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<p>Renewation: /* Wikipedia */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Wind energy}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == OS Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> * [[Geothermal Energy]]<br /> * [[Solar Power]]<br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Open design|Wikipedia: Open design]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124804 2014-12-30T13:31:10Z

<p>Renewation: /* Projects */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Wind energy}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == OS Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> * [[Geothermal Energy]]<br /> * [[Solar Power]]<br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geothermal_pump&diff=124803 2014-12-30T13:28:00Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Geothermal Energy}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground.<br /> <br /> It uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer). This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems, and may be combined with solar heating to form a geosolar system with even greater efficiency. Ground source heat pumps are also known as &quot;geothermal heat pumps&quot; although, strictly, the heat does not come primarily from the centre of the Earth, but from the Sun. They are also known by other names, including geoexchange, earth-coupled, earth energy systems. The engineering and scientific communities prefer the terms &quot;geoexchange&quot; or &quot;ground source heat pumps&quot; to avoid confusion with traditional geothermal power, which uses a high temperature heat source to generate electricity.Ground source heat pumps harvest heat absorbed at the Earth's surface from solar energy. The temperature in the ground below 6 metres is roughly equal to the mean annual air temperature at that latitude at the surface.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Solar power]]<br /> * [[Wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Geothermal Energy]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Template:Category%3DGeothermal_Energy&diff=124802 2014-12-30T13:26:31Z

<p>Renewation: Created page with &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Main&#039;&#039;&#039; &gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Energy&#039;&#039;&#039; &gt; &#039;&#039;&#039;Geothermal Energy&#039;&#039;&#039; Category:Geothermal Energy ----&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>'''[[Main Page|Main]]''' &gt; '''[[:Category:Energy|Energy]]''' &gt; '''[[:Category:Geothermal Energy|Geothermal Energy]]'''<br /> [[Category:Geothermal Energy]]<br /> ----</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geothermal_Energy&diff=124801 2014-12-30T13:23:39Z

<p>Renewation: Redirected page to Geothermal pump</p> <hr /> <div>#redirect [[Geothermal pump]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124800 2014-12-30T13:23:10Z

<p>Renewation: /* See also */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Wind energy}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> * [[Geothermal Energy]]<br /> * [[Solar Power]]<br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Solar_power&diff=124799 2014-12-30T13:22:07Z

<p>Renewation: Redirected page to Solar cells</p> <hr /> <div>#redirect [[Solar cells]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geothermal_pump&diff=124798 2014-12-30T13:21:32Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Geothermal Energy}}<br /> A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground.<br /> <br /> It uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer). This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems, and may be combined with solar heating to form a geosolar system with even greater efficiency. Ground source heat pumps are also known as &quot;geothermal heat pumps&quot; although, strictly, the heat does not come primarily from the centre of the Earth, but from the Sun. They are also known by other names, including geoexchange, earth-coupled, earth energy systems. The engineering and scientific communities prefer the terms &quot;geoexchange&quot; or &quot;ground source heat pumps&quot; to avoid confusion with traditional geothermal power, which uses a high temperature heat source to generate electricity.Ground source heat pumps harvest heat absorbed at the Earth's surface from solar energy. The temperature in the ground below 6 metres is roughly equal to the mean annual air temperature at that latitude at the surface.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Solar power]]<br /> * [[Wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Geothermal Energy]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geothermal_pump&diff=124797 2014-12-30T13:20:32Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Geothermal Energy}}<br /> A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground.<br /> <br /> It uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer). This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems, and may be combined with solar heating to form a geosolar system with even greater efficiency. Ground source heat pumps are also known as &quot;geothermal heat pumps&quot; although, strictly, the heat does not come primarily from the centre of the Earth, but from the Sun. They are also known by other names, including geoexchange, earth-coupled, earth energy systems. The engineering and scientific communities prefer the terms &quot;geoexchange&quot; or &quot;ground source heat pumps&quot; to avoid confusion with traditional geothermal power, which uses a high temperature heat source to generate electricity.Ground source heat pumps harvest heat absorbed at the Earth's surface from solar energy. The temperature in the ground below 6 metres is roughly equal to the mean annual air temperature at that latitude at the surface.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Geothermal Energy]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Geothermal_Energy&diff=124796 2014-12-30T13:20:05Z

<p>Renewation: Created page with &quot;Category:Energy&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Energy]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geothermal_pump&diff=124795 2014-12-30T13:19:45Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground.<br /> <br /> It uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer). This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems, and may be combined with solar heating to form a geosolar system with even greater efficiency. Ground source heat pumps are also known as &quot;geothermal heat pumps&quot; although, strictly, the heat does not come primarily from the centre of the Earth, but from the Sun. They are also known by other names, including geoexchange, earth-coupled, earth energy systems. The engineering and scientific communities prefer the terms &quot;geoexchange&quot; or &quot;ground source heat pumps&quot; to avoid confusion with traditional geothermal power, which uses a high temperature heat source to generate electricity.Ground source heat pumps harvest heat absorbed at the Earth's surface from solar energy. The temperature in the ground below 6 metres is roughly equal to the mean annual air temperature at that latitude at the surface.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Geothermal Energy]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Geothermal_pump&diff=124794 2014-12-30T13:19:28Z

<p>Renewation: Created page with &quot;A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground. It uses the earth as a heat sou...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>A geothermal heat pump or ground source heat pump (GSHP) is a central heating and/or cooling system that transfers heat to or from the ground.<br /> <br /> It uses the earth as a heat source (in the winter) or a heat sink (in the summer). This design takes advantage of the moderate temperatures in the ground to boost efficiency and reduce the operational costs of heating and cooling systems, and may be combined with solar heating to form a geosolar system with even greater efficiency. Ground source heat pumps are also known as &quot;geothermal heat pumps&quot; although, strictly, the heat does not come primarily from the centre of the Earth, but from the Sun. They are also known by other names, including geoexchange, earth-coupled, earth energy systems. The engineering and scientific communities prefer the terms &quot;geoexchange&quot; or &quot;ground source heat pumps&quot; to avoid confusion with traditional geothermal power, which uses a high temperature heat source to generate electricity.Ground source heat pumps harvest heat absorbed at the Earth's surface from solar energy. The temperature in the ground below 6 metres is roughly equal to the mean annual air temperature at that latitude at the surface.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Car&diff=124793 2014-12-30T13:17:05Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>Pages about the Open Source Car.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Vehicles]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Vehicles&diff=124792 2014-12-30T13:16:31Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Transport]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Vehicles&diff=124791 2014-12-30T13:16:02Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Transportation]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Solar_Train&diff=124790 2014-12-30T13:15:36Z

<p>Renewation: /* See Also */</p> <hr /> <div>==Overview==<br /> See [[Transportation]]<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Filed under: Energy, Inventions, PEACE TRAIN — aztc @ 7:39 am <br /> I was thinking about how a steam locomotive could be converted to use solar thermal energy to replace or supplement other fuels to provide the heat and found the following two articles that seem to indicate all of the major technical issues have been solved for decades. Imagine if we spent a fraction of what we are spending on war to develop a transit system based on these ideas!<br /> <br /> Tim<br /> <br /> Researching a GPCS-Accumulator Steam Locomotive<br /> <br /> The hybrid-accumulator steam locomotive idea described in this article is based on input provided by Michael Bahls (Germany) and Robert Ellsworth (USA).<br /> <br /> A GPCS-accumulator locomotive would combine the advantages of a fireless steam locomotive with features of a conventional steam locomotive. It would borrow technology from both, combining the high-pressure (1000-psia) accumulator of a fireless locomotive with a GPCS (gas producer combustion system) firebox. Water in the locomotive’s accumulator (filled to 75% to 80% capacity) would be heated by injecting pressurised superheated steam into the water through a perforated pipe located near the bottom of the accumulator, a practice pioneered on classical fireless steam locomotives. Water would be heated to the operating temperature and pressure levels (1000-psia at 544-deg F). GPCS-accumulator locomotives would have their water supply replenished and be thermally recharged at industrial sites where high-pressure steam is available and where other types of fireless steam locomotives are recharged.<br /> <br /> To maximise power output and operating duration, the locomotive would need to be built to the operating railway’s maximum right-of-way clearance dimensions. Several world railway systems allow railcars are built to a length of 85-ft (between couplers) and a width of 10′6″, on 60-ft truck/bogie centres. On such a railway right-of-way, the locomotive accumulator may be built to an inside diameter of 7-ft and interior length of 65-ft (10′6″ exterior diameter and 70-ft exterior length), yielding a volume of 2500-cu.ft and holding 90,000-lb of saturated water at 1,000-psia at 80% capacity. The front end of the locomotive could be extend by using a tapered section (containing the driving cab) with the coupler mounted on an extended bogie/truck. The non-tapered end would house the GPCS firebox and be semi-permanently coupled to a fuel tender unit. The locomotive would measure 95-ft to 100-ft from front-end coupler to tender. A driving cab could also be located either on the tender, allowing bi-directional operation.<br /> <br /> Prior to the GPCS-accumulator locomotive entering or re-entering service, the accumulator would be filled to 75% volume with hot, pressurised saturated water. It would be further heated with superheated steam to a volume of 80%, a temperature of 544-deg F and 1,000-psia pressure. This would provide one-third of the locomotive’s required total thermal energy, which could be supplied from such sources as concentrated solar energy or heat-pumped geothermal energy. While in operation, the locomotive would be able to combust various forms of low cost, clean burning, low heat content (5,000 to 9,000-Btu/lb) biomass, including bio-fuel pellets, poultry litter (eg: Thetford Power Station, UK) or even bagasse carried in a semi-permanently coupled tender unit. Automatic fuel feed (stoking) using an auger screw mechanism would transfer fuel into the GPCS firebox, located on the locomotive section. Combustion ash could be transferred by a smaller auger into a holding pan located under the tender. During service lay-overs, the ash pan would be emptied (biomass ash is a fertilizer).<br /> <br /> When the locomotive is in service, steam leaving the accumulator through the steam dome would be superheated to 1200-deg F in the GPCS firebox, then flow into a heat exchange pipe located inside the accumulator at its lower level. Saturated water at 1,000-psia and 544-deg F has an enthalpy of 542.6-Btu/lb in the liquid state. For this liquid to flash into steam, it would need to draw 650.4-Btu/lb from the remaining saturated liquid. The steam in the steam line would replenish this heat by making 4 to 5 successive passes through the firebox (for re-superheating) and lower level of the accumulator. This heat exchange steam line would allow 650-Btu/lb to be added to the saturated water, maintaining optimal accumulator temperature and pressure levels. The 6th re-superheat would occur prior to the steam being expanded in the steam engine, with a possible 7th re-superheat being used for compound expansion . A variety of positive-displacement single and compound expansion steam engine designs may be located close to the GPCS firebox, directly driving the axles.<br /> <br /> The heat exchange steam line inside the accumulator would heat the water in a similar manner as do the firetubes inside a conventional firetube boiler. However, the steam line would be totally immune to any build-up of creosote, clinker or carbon deposits that foul the insides of fire-tubes, greatly reducing locomotive combustion system cleaning and maintenance requirements. The absence of cold water flowing on to a hot and dry crown sheet (of a firetube boiler) is eliminated in a steam-heated accumulator, enhancing “boiler” safety. Baffles would be needed inside the large accumulator to keep the heat exchange steam line covered with water. They would also reduce interior fluid wave action and splashing caused by the locomotive accelerating or deccelerating, or by changes in gradient and by lateral swaying (yaw). By using a multi-pass steam line to heat fluid in the accumulator, the (fluidized bed) GPCS firebox and smokebox could be built as a single combined unit. This layout would offer improved energy efficiency while reducing overall combustion system maintenance and cleaning requirements.<br /> <br /> The heated accumulator in the locomotive can allow up to 65,000-lb of the saturated water to be used for propulsion, with the remainder covering the heat-exchange steam line. The total energy available for propulsion would be some 40,000-Hp-hr. If the steam engine is an oil-free ceramic unit (from the German company Spilling) capable of receiving steam at over 1200-deg F (enthalpy of 1633-Btu/lb) and operating at a thermal efficiency level of 20%, some 8,000-Hp-hr would be available to the drive wheel. This power level could allow the locomotive to pull a 7-coach double-decker express passenger train at speeds of near 50-miles per hour for up to 5-hrs at 1,500-Hp, operating intercity routes of up to 250-miles. A thermal efficiency level of 25% would allow an operating duration of 6-hours at 1,500-Hp. At the present day, a variety of positive displacement steam engine designs could be built from ceramic materials and operate without oil.<br /> <br /> For operation on railways using the UK right-of-way dimensions, overall width would be restricted to 9′ 3″ by 65-ft length. The accumulator capacity would be reduced to a maximum capacity of 1400-cu.ft (6-ft inside diameter by 50-ft inside length), carry 52,000-lb saturated water at 1,000-psia, of which 39,000-lb could be used for propulsion. On this restricted railway gauge, the driving cab may be located on the tender (train operated with the tender leading), or ahead of the accumulator in a tapered end section of the locomotive. In service, the smaller locomotive operating at 20%-efficiency would be able to provide 1,500-Hp for a 3-hour duration, able to pull light trains along non-electrified lines for distances ranging from 120-miles to 200-miles. If engine efficiency were raised to 25%, the locomotive could deliver 2500-Hp for 2-hours and pull a fast passenger train distances between 140 and 200-miles.<br /> <br /> Ted Pritchard of Australia ( http://www.pritchardpower.com ) has designed and built highly efficient Vee-2 compound expansion uniflow piston steam engines that have delivered up to 19% thermal efficiency in mobile operation. This engine design is quite capable of directly driving powered axles through flexible quill-drives, similar to a concept used on the Henschel V-8 steam locomotive. Two designs of rotary uniflow steam engines are also possible, one from the Quasiturbine group of Montreal (Dr. Gilles Saint-Hilaire: http://quasiturbine.promci.qc.ca ) and one from the Western Railway Group of Boise, Idaho (Tom Blasingame). The latter rotary engine design can operate without mechanical valves, yet offer equivalent minimum inlet valve cut-offs as low as 12.5%, with an equivalent maximum of near 50%. It has very low starting torque and would need to operate in tandem with a piston engine to start the train and enable low-speed operation. If the Quasiturbine was operated as a uni-directional engine, then it does not need any valves … just inlet and exhaust ports. … For a steam-powered Quasiturbine to be bi-directional, it may have to use some kind of valve system to direct steam alternatively either at the inlets (forward) or the outlets (reverse direction) ports. Two-Quasiturbines operating at 45-degrees out of phase with each other, would have enough zero-RPM torque to start a train.<br /> <br /> A horizontally opposed steam piston engine design that can operate as an underfloor engine, is being designed/evaluated by John Davies and the S-Team in South Africa. In the Ukraine, engineer Viktor Gorondyanskiy has designed a unique multi-piston/ compound-expansion. steam engine that can theoretically operate at 35% thermal efficiency, using inlet steam at 1300-deg F (650-deg C). Using a direct mechanical drive system would reduce overall locomotive capital cost (electrical running gear can account for over 60% of locomotive capital cost). Oil-free, self-lubricating jacket heated ceramic steam expanders (engines) would be designed to operate using 250 to 300-psia pressure superheated steam at 1300-deg F. Steam pressure would be reduced from 1,000-psia accumulator pressure entering the steam line, to 297-psia using 2-expansion valves, each causing a pressure drop of 54.5% (1000-psia x 0.545 x 0.545 = 297-psia). Since steam engines give their highest energy efficiency levels when operating at part load and at minimal inlet valve cut-off ratios, large overall engine displacements would be optimal.<br /> <br /> The operating range and power level could be extended, by re-using a portion of the exhaust steam. The Swedish Ranotor company ( http://www.ranotor.se ) designs and builds heat exchangers that can condense the steam, however, effective condensing only works on lower-powered steam locomotives. The maximum possible size of the heat-exchangers that can be fitted to a railway vehicle, restricts how much thermal energy can be managed and in turn imposes power restrictions on locomotive output. Prior to being pumped at high-pressure into the accumulator, the water would pass through several (4 to 6) coiled monotube boilers that would heat the 1,000-psia water to 540-deg F, adding 3,000,000 to 4,500,000-Btu/hr (5500 to 8200-lb/hr) to the accumulator. This could add up to 1-hour of extra operating duration and operating range to the locomotive.<br /> <br /> The GPCS-accumulator locomotive may be operated on intercity journeys up to 250-miles, along non-electrified routes. It is an alternative form of rail traction intended for operation during an era where oil becomes scarce and oil prices escalate to levels that make alternative fuels economically more viable. Most of the componentry to build a GPCS-accumulator locomotive already exists.<br /> <br /> Harry Valentine,<br /> Transportation Researcher.<br /> harrycv@hotmail.com<br /> <br /> http://www.messiaen.demon.co.uk/trains/newsteam/modern31.htm<br /> <br /> Modernising the Fireless Steam Accumulator Locomotive<br /> <br /> The accumulator locomotive was traditionally a fireless steam locomotive used for shunting duties. All designs used a steam accumulator that was essentially a thermos bottle laying on its side. To be energised, the accumulator had to be at least 3/4 full of water. Heating of this water was done by an external steam source. While some designs used a coiled heat exchanger line, most later designs injected superheated directly into the accumulator tank, using a perforated pipe near the tank bottom. This design enabled rapid energy re-charges (15 to 30-minutes) to be undertaken every few hours. A cross-section layout of a fireless cooker is at http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/porter/page44.jpg .<br /> <br /> The last fireless locomotives were 0-4-0’s built in Germany during the early 1960’s, by the Henschel group, based on research undertaken during the 1930’s by Prof. Gilli. These locomotives were small in size and were designed to operate on accumulator pressures of 1,000-psig. Some models used onboard, natural gas fired heaters and a coiled monotube boiler. This arrangement used an external an external supply of natural gas to heat the boiler and water pumped at high-pressure from an external source.The fireless Henschel locomotives were smaller that American built Heisler fireless steam locomotives, which operated on lower accumulator pressures (200-psig). Nevertheless, a fully recharged American Heisler 0-4-0 fireless locomotive of pre-WW2 vintage could lumber along for distance of almost 95-miles on its own, or tow a train of 10-loaded freight cars for distances of up to 20-miles. Porter fireless locomotives operated on a tank pressure of 150-psig (see http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/porter/porter-pd.html ). Using the performance date obtained from early fireless locomotive designs, extrapolations were undertaken to increase the operating range and power output of a modern accumulator fireless locomotive, using larger tanks storing higher pressures.<br /> <br /> Modern manufacturing techniques can enable long, high-pressure accumulator tanks to be built out of alloy steels, at very competitive prices. A modern fireless design based on traditional concepts, could use multiple high-pressure tanks, each with its own perforated recharging pipe at tank bottom. Each tank could also be supplied with its own onboard coiled monotube boiler. Monotube boilers have been built that operate at over 1,000-psig, with 200-Hp thermal capability and up to 85% heat transfer efficiency from combustion to steam generation. Theoretically, such boilers would only be used for energy recharging where no external supply of high-pressure superheated steam is available. Performance improvements and extended operating range would result from increased thermal storage capacity and improved piston efficiency. Most thermal recharges would be done using stationary, high-pressure water-tube boilers (up to 2,000-psig) fired by gasified renewable (local) bio-fuels, or solar thermal energy stored at high temperature. A multi-tank accumulator fireless locomotive could be fully recharged within 15-30-minutes.<br /> <br /> Research undertaken in Australia by Ted Pritchard (Pritchard Steam http://prsteam.inventdata.com.au) into modernised uniflow (inlet valve, exhaust ports) steam engines, has shown that in actual service, the efficiency levels of a properly designed uniflow engine could be double that of single-expansion piston engines. The modernised steam piston engine is insulated using modern technology along its outer (third) layer. It is also jacket-heated outside the cylinder walls to yield higher performance levels. Modern valve control in the form of precise inlet valve cut-off operation, further enhances efficiency. Earlier fireless locomotives used only throttle valve control for speed/power control. Pritchard-type uniflow steam engines could be mounted directly on the trucks (bogies) of modern fireless accumulator locomotives. An alternative engine that can operate on the uniflow principle is the Quasiturbine rotary engine, which can also be mounted in the axle trucks/bogies (http://quasiturbine.promci.qc.ca/QTIndex.htm).<br /> <br /> High-pressure accumulator tanks enable higher levels of energy to be stored. A lower-pressure downstream tank can allow high-pressure energy storage to be combined with lower-pressure pistons. This approach is analogous the electronic “chopper” control used in DC circuitry. Small bursts of power are sent to capacitors for temporary storage, while inductors regulate reduce levels of power flow. A similar system can be used in a steam storage system. In a steam “chopper” system, a valve from the high pressure accumulators would rapidly open (fully) and shut in response to pressure sensitive valves in the cylinder-feed accumulator tanks (the steam “capacitor”). The cylinder-feed accumulator could operate at pressures up to 300-psig, while main storage tank pressures would hold pressure levels of up to 2,000-psig.<br /> <br /> A modern steam accumulator locomotive could be built to the same dimensions of the 3-level automobile carriers used on North American railway systems. These cars are nearly 100-feet (30-m) between couplers, 9-feet 6-inches (2.85-m) wide and with a height of 19-feet 8-inches (6-m) above the head of the rail. To carry the locomotive weight, a wheel/axle arrangement similar to that of the American Penn Central GG1 locomotives’ 4-6-6-4 layout may need to be used, on a longer bogie/truck-centre spacing. The energy storage capability could be up to 20-times that of a 1960’s era Henschel fireless, with at least 50% higher engine brake thermal efficiency than traditional piston designs. Lumbering on its own at 40-Km/hr, the modern accumulator fireless locomotive could have a range of up to 350-miles. A design built to the exterior dimensions of a passenger rail coach (10′6″ or 3.2-m wide, 14′6″ or 4.4-m high and 85′ or 26-m between couplers) could still store over 10-times the thermal energy of a Henschel fireless loco. The main operating niche of such a locomotive type would be in developing countries, where few paved roads exist and where right-of way clearances would allow passage to large locomotives.<br /> <br /> The condition of rail lines in some developing nations are such that intercity trains rarely travel at speeds above 30-miles per hour (50-Km/hr) and often slower. This type of operations allows for use of low-powered locomotives that develop less than 1000-Hp (745-Kw). Stops and lay-overs are frequent, operating characteristics that would favour a large accumulator fireless steam locomotive. Recharging of accumulator tanks could occur at rest stops or at terminals, every 25 to 50-miles. A large steam accumulator locomotive could pull a passenger, freight or mixed train over a 50-mile journey segments, distances that are not uncommon in developing countries. Certain rainy regions in Asia, Central Africa (Congo area), Central and South America would be potential candidates for modernised and improved traditional accumulator locomotive operations. These are regions where rainfall is frequent and water for locomotive operation would be available.<br /> <br /> Such locomotives would require very low levels of maintenance and are easily repairable. Fuel supplies for the stationary water-tube boilers would be predominantly locally supplied. A small number of wayside water-tube boilers could supply energy to a relatively large fleet of accumulator locomotives, provided that they do not all need to re-charged at the same time in the same location (an extremely rare occurrence). The cost of such a fleet of locomotives would be comparatively low, while their availability levels would be quite high (due to modern thermal insulation around the accumulator tanks) and the speed over which fireless accumulator steam locomotives could be re-charged (rarely more that 30-minutes using the perforated pipe with a baffle above it). One person locomotive operation would prevail, while added manpower (stationary engineers) would be needed to staff the stationary water-tube boilers.<br /> <br /> In sunny tropical countries where adequate water for steam locomotive operation is available, solar thermal energy could be used to assist in replenishing locomotive energy supply. Large solar heliostats would collect intense solar thermal energy. Insulated fibre- optic lines made from processes aluminium-oxide (purified &amp; clear industrial sapphire) would transmit the intense solar thermal energy into very large, stationary, ceramic-lined and insulated thermal energy storage tanks. Thermal energy would be stored in the high heats of fusion from various metal-oxides. A low-cost material thermal storage material, lithium-nitrate, occurs quite naturally across Southern Africa. The addition of steam converts it to lithium-hydroxide, which has a latent heat of fusion of 185-Btu/lb at 460-degrees C. Superior thermal storage materials include a new generation of metallic oxide polymers (super-molecules) such as aluminium-oxide polymers, having latent heats of fusion up to 500-Btu/lb, near 500-degrees Celsius.<br /> <br /> To prevent tank and water-tube corrosion, tank interiors and water-tube exteriors would have to be lined with a corrosion resistant material like carbon fibre or a high-temperature fluoro-plastic. Such tanks can be used onboard accumulator fireless locomotives to improve performance and efficiency, by superheating steam prior to entry into and expansion in the engine. A wide variety of thermal energy storage materials have life expectancies of several million alternating deep-drain and full-recharge cycles, with no loss of energy storage capacity. The high cost of replacement electrical batteries may be deferred indefinitely, by using such thermal storage technology. By comparison, electric batteries become spent after several hundred cycles of deep-cycle draining and recharging, requiring costly replacement. A battery-electric system only returns some 50% of the energy put into it, dissipating the rest as heat mainly during the charging cycle.<br /> <br /> A modernised traditional fireless accumulator locomotive could be economical to operate in terms of fuel supply and efficiency. It would also be well suited to operating conditions that presently exist on several “short-line” rail systems or railways in many developing countries. Such locomotives would also be able to operate commuter service (rapid energy recharge at the end of line) and tourist train excursion service. They may even have application in commuter service along non-electrified rail lines in some developed nations. In arid/dry regions of the world, fireless locomotives would need to use a water replenishing technology such as multiple expansion valves and condensing radiators on the exhaust steam. Condensing effectiveness may be improved by using an onboard sealed “cold-tank” containing either ice or dry ice.<br /> <br /> A variant of the fireless steam locomotive was the compressed air locomotive, built by the same locomotive manufacturers (Porter, Baldwin, Whistler, Henschel) as conventional and fireless steam traction. The two concepts can be combined into one, for short-distance operation only, in extremely dry climates. The pressurised, saturated water would be used as a thermal storage medium, instead of driving the wheels directly and exhausting steam to the atmosphere. Externally energised onboard water-pumps and monotube boilers would allow for energy re-charging, much in the same manner as the extensively modified locomotives that came from DLM. Compressed air (5,000-psi) stored in tanks in a separate car, would be heated in tubes passing through the water tanks, prior to expansion in a traction engine (such as a quasiturbine). Heat may also be stored in a molten metallic oxide polymer in a lined (to combat corrosion) and insulated tank, with coated (corrosion resistance) tubes passing through the thermal storage tank.<br /> <br /> The energy in such thermal storage tanks may also be used to energise a closed-cycle Brayton turbine, using atmospheric air at varying pressure levels as the working fluid. The Escher-Wyss division of Sulzer built a 2,000-Kw closed-cycle regenerative turbines operating on variable pressure atmospheric air, delivering its optimal efficiency (15% in hot weather to 32% in cool weather) between 20% to 80% of maximum power output. In California,USA, the Power Now company has been testing a 7-Kw closed cycle turbine (http://www.companydr.com/vanaar/PowerNow/FAQs.htm) using variable pressure air. This type of “steamless” variant of the fireless locomotive would have to store its thermal energy supply in the latent heat of fusion of a metallic-oxide polymer. It could operate in short-line/branch-line operation on several types of railway systems. In passenger service, it could pull tourist/excursion trains, operate in low-frequency suburban commuter and pull short, light intercity trains up to 300-km (at 100-km/hr). It could also pull light intermodal trains (highway trailers on rail axles) of up to 50-cars, on intercity journeys of up to 300-km.<br /> <br /> Harry Valentine, Transportation Researcher, harrycv@hotmail.com<br /> <br /> http://www.messiaen.demon.co.uk/trains/newsteam/modern21.htm<br /> <br /> ==Resources==<br /> Solar power train via solar heat storage:<br /> <br /> http://solarsteamtrain.com/cms/<br /> <br /> <br /> Same website has a paper, where advanced, small-scale steam power uses a reciprocating steam engine:<br /> <br /> http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:dshj4lDxsNYJ:solarsteamtrain.com/cms/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_view/gid,7/Itemid,29/+steam+power+density&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;cd=5&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-a<br /> <br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> {{Steam Engine}}<br /> {{Steam Generator}}<br /> {{Solar Concentrator}}<br /> * [[Transportation]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Notes]]<br /> [[Category: Links]]<br /> [[Category:Solar Turbine]]<br /> [[Category:Vehicles]]</div>

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Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Bicycle_technology&diff=124788 2014-12-30T13:11:15Z

<p>Renewation: /* See Also */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Energy}}<br /> [[File:mayapedal01.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Trying out the bike blender at Maya Pedal]] <br /> [[File:mayapedal02.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Washing day - Sophie tests the pedal powered washing machine at Guatemala´s pedal powered technology organisation Maya Pedal]] <br /> [[File:mayapedal03.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''bicimaquinas'' at Maya Pedal, lining up for work]] <br /> [[File:bikeparts01.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Bicycle Hacksaw - Bernard Kiwia of Tanzania, a bicycle mechanic, creates many tools from bicycle parts. This is his hacksaw creation. ]] <br /> <br /> Bicycle technology (''&quot;biketech&quot;'') is the extension of the basic components of bicycle construction to a larger field of uses. Power delivered to pedals (by arms, legs, or other source of motion), transmitted by bicycle chains, drive cables, and/or bicycle gears is applied to power machines or generate electricity. The supplied motion may be used for transport, pumping water, vacuum pumping, seed winnowing, blending food, mowing grass, spinning washing machines, and so on. Thus, without the infrastructure for electricity or internal combustion, the motive power of human beings can be multiplied and extended to alleviate tedious tasks in agriculture. When all aspects are considered, this technology is probably much less expensive than the current electric way of doing things (build-out for electric infrastructure, mining copper for electric motors, burning fossil hydrocarbons in power plants causing climate disruption etc.). <br /> <br /> ==Set of Components== <br /> The set of components utilized in bicycle technology is the simplest set that will enable a human to power a broad range of mechanized devices. This set of components is includes but is not limited to:<br /> <br /> #simple gears<br /> #chain links<br /> #crank arms (from pedal to gear)<br /> #bearings<br /> #braided wire (for lever based controls)<br /> #levers (for lever based control)<br /> #pulleys/wheel frames<br /> #drive belts<br /> #metal tubes (welded to make frames)<br /> <br /> All of these (except drive belts) are castable or extrudable if a group has metal working technology. However, due to the fact that these parts rarely physically fail and are widely interchangeable, a small casting/extruding operation would likely supply a large population. The commonness of certain larger units, such as forks for holding wheels/pulleys, increases the reusability of parts. Individual devices would require additional components, such as for pumps, blowers, or threshers, which could be manufactured with similar infrastructure.<br /> <br /> ==Maya Pedal==<br /> [http://www.mayapedal.org/ Maya Pedal] is a group in Guatemala employing bicycle technology for a large variety of uses amongst agrarian and city folks. The organization has [http://www.mayapedal.org/machines.html extensive '''open source''' downloadable design information] on their website. Applications with proven implementation: <br /> *water (rope) pump<br /> *corn grinder<br /> *nut sheller<br /> *blender<br /> *microconcrete vibrator for roofing tiles<br /> *coffee depulper<br /> *metal sharpener<br /> *washing machine<br /> *12V electricity generator (prototype exists, but there are no plans on the site. You could use the same generator mechanism as [[Small Wind Turbine|open-source wind turbines]], but get rid of the turbine blades, and stick the axle of the bike in there instead.<br /> *soil plow/till/hoe<br /> *wood saw<br /> <br /> &lt;html&gt;<br /> &lt;iframe title=&quot;YouTube video player&quot; class=&quot;youtube-player&quot; type=&quot;text/html&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; height=&quot;390&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed//gJVThyebOB4&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;<br /> &lt;/html&gt; <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Open-source designs==<br /> *[http://www.appropedia.org/WaterPod_Bicycle_Energy_Generator WaterPod Bicycle Energy Generator]. Costs about $150 to build. Generates around 150W. Full build instructions and bill of materials available under Creative Commons license. <br /> *[http://www.appropedia.org/Rowan's_portable_pedal_power_generator Rowan Steele's portable pedal power generator]. Cost $300, but could probably be done for less.<br /> *Attachment that fits on to a normal bicycle allowing it to be used for pedal-powered machines: [http://www.appropedia.org/Standard_bicycle_with_pedal_power_attachment]<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology and more Ideas== <br /> * [[:Category:Metalworks|metallurgy]] and [[:Category:Digital Fabrication|digital fabrication]] are needed to manufacture the components <br /> * [[Compressed_Air|compressed air]] and [[hydraulic motors]] as an alternative (perhaps preferred) way to power these devices - is it possible to design a '''single power interface''' to use whatever energy is available ??? (i.e. small hydro, wind, biomass, steam engine, human or animal muscle, etc. This would be a big achievement. <br /> * possibility of hydraulic transmission rather than chain. Some people, such as [http://www.hydrocad.com/ this guy], are using this technology to create [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_bicycle hydraulic bicycles].<br /> * idea: [[Wheeled Construction Shovel|wheeled construction shovel]]<br /> <br /> == Links ==<br /> * Book by Tamara Dean: [http://www.thehumanpoweredhome.com/ &quot;The Human-Powered Home&quot;] <br /> * Low-tech Magazine: [http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/05/pedal-powered-farms-and-factories.html Pedal powered farms and factories: the forgotten future of the stationary bicycle]<br /> * [http://ltras.ucdavis.edu/itech-appropriate-technology-for-small-and-subsistence-farms-1/ Itech] at UC davis offers plans for many useful devices which could be bicycle powered.<br /> * Appropedia [http://www.appropedia.org/Category:Pedal_power Category on Pedal Power] - contains open-source plans for a few pedal-powered generators<br /> * Christoph Thetard: [http://www.christoph-thetard.de/christoph-thetard.de/R2B2-engl.html &quot;Kitchen Machines&quot;]<br /> * [http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/cycle-ventures MIT D-Lab &quot;Cycle Ventures&quot;]<br /> *[http://www.mayapedal.org Maya Pedal Powered Machines in Guatemala]<br /> ==See Also==<br /> *[[Transportation]]<br /> *[[Road]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Vehicles]]</div>

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Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124785 2014-12-30T13:08:56Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Wind energy}}<br /> {{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> * [[Solar Power]]<br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124784 2014-12-30T13:08:23Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>{{GVCS Header}}<br /> {{Category=Wind energy}}<br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> * [[Solar Power]]<br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124783 2014-12-30T13:07:17Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>{{GVCS Header}}<br /> {{Category=Wind Power}}<br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> * [[Solar Power]]<br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Solar_Power&diff=124782 2014-12-30T13:06:08Z

<p>Renewation: Redirected page to Solar cells</p> <hr /> <div>#redirect [[Solar cells]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Solar_Cells&diff=124781 2014-12-30T13:05:09Z

<p>Renewation: /* Links */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Category=Solar Power}}<br /> Also see the [[Solar Panels at Factor e Farm]]<br /> <br /> =Solar Cells=<br /> <br /> These are the solar cells that we have from [http://www.ersol.de/en/products/solarcells/multicrystallinecells/solarcelle6bluepower/ Ersol]<br /> [[Image:solar cell.jpg]]<br /> [[Image:solar cell back.jpg]]<br /> [[Image:bluepower.gif]]<br /> ==Soldering Contacts==<br /> <br /> Recommendations for processing:<br /> <br /> * maximum of 24 cells per bypass diode<br /> * solder joint<br /> **tin-coated copper strips<br /> **2.3 mm x 0.15 mm<br /> <br /> Bypass diodes - [http://www.udel.edu/igert/pvcdrom/index.html]<br /> <br /> Diode, 8 amp, $2.25 - [http://store.solar-electric.com/8ampbypdiod.html]<br /> <br /> ==Air Mass Calculation==<br /> <br /> In winter, the sun at high noon travels through an air mass of 2.2. See calculator at<br /> <br /> http://www.udel.edu/igert/pvcdrom/SUNLIGHT/AIRMASS.HTM<br /> <br /> This means that the solar irradiance available to the solar cells is about 0.8 kW per square meter, compared to 1 kW per square meter in summer.<br /> <br /> =Soldering=<br /> #SN60 40/60 and SN 63 is widely available in the plumbing section at your local/global enterprise hardware store. SN refers to tin, thus 60%, and the rest is lead.&lt;br&gt;<br /> Technique is such that a low power iron or variable power iron is required. High power is generally for plumbing applications. High power will cause the solder to ball up and be of little use. The guide below is the most detailed description we have of how to solder the leads or &quot;tabs&quot; to the cells. If anyone has more info on this topic let us know please! <br /> #WORKING QUESTIONS: <br /> #1. alternatives to lead? lead free solder that still works for this application? given the lifetime of the panels and amount of PB necessarily a huge factor?<br /> #2. Width of solder? many sizes available, usually .31 and .75 are widely available. No guides<br /> <br /> =Encapsulation=<br /> #Information on encapsulation from Ebay - [http://cgi.ebay.com/Solar-Panels-Cells-How-To-Guide-Ver-1-5-EVA-Update_W0QQitemZ350035285233QQihZ022QQcategoryZ41981QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]<br /> '''Comment''': item appears to be unavailable; 2 negative feedbacks on item not being delivered<br /> #YouTube video on encapsulation - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYeynLy6pj8&amp;mode=related&amp;search]<br /> #Instructables reference - [http://www.instructables.com/id/SIBMZ38FDO29L3U/]<br /> <br /> =Soldering Leads to Solar Cells=<br /> To solder your solar cells, you must use a tow temperature solder iron (if you have a variable temperature iron, set it for 280' C) Use only good quality resin or rosin core SN60, 60/40 or SN63 solder and follow these steps:<br /> 1 Wear eye protection safety goggles or safety eyeglasses<br /> 2.Set cell on a cardboard surface.<br /> 3.Carefully scrape the metal bar on top of the cell with a hoboy knife or razor blade. Be very careful not to scrape too hard as you can easily break the cell The oar should be shiny where you have scraped.<br /> 4.Now draw the tip of your iron and some solder across the bar where you have scraped it and the solder should adhere. Now, carefully attach a flexible 28 ga (small) lead to the sokler contact (youII have to reheat it).<br /> 5.Note: if the solder just balls up:&lt;br&gt;<br /> a.Your soldering iron tip rs too hot&lt;br&gt;<br /> OR&lt;br&gt;<br /> b.You didn't scrape the bar properly<br /> 6. After you have made your connection to the top, let it cool and then flip the cell over 7 You should not scrape the bottom as the solder will adhere without any special treatments. Just remember these facts<br /> a.On cells that have a dark gray background youH see squared off 'silver&quot; areas to solder to.<br /> b.On all silver colored cell backs, solder to the &quot;dull&quot; looking areas only.<br /> <br /> =Practical Guides=<br /> <br /> http://www.sungroper.asn.au/project/solar-panel.html <br /> <br /> and <br /> <br /> http://www.goodideacreative.com/solarpanel.html<br /> <br /> are the best guides so far.<br /> <br /> =List of Solar Cell Manufacturers and Price=<br /> <br /> A list of international solar cell manufacturers can be found here:<br /> <br /> [http://www.enfsolar.com/directory/cell Solar Cell Manufacturers]<br /> <br /> A list of solar cells showing specifications and price can be found here:<br /> <br /> [http://www.enfsolar.com/pv/cell Solar Cell Database]<br /> <br /> =Further Information=<br /> <br /> From Richard Schulte:<br /> <br /> Most of the guides I have seen have all said the exact same thing about soldering the cells together. The process seems to be simple and more time consuming than anything. When it comes to encapsulating, however, there is a large amount of variance, though more people use plexiglass than I had thought would. Several guides have suggested the same sealant:&lt;br&gt;<br /> http://pyronet.50megs.com/RePower/Homemade%20Solar%20Panels.htm&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> Edit: I've been informed that fiberglass resin is a polyester resin and will not hold the moisture out very well. The best thing to use, which I'm switching to is a aluminum epoxy type sealer called ALUTHANE which can be found Here. &lt;http://www.epoxyproducts.com/e_nonepoxy.html&gt;&quot;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> We need to make sure you have the right kind of soldering iron as well. It must be fixed at low temperature or have a variable temp, or else the kind of solder we are using will ball up. One site, http://www.mdpub.com/SolarPanel/index.html, suggested mounting them on pegboard, and using silicone caulk to attach them.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> =Materials and Implementation for Factor e Farm=<br /> <br /> [[Solar Panels at Factor e Farm]]<br /> <br /> == See also==<br /> * [[Open Source Photovoltaics]]<br /> * [[Wind Turbine]]<br /> =External Links=<br /> *[http://www.sungroper.asn.au/project/solar-panel.html Solar Panel Construction]&lt;br&gt;<br /> *[http://pyronet.50megs.com/RePower/Homemade%20Solar%20Panels.htm Homemade Solar Panels - Pyronet]&lt;br&gt;<br /> *[http://www.mdpub.com/SolarPanel/index.html Homemade Solar Panels - MDPub]&lt;br&gt;<br /> *[http://www.goodideacreative.com/solarpanel.html Homemade Solar Panels - Good Idea Creative Services]&lt;br&gt;<br /> *[http://www.virtualsecrets.com/build-a-solar-panel.html Homemade Solar Panels - VirtualSecrets]&lt;br&gt;<br /> *[http://www.siliconsolar.com/practical-photovoltaics-p-16423.html Book on PVs]&lt;br&gt;<br /> *[http://www.greenlivings.biz/home-made-renewable-energy/home-solar-energy/diy-home-solar-panels/learn-how-to-build-solar-panels-from-scratch Homemade Solar Panels - Green Livings]&lt;br&gt;</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Solar_Power&diff=124780 2014-12-30T13:04:02Z

<p>Renewation: Redirected page to Category:Solar Power</p> <hr /> <div>#redirect [[:Category:Solar Power]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124779 2014-12-30T13:03:13Z

<p>Renewation: /* See also */</p> <hr /> <div>{{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> * [[Solar Power]]<br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Wind_energy&diff=124778 2014-12-30T13:01:52Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Wind_turbines&diff=124777 2014-12-30T13:01:25Z

<p>Renewation: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Wind energy]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Wind&diff=124776 2014-12-30T12:59:59Z

<p>Renewation: Created page with &quot;Category:Main&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Main]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Category:Wind_turbines&diff=124775 2014-12-30T12:58:43Z

<p>Renewation: Created page with &quot;Category:Energy Category:Wind&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>[[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124774 2014-12-30T12:58:22Z

<p>Renewation: /* See also */</p> <hr /> <div>{{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> <br /> === Wikipedia===<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Energy]]<br /> [[Category:Wind]]<br /> [[Category:Wind turbines]]</div>

Renewation https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Wind_Turbine&diff=124773 2014-12-30T12:56:48Z

<p>Renewation: /* Projects */</p> <hr /> <div>{{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/43717383/airenergy-3d-a-3d-printed-opensource-mobile-wind-t]- A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> <br /> <br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> [[Category:Energy]]</div>

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<p>Renewation: /* See also */</p> <hr /> <div>{{GVCS Header}}<br /> <br /> <br /> =Overview=<br /> [[Image:WindTurbine.png|thumb|400px|Wind Turbine]]<br /> <br /> The '''Wind Turbine''' is a machine that converts mechanical kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. As a part of the [[GVCS]] it enables the generation of clean, renewable power.<br /> <br /> {{video}}<br /> <br /> ==Details==<br /> <br /> Small wind turbines are currently the main class being considered as a community-scale solution for power. These turbines may be as small as a fifty watt generator for boat, caravan, or miniature refrigeration unit. Small units often have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind.<br /> <br /> ==Product Ecology==<br /> {{Product Ecology<br /> |Product = {{Wind Turbine}}<br /> <br /> |From=<br /> *{{Furnace}}<br /> *{{CNC Multimachine}}<br /> *{{Generator}}<br /> *{{Battery}}<br /> <br /> |Uses=<br /> *[[Wind]]<br /> <br /> |Creates=<br /> *[[Electricity]]<br /> <br /> |Enables=<br /> <br /> |Components=<br /> *Blades<br /> *Tail<br /> *Hub<br /> *[[DC generator]]<br /> *[[Battery]]<br /> *Diode<br /> *Sensors<br /> *Mount<br /> *Wires<br /> *Tower<br /> **Base<br /> **Pole<br /> **Guy-wires<br /> *Bearings<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Status==<br /> <br /> [[Open Source Ecology Europe]] and -[[Germany]] are working on a prototype VAWT design: [[Germany/Wind_Turbine]]. Research and development is currently concentrated at [[TiVA]], a tiny wind turbine prototyping platform. With this very small turbine, we can easily change parts, try out new ideas and increase the quality of the design on a small scale in a fast and inexpensive way. <br /> <br /> The wind turbine is currently in the [[Wind_Turbine/Research_Development| Research phase]] of product development.<br /> <br /> There are a wide number of Open Hardware turbines, that are currently under consideration for adoption/consideration as a part of the [[GVCS]].<br /> <br /> portable wind turbine that can fit in a tube; wind lens.<br /> <br /> == Projects==<br /> * [[AirEnergy 3D]] - A 3D printed, opensource, mobile wind turbine.<br /> * [[SolarFlower]] [http://www.treehugger.com/wind-technology/build-diy-wind-turbine-30.html]<br /> * [[Zoetrope]] [http://www.applied-sciences.net/library/data/zoetrope-wind-turbine.pdf]<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[Turbine]]<br /> * [[Wind Power Conversation]]<br /> <br /> <br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine|Wikipedia: Wind turbine]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Wind turbine design|Wikipedia: Wind turbine design]]<br /> * [[Wikipedia:Small wind turbine|Wikipedia: Small wind turbine]]<br /> <br /> * [http://onawi.org/ Onawi ]<br /> <br /> {{GVCS Footer}}<br /> [[Category:Energy]]</div>

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