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The Microturbine Sun Tracker is a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) unit in the category of Solar Dish Engines. Reference figure 1. A 4Kw electric power output Closed Brayton Cycle (CBC) engine, in this application, will attain heat energy from a solar dish. The solar dish will concentrate the solar rays to a receiver,
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Finally there is an alternative to the common tweezers. H-Square Corporation introduces the new, easy to use Nu-twEZers™.
Used throughout the semiconductor, biotech and many other industries, tweezers have not changed much in 500 years when they were first commercialized. Artifacts of crude tweezers are dated from around 300BC.
This invention could be a modern version of a bassler wheel with the use of logic, timing and force with load moments of intertia this machine will produce energy using gravity as a motive force.
The CEM Engine
Innovation and simplicity of design
The Cylindrical Energy Module Engine or CEM is a new technology for a more efficient conversion of power from fuel. The basic CEM Pump concept was invented and patented in 1991 by Eddie Paul. Using this basic CEM design,
Sunlight is the most abundant renewable energy resource with
an intensity of approximately 1kW/m² and over 1.5×10²²J
(15,000 Exajoules) impinging earth’s surface everyday. This
enormous energy is 11,538 times greater than the daily
consumption of 1.3EJ of the world. Earth's ultimate recoverable oil resource is 3 trillion barrels, containing 1.7×10²²J of energy, which Sun delivers to our planet in 1.5 days.
TURBO AIR CONDITIONER
Consider any normal car air-conditioning system. According to the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), an automobile is used on an average for 249 hours annually and air conditioner usage is about 43% to 49% of the vehicle usage. Each vehicle uses 235 litres of gasoline annually for operating the air conditioner.
The United States currently lacks a truly efficient means for people to travel long distances in a timely manner.
To solve this issue, I propose to build a high speed rail network that would eventually connect all the major cities in the country. To make this system more efficient and reduce the travel time of our existing systems,
"Digitally Timed Gas Mileage" is my invention for today's interesting car culture. It will tell you how much time (hours,min,sec) is left until you have to refuel your car. This will replace the empty/full gauge with a digital clock, showing how much time is left.
The objective will be the design and construction of an “Ambulatory Ice Cream Vending Machine, with integrated Refrigeration, moved by Human Power”. The project will be part of a student group of Mechanical Engineering, of the University UTESA, Dominican Republic. The team will be lead by Prof. Eduardo Sagredo.
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