peru
Votes: 18
Views: 2968
Sustainable Technologies
Jul 2, 2018

BIOO2|Algae Bio-Integrated System

"THE INDUSTRY WILL ADAPT TECHNOLOGY, WHICH RIGHT NOW DOESN’T EXIST.

SO THAT’S THE CHALLENGE."

OPPORTUNITIES

-The integration represents a shield to protect human lungs from deadly industrial emissions.

-Opportunities by developing green technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, using algae.

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Esraa Aljohari
Amman, Jordan
Votes: 16
Views: 4159
Sustainable Technologies
May 30, 2018

BUCKYBALL Sphere Extruded from a Central Point to Buckyball Forming Panels for Wind Power Turbines

Present invention is generally directed to propulsion and power production from a Buckyball type sphere shape (Buckyball sphere) structure extruded from the spheres center point out into an array of hexagon and pentagon edges. Triangle panels are provided with the shortest length panel edge forming the surface edges of the hexagons and pentagons Buckyball sphere,

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David Zornes
Sammamish, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 2531
Sustainable Technologies
Jul 3, 2018

Bug-Out Boat

Bug-out boat, really?

Our initial scoffing aside, we have bowed to pressure from some folks who are adamant about having a 'go to' place when there are unexpected events by natural or human havoc. It can be parked on land, trucked elsewhere, float in a pond or ply lakes and coastal waters.

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George Mc Neir
Wilmington, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 3894
Sustainable Technologies
Jul 2, 2018

Catch-all Harvest System

The Catch all Harvest concept

Goals-Increase agricultural production and profitability.
Low cost, low technology and easy installation.

The concept is designed to reduce wasted produce that falls to the ground.

A net is hung beneath the fruit bearing tree or bush (the illustrations are for apple orchards). The net provides a collecting path to a storage bin below each tree.

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Dow Brain
Catskill, United States
Votes: 3
Views: 2450
Sustainable Technologies
May 21, 2018

Circu Waste

When families nowadays dump kitchen waste, except for using kitchen waste bin, they use additionally generated waste, plastic bags, to discard the garbage that cannot be decomposed during the recycling.

Circu Waste is an eco-friendly kitchen waste bag made of agricultural waste –rice husk.

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Yun An Chen
New Taipei, Taiwan
Votes: 0
Views: 1985
Sustainable Technologies
Jul 2, 2018

Cold Springs and Solar Ponds as Natural Power Generators

Cold Springs and Solar Ponds as Natural Power Generators

Cold springs can be used to cool the cold side of Stirling Generators that when even air cooled have been shown by Sandia Labs to be more efficient than the most efficient photovoltaic cells.

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Robert Goetzman
Tampa, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 2277
Sustainable Technologies
Jul 2, 2018

Comprehensive Heat Recovery and Reuse

The Winston Works have designed, developed, patented and prototyped three waste heat exchangers for all size homes and buildings and for individual fixtures. Energy costs for heating cold water is about $100 Billion a year in North America, the heat energy then drains into the environment.

1. ‘Drainergy’ is for shower and running sink type drainwater flow.

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Winston Mackelvie
Knowlton, Canada
Votes: 0
Views: 1968
Sustainable Technologies
Jun 29, 2018

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