Wind Energy
Traditional
Wind Energy
Generation is commonly thought of in terms of either Wind Turbines or Windmills.
In the Recovery 2.0 system we employ a novel approach to harness the power of
Wind on Demand.
Allowing cold air to fall and hot air to rise, this may create a multiple stage opportunity to extract energy
at various different points throughout the air current pathway flow.
The heated Exhaust chimney provides the low pressure draw that drives the air flow from within the system.
Wind speed is typically classified using the Beaufort scale, a system that ranks wind that ranges from 0 to 12 (13 increments).
Different methods and wind harvesting equipment need to be applied for differing wind speed ranges.
The flow of air over a curved surface allows for the manipulation of pressure and speed determined by
the Bernoulli Principle of volumetric flow rate equilibrium.
The peripheral flow around a main stream of air provides the potential for a vacuum draw or suction
in what is known as Venturi effect and may also act as an air siphon.
The fluid dynamic properties of air present us with a wide variety of options for energy harvesting
when dealing with the differing relationship between pressure, temperature, velocity.
Wind on Demand
The Recovery 2.0 process attempts to take advantage of a Wind on Demand system that relies on the basic principals
surrounding the natural flow of air currents between high pressure and low pressure zones.
Applying fundamental fluid dynamics to manage the Venturi effect, a novel system may be engineered to harness a
controlled, predictable, consistent energy yield on demand from a Concentrated Air Flow.
Generating Wind on Demand from the rapid expansion of compressed air, channeled through a wind tunnel configuration,
may concentrate the energy of the natural equilibrium forces of air pressure.
Engineered properly this system presents an opportunity to harness up to hurricane force winds in a controlled fashion,
on an "as required" basis.
Wind Energy Harvesting
Traditional wind energy has been harvested with the use of
Windmills
to operate pumps and industrial milling.
Currently the common use of
Wind Turbines
are used to generate electricity.
The
Energy Harvesting Modules
used within the Wind on Demand system may be designed as modular swapable units
that accommodate modifications and the evolution of the technologies.
The Wind Funnel/Wind Tunnel process is an enclosed system that enables the use of a Diffuser Augmented Wind Turbine
and also accommodates a pump mechanism that may convert wind directly into
compressed air.
Low Speed Wind
Large volumes of low speed winds that flow at close to
ground level
have historically gone untapped.
As technology develops, the feasibility of harvesting these low speed winds may become a common reality.
Traditional wind harvest has been largely based on high torque central shaft turbines and generator systems.
By shifting the focus to the Tip Speed Ratio (TSR), an Electromagnetic Field Induction generator may harvest energy at the
outer circumference of a low torque rotor.
A turbine design that directs the air flow towards the outer circumference of a rotor may convert a low torque wind into
usable, harvestable, consistent energy stream.
The Recovery 2.0 process provides ready access to both steam heat and compressed air.
The symbiotic relationship of compressed air storage generated from a Thermal Waste Recovery steam condensation process
provides a novel opportunity to generate negative footprint energy that resolves some of the traditional wind energy challenges.
Ambient Wind Collection
The collection of ambient atmospheric wind may be achieved in a number of methods, by addressing the collection stage separately
from the energy harvesting stage (the turbine) the swept area equivalent may be optimized.
One collection approach is by
funneling wind
through a stackable tower of parabolic cones to direct the air flow
in an accumulation pipe into the harvesting module.
The flexibility in configuration of design of cone widths and the number of cones in a stack and
a rotating back stop that prevents wind flow through should maximize collection.
A ground based or roof mounted tower may be erected when the limitation of the collection system
is directly related to the collection area (Height & Width) not the direction of the wind.
The wind collection tower may operate as a passive solid state unit in conjunction with the harvesting module and the
air exhaust unit to maximized the system efficiency.
Wind Wall Collection
Practically every existing building possess the potential to collect ground level air flows by channeling
the natural updrafts that climb the walls.
By designing a roof edge scoop collector system that funnels the air flow into the wind harvesting module you may benefit from
an additional flow of passive perpetual collection.
Air Exhaust Unit
By designing the Air Exhaust Unit as a twin to the Ambient Wind Collection module,
a stackable tower of parabolic cones flipped in the opposite direction would funnel the exhaust air to exit the system.
The exhaust unit may also include an energy harvesting module since it captures a fresh supply of external ambient wind.
The Air Exhaust Unit may create an airflow in a chimney effect and if properly engineered
may maintain a natural low pressure draw.
Failing to harness the energy contained in the exhaust air flow would result in a total lose or waste of this harvesting opportunity.
Air Flow Sources
In addition to the exhaust air flow from a contained wind harvest system, there are other options available to extract energy
from waste air currents.
Harnessing the output air flow from the Recovery 2.0 Wind on demand compressed air expansion system
presents a very exciting opportunity.
Other approaches to source or harness air flows may include -
1.) Oscillating Water Columns from the movement of water within the Recovery 2.0 system,
2.) Bellows or Compression Pumps that harness kinetic motion from within the Recovery 2.0 process
3.) Venturi Vacuum Pumps incorporated into the bio lung infrastructure
Air Pressure Accumulator
The Air Pressure Accumulator is a closed chamber pressure vessel equipped with a pair of one way values,
one that controls the intake and one release value that controls the exhaust.
Collecting a continuos supply of air from various
sources
from within the Recovery 2.0 system results in the accumulation of a volume of air.
The accumulator acts as a waste air consolidating step to homogenize a controlled release rate that may create a Pulsating Air Flow.
The discharge of a controlled air flow pulse may be converted into a working fluid to be used in various applications throughout
Recovery 2.0 process.
The Accumulator step is a critical strategic component in a successful energy harvesting program that accommodates a
short cycle regeneration
system.
Air Turbines
Routing a flow of pressurized air directed through some variation of turbine, turbo machine or rotary wind harvest mechanism
provides the opportunity to generate electricity or drive a pump.
The versatility to design air turbines or
mechanisms
that are tuned to effectively harvest or harness energy
from wide range of vastly changing parameters is a fundamental requirement if we wish to take full advantage
of a new age of decarbonized energy.
The ability to
harvest
energy from wind speeds as low as one meter/second or less is a monumental challenge that requires a
fresh perspective just to justify.
Equally the engineering task required to meet the demands of cryogenic temperatures generated from the
rapid expansion of compressed air is an exercise in the discipline of materials management.
The flexibility to manage and manipulate artificial wind flows within an enclosed or contained system provides an opportunity
to harness energy under hurricane force conditions.
Flexible Pneumatic Actuator
The pulse air flow received from the Air Pressure
Accumulator
may be used to activate artificial muscles, expandable bladders or air bags
and may be converted into hard or soft robotic motion.
The reverse action of a vacuum contraction may be harnessed with the use of a
Vacuum Pneumatic Artificial Muscle or an accordion bellows.
The potential exists to power a linear motion Actuator that may be attached to a
piezoelectric vibration
harvester
or an electromagnetic induction generator.
Ionic Air Flow
The concept of solid state wind energy is commonly based on one of two approaches,
either from Sound/Vibration/Pressure
Harvesting
or an Ionic Air Flow.
The principal drivers for Ionic Air Flow energy harvesting is sort of the reverse of ionic
thrust
propulsion, by using the air flow of Ionic Wind to generate an electrostatic charge.
The flow of air or wind across the active surface of a
solid state
device may provide one opportunity for energy harvest.
One important property contained within an Ionic Wind is the potential to produce an
Ionic Plasma Arc
which may be useful in several applications.
Solid State Energy Harvesters
The potential exists to extract Ionic energy from the flow of air, typically air flow across a filament or wire mesh grid
may cause a displacement of an ionic charge similar to a Corona discharge.
This charge displacement invokes an equivalent ground draw which may be conducted through a circuit
with the opportunity to harvest energy in the form of electricity along the way.
This is area of study is referred to as Electrohydrodynamics and may be seeded with the assistance of an
ElectroStatic
charge.
The discharged ionic wind that flows away from the mesh generating element may be attracted to an oppositely charged collector device
or routed through a Magneto Hydro Dynamic
(MHD)
channel for further energy harvesting opportunities.
Solid state devices may be designed to operate on a passive or low maintenance basis
to create and harvest the ionic energy.
In addition the flow of iconically charge air particles routed through a modified MHD system may invoke the affinity for
the selective extraction of certain gases.
A highly tuned system may attract and hold specific complex elements such as trace CO2 selectively out of a delude air flow stream.
This effect may be an option to act as a magnet for the
segregation of CO2
from ambient air.
This technology is currently unproven and requires further research and development.
Ionic Air Propulsion
Generating thrust from a fixed point as stationary air propulsion using a ducted ion drive may induce an exceptional
air flow acceleration. Previously this theory has been applied within the aviation industry to achieve a
supersonic ramjet or scramjet effect.
The manipulation of Ionic Wind for stationary energy generation is largely an underdeveloped resource.
A modified Wimshurst Machine may also be an option to harvest the accelerated air flow to drive a plasma arc generator.
Ionic Plasma Arc
Accelerated Ionic air flow may provide an opportunity to engineer a device that may harness energy from a static discharge.
A static discharge or an
arc
may focus the ability to extract energy from the surrounding air or
from a localized atmospheric environment in an isolated medium.
Of the various methods that may be employed for capturing the energy or the sidestreams produced by an arc,
one sidestream byproduct capture approach is by the extraction of
Arc Luminescence,
another is
sound
wave harvesting.
One specific application for the mainstream energy that is produced by developing a Plasma Arc Reactor
designed to accommodate
CO2 Splitting
may represent the largest potential in the field of carbon neutralization.
Sound/Vibration/Pressure Harvesting
The Acoustic design of the wind energy module accommodates for both noise suppression and the opportunity to scavenge
Sound Pressure
and resistance vibrational energy.
This includes the dampening or absorption of Infrasound Pressure Pulsations.
Direct Air Capture
In a contained wind module the opportunity to perform Direct Air Capture exists from ambient atmospheric air flow.
The gross efficiency of any Direct Air Capture system is based upon the mass air flow volume.
A
Direct Air Capture
system presents the opportunity to extract any number of components contained within the captured
volume of air mass from the ambient wind flow.
We always have a interest in harvesting water vapor from the atmosphere, but lately wild fires have peaked interest in
the area of solid particular filtration.
The pandemic spawned a movement to include the ability to include ultra violet treatment in any air volumes handled.
Current sustainability efforts are largely focused on the remediation of Carbon Dioxide (CO2).
Routing the exiting air flow from the H2O condensing Dehydration unit through a novel taller, thinner configuration,
to enhance the natural stratification effect of the air to take place.
The cooling denser CO2 tends to sink to the bottom of the stream allowing for the layered separation
of a heavier fraction of the air stream from the lighter fraction of the flow.
This results in a concentration of CO2 in the heavy fraction and drastically reduces the total volume of air flow
required to be treated for CO2 extraction.
A CO2 Direct Air Capture module may extract and reduce the volume of CO2 contained in the atmosphere.
Any extracted CO2 may be injected directly into the Recovery 2.0
CO2 pipeline
and processed in the
CO2 Splitting
system to realize the resource values.
Bio Lung
The concept of a BIO Lung is to act as a method to regulate the expansion or contraction of air
pressure
within the Recovery 2.0 system.
This concept provides a method for the overall Recovery 2.0 system to breath with the aid of expandable bladders.
A Bio Lung may act as a central buffer to manage the overflow or shortfall between the complex interconnected
modules, pipelines and systems contained within Recovery 2.0 process.
The opportunity to harvest wind energy exists with the interchange of air flow in or out of the Bio Lung system.
A Wells Turbine circuit may be well suited to incorporate within the air circulation cycle.
An innovative Bio Lung design may also act as a temporary wind
storage
module.
The main focus of a Bio Lung system deals with the issues surrounding air and air pressure, air quality and filtration,
CO2 levels,
water vapor and humidity.
The central bio lung system may manage or deal with other lessor priority issues as required.
Energy Storage
- Battery Banks
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Compressed Air Storage
- Exothermic Element Storage
Short Cycle Regeneration
- Hydro Energy
- Wind Energy
- Gravity Energy
- Gradient Energy
Energy Sources
- Solar
- Electricity
- Waste Heat
- Optional Sidestreams
Understanding Energy & Recovery
- Energy as a Commodity
- Recovered Energy
