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Chavdar Azarov
Chavdar Azarov
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Gale generators - the way to planet of Mars

Gale generators - the way to planet of Mars

More than 12 years ago some articles on wind generation able to work in hurricane conditions and store the immense quantity of energy output have been posted.

The hurricanes on Mars are carrying a lot of energy able to run the geo-magnetic core of the planet.  The power units have to be set near to poles sending a permanent magnetic pulses to the core of planet.

Here we have to expect Elon Musk to carry the equipment to the destination.

Let's look at those articles of old Energy Central blog again.

Gale generators – Part 1 – The shell

Gale generator opposite the well known wind generators has to resist to the highest possible air streams on our planet.

The target of such device is to continue produce energy even after heaviest impact of climate change.

At the links below you may see two kind of Rapana - Rapana bulbosa and Rapana venosa. Specific characteristic of their shells is that along of their natural spiral channels they reduce its cross-section more than 100 times.

http://naplesseashellcompany.com/rapana_bulbosa_shells.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapana_venosa

The shape of such shells provokes the idea to build up an industrial replica of them and to use it as body of ground based wind generator.

Such spiral funnel supposes to create at its output an air stream with high density and spinning containing all input wind energy. Such power might be taken by an efficiently modified jet turbine.

An example of industrial replica application:

  1. Input opening with span of 1000 sq. m. – stays just above the surface.
  2. Output opening with span of 10 sq. m. The shaft of funnel sits on the ground.
  3. Expected power output:

A.  Wind velocity of 1 m/s - up to 1 MW

B.  Wind velocity of 20 m/s – up to 30 MW

C.  Wind velocity of 60 m/s – up to 90 MW

  1. Output turbine type – prototype of jet turbine.
  2. Generators might be at least three ascending in power as follow – 3 MW, 30 MW, and 90 MW. After reaching the max power the protection against self – destruction to start.
  3. Resistance of structure against high winds will require:
  1.  The input arc of shell to be supported by behind of streamlined slope.
  2. The bottom half of shell to stay under ground and to be founded properly.
  3. The shell to protect itself against self-destruction by input streamlined deflectors and overpressure valves.

The replica’s design may help in development of IPP – Ice power plant.

Posted on old blog as: http://www.energyblogs.com/green2green/index.cfm/2011/1/31/Gale-generators--Part-1--The-shell

Gale generators – Part 2 - Tornado catchers

The tornado is carrying us a chaos but it also let a sign on how to deal with its enormous power.

The tornado phenomenon is based on a temperature inversion and it behaviors like the lightning to Earth crust conductivity.

So why do not try to provoke, trap and suck the energy of tornado by applying of an opposing structure?

The tornado’s opposing structure might be based on conceptions of:

1. Vertical axis wind generator.

2.  Active lightning protection.

A shape of reciprocal tornado replica applied to vertical axis wind generator in addition to an active lightning attraction system may pre-ignite and hold the tornados out of cities and industry facilities.

The energy extracted out of tornado may run other tornado catchers or the grid.

Posted on old blog as: http://www.energyblogs.com/green2green/index.cfm/2011/5/12/Gale-generators--Part-2--Tornado-catchers

Gale generators – Part 3 - Tree – the most sustainable wind harvester - first posted on Energy Central old blog on 28.08.11

The life of tree is based on circulation of gases, liquids and photosynthesis.  The tree circulation itself needs of sun shining and wind.

In order to survive over the millions years of evolution the tree became the most successful and sustainable harvester of wind.

Let’s make a calculation on how much wind energy harvested the forestry at US east cost during hurricane Irene and how much harvested all there disposed wind generators.

What is the difference – millions of times?

Might the efficiency of tree in harvesting of wind energy to refer to new conception of sustainable wind generators?

Posted on old blog as: http://www.energyblogs.com/green2green/index.cfm/2011/8/28/Gale-generators--Part-3--Tree--the-most-sustainable-wind-harvester

P.S.

Still stays the question do we spend or harvest wind energy with current generation of wind generators operating till 20 m/s wind velocity?

Gale generators – Part 4 – Storage system

The extreme quantities of wind energy which “The shell”, “Tornado catchers” and “The cyber three” might harvest will need of quickly responding storage system.

Transfer of water to liquid oxygen and hydrogen would be an answer to such a need.

So, how much water we have to prepare for shore wind energy storage?

Don, where you are?

Posted on old blog as: http://www.energyblogs.com/green2green/index.cfm/2012/5/15/Gale-generators--Part-4--Storage-system

 

 

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