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New on This forum, but not new to renewable energy
Greetings from one of the several states of the United states.
I am new on This forum, but not new to renewable energy
which is one area of interest.
A little background, started in electronics in the 70's in grade school
taking classes with the local ARRL, (ham radio club) moved on to those mail order electronics courses, moved on to formal electronics higher education
in EE.
After that there was a period of broadcast electronics engineering, followed by
a TV station/studio general manager position, this was interesting but was short
lived (few years) because I would not play the "censorship" game with the local unit of government.
Then came computers, networking, internet, etc consulting, during all of the various era's there were always projects and inventions to make home more
independent.
so here we are at the current time and an interest in energy projects with the goal of refining the following projects that have been under construction since my school days.
There is a windmill which has a savonious rotor design, ( 1 55gal drum cut in half) a 36 volt 72 pole electric motor connected via chain to the rotor, electrical switching is automatic via a high current diode to the 12v battery bank.
There are south facing solar heat panels which have an upper and lower vent and use convection only for heat flow.
There is a photovoltiac array which help fill in the gaps of no wind connected
to the 12v banks.
The main heating is from another homemade project, another oil drum for a firebox, with stainless steel tubing coilled up in the firebox that feeds the hydronic system, the firebox has a re-burn system that superheats air before it is injected into the top of the firebox to ignite the "woodgas" the circulator is able to run from the 12v system or the (ugh) grid if needed.
There is a brute force hydrogen reactor under my hood using a coiled ss screen which improves my gas milage.
The next project is to scale up the seperating reactor for such uses as a oxy-acetelyne torch replacement, an assist (or replacement) of the wood burner.
So that should give a short synopsis of the projects here in the local area.
I am new on This forum, but not new to renewable energy
which is one area of interest.
A little background, started in electronics in the 70's in grade school
taking classes with the local ARRL, (ham radio club) moved on to those mail order electronics courses, moved on to formal electronics higher education
in EE.
After that there was a period of broadcast electronics engineering, followed by
a TV station/studio general manager position, this was interesting but was short
lived (few years) because I would not play the "censorship" game with the local unit of government.
Then came computers, networking, internet, etc consulting, during all of the various era's there were always projects and inventions to make home more
independent.
so here we are at the current time and an interest in energy projects with the goal of refining the following projects that have been under construction since my school days.
There is a windmill which has a savonious rotor design, ( 1 55gal drum cut in half) a 36 volt 72 pole electric motor connected via chain to the rotor, electrical switching is automatic via a high current diode to the 12v battery bank.
There are south facing solar heat panels which have an upper and lower vent and use convection only for heat flow.
There is a photovoltiac array which help fill in the gaps of no wind connected
to the 12v banks.
The main heating is from another homemade project, another oil drum for a firebox, with stainless steel tubing coilled up in the firebox that feeds the hydronic system, the firebox has a re-burn system that superheats air before it is injected into the top of the firebox to ignite the "woodgas" the circulator is able to run from the 12v system or the (ugh) grid if needed.
There is a brute force hydrogen reactor under my hood using a coiled ss screen which improves my gas milage.
The next project is to scale up the seperating reactor for such uses as a oxy-acetelyne torch replacement, an assist (or replacement) of the wood burner.
So that should give a short synopsis of the projects here in the local area.
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