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In the wake of the BP oil spill, this device can be used to contain the oil from deep sea drilling blowouts. A large tube of heavy duty fabric/equivalent material are sewn together and then attached to large concrete sections on one end and to large floatational booms on the other end.
A device to replicate the natural DC electrical current that flows in outdoor environments through people and plants. The current replicated comes from atmospheric electricity and forms the return path from lighting discharges in other places on the earth. It is present during periods of clear weather.
Hydrogen is the largest single gas and primary energy source that is prevalent throughout the universe. Our atmosphere has about 5.5 ppm of Hydrogen. The explosive power of Hydrogen is well-known. Early detection of Hydrogen leaks in storage tanks, gas filling stations, petrochemical industries, etc., can save precious lives and money.
There have been many types of brakes to stop what's moving. From that there is one braking system that is known as magnetic brakes. These brakes are being used in the Trams and Railways.
These Brakes operate on the principle of Eddy current Losses, i.
Clean water in, Dirty water out. Like no other tool on the market, Bucket Ape leverages standard items that most people already have in their possession. Most importantly, Bucket Ape benefits Professionals and DIY’ers by saving time, money and helps to protect their health. Leading to a better quality of life, not only for the worker,
On of the main obstacles to increased space exploration is the lack of nearby habitable worlds. Mars atmosphere is less than 1% of Earths, while Venus' is 92x denser, making both worlds uninhabitable despite their agreeable surface gravities and within the margins solar habitable zone. Making these planets habitable would allow for human colonization, decreasing population on Earth,
I have been working for several years on this car door design and from my observation, experience and testing from just how people enter and exit front and back seat of a car,
regardless of the size or the model. I have seen it many times
including my experience for entering, not to mention people with disabilities or advanced age,
We have found that often we put something in the microwave, start it, walk away, and get distracted only to find rotting food in the microwave the next day. One problem is that the light in the microwave is only on during the heating of the food, and goes off - so the food is invisible and easily forgotten.
My invention is a fish friendly hydro power system. Traditional hydro power use dams and rotating turbines to produce power. Both of these can have negative environmental impacts. My invention uses no blades or other rotating machinery. Instead the system takes advantage of the Venturi effect. The same principle that generates lift in aircraft wings.
Power electronics as the controllers of speed are used for the velocity control of motors in the petroleum operations.
Because the extraction pumps are at extreme depths is required that this equipment is fed by an electrical system of median tension.
The transformer, connected to systems that speed controllers use,
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