Help For a Renewable Energy Project

[grayem]

Hi,
I am a student from the UK and during my school vacation I want to work on a DT project for next term to power one of our school led light bulbs (5w) for an hour but to get the higher marks the energy source needs to be renewable and constant. This rules out solar and wind power, the former not because of the day night cycle but because of cloudy days (and here in the UK there are quite a lot of those) and the latter because wind is not the most reliable thing.

I have already ruled out gravity as an energy source because I would need an improbably high mass or I would need to rent an aircraft to get to the height of the correct potential energy.

I'm a little lost on what to do and while doing my research I came across Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell, Radiant Energy and this. Now I'll be totally honest and say that I'm a skeptic but I have an open mind and I have no problem in changing my opinion.

Now to the reason that I'm starting this thread. Is there any device out there at the moment that I can build which will provide me with 5 watts of power every hour? I mentioned that the water fuel cell, radiant energy and atomic hydrogen generator brought me here so would these be good starting points or are there things which are easier to build for someone who is in year 10?

Hope you guys can help.
Advice will be appreciated.

[harctan]

Hello grayem. Perhaps the various Joule Thief type circuits can be of some help to you. For example this patent by Johh Bedini Patent US7990110 - Circuits and related methods for charging a battery - Google Patents shows a simple circuit that it is supposed to be able to charge a battery from a solar panel even if it is cloudy. This way it might be possible to bypass somewhat the cloudy UK weather. I'm still a novice myself so I can't tell you how well it will work for your situation but the circuit definately works, meaning it is possible to charge a 12V battery from a much lower voltage source (like a solar panel under cloudy skies). You can find the discussion on this project here: The SG Radiant Oscillator. Of course your goal is not to charge the battery but to light the bulb. This can also be achieved with these type of circuits like LaserSaber's Joule Ringer: http://www.energeticforum.com/renewa...le-ringer.html and his youtube channel: LaserSaber's channel - YouTube. It is supposed to be quite efficient although I can't verify it personaly as I haven't tried it yet. Perhaps someone more experienced than me can chip in. In conclusion the system I described is a battery lighting the bulb while it is being charged by the solar panel. Another thing that might interest you is that these circuits can be used even with empty batteries. Most batteries that end up in the trash usually have a lot more juice inside them but our appliances don't utilize it. So you could potentialy light your bulb from discarted batteries. Also these circuits can recharge non-rechargable batteries (although you probably shouldn't overdo it), thus squizing even more juice out of them before getting recycled. Maybe not renewable energy but definately reusable energy.

[wrtner]

to power one of our school led light bulbs (5w) for an hour .

Do you mean a device to run at 5 watt for only one hour?
or a device which continuously runs at 5 watt?

I wonder if Tesla's aerial system would do the trick:
http://www.free-energy-info.com/Chapter7.pdf

Paul-R

[grayem]

Thanks for the replies both of you.

To be a bit more clear on power requirements, we were given two similar ways to do it.

The device needs to be able to power the 5 watt led continuously
or if that is not possible
The device needs to be able to generate at least 20wh in a 12 hour period.

So either the ability to generate 18,000 joules continuously every hour
or
generate a minimum of 72,000 joules in a 12 hour period.

Hope that helps.

[gr8dane]

Laser Hacker! Free energy made easy. As poster above I believe a good joule ringer would do the trick. Laser saber has some of the best/ easiest to build. The link above is to his site and forum. Good luck with your project let us know what you decide and how you do.

[grayem]

Thanks everyone.
I've sent a message to laser hacker to see if they can help.