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5 unusual ways to produce electrical energy

 

5 unusual ways to produce electrical energyWhere to get energy? It is no secret that sooner or later people will run out of oil, gas, coal, and even uranium, which are still left on the planet. A reasonable question arises: "What to do next?" Where to get energy? " After all, our whole life is based on the use of energy. It turns out that after the hydrocarbon reserves run out, the existence of civilization will end too?

There is an exit! These are the so-called alternative energy sources. By the way, many of them are used, and successfully, already at present. The energy of wind, tides, the sun and geothermal sources ─ is successfully used and converted by people into electricity. But so to speak “Official alternative sources”.

Currently, there are hundreds of theories and developments on the creation and use of unusual alternative energy sources. The alternative energy sources described in this article are unusual only in the sense that they have not yet become popular, are not widely used, impractical, unprofitable, etc.

But this does not mean at all that they will not be able to be effectively applied, possibly in the very near future. After all, the same oil as an energy source has been known since ancient times, but only from the end of the industrial revolution, they were able to receive and process oil in a form suitable for use.

It is not known what we will use in the future for energy generation, but there are certainly alternatives to traditional energy sources, and it is quite possible that at least one of the methods listed below for generating electric energy can become widespread and popular.


Here are 5 unusual alternative energy sources that give rise to real hope for their effective use in the future:

Electricity production from salt water

The first experimental power plant to receive energy from salt water was created by Statkraft in Norway. A power plant uses a physical effect, osmosis, to produce electricity. Using this effect, as a result of mixing salt and fresh water, energy is extracted from the increasing entropy of liquids. then this energy is used to rotate the hydro turbine of the electric generator.

Fuel cells - generating electricity from fuel

Demonstrated fuel cell power plants with a solid oxide electrolyte with a capacity of up to 500 kW have been developed. In fact, the element is burning fuel and directly converting the released energy into electricity. It’s like a diesel generator, only without a diesel engine and generator. And also without smoke, noise, overheating and with much higher efficiency.

Thermogenerators - the conversion of thermal energy into electrical energy

To obtain electrical energy, a thermoelectric effect is used. This is a rather old technology, which has again become relevant in our time due to the massive use of energy-saving light sources and various portable power consumers. Industrial developments already exist and are being successfully used, for example, heating and cooking stoves, with built-in thermal generators, which in the course of their work make it possible to obtain not only heat, but also electricity.

Piezoelectric Generators - Using Kinetic Energy

Experimental installations have been created that allow you to receive electricity through the use of kinetic energy - pedestrian paths, turnstiles at railway stations, a special dance floor with piezoelectric generators built into it.There are ideas in the near future to create special "green gyms" in which a group of sports exercise bikes will be able, according to manufacturers, to generate up to 3.6 megawatts of renewable electricity per year.

Nanogenerators - use of vibrational energy

In this source of energy is a special nanogenerator that converts microoscillations in the human body into electrical energy. The device is quite the slightest vibration to generate an electric current that allows you to maintain the operability of mobile devices. Modern nanogenerators turn any movement and movement into a source of energy. Very promising and interesting options for the joint use of nanogenerators and solar panels.

What do you think about this? You may be aware of other new alternative sources of electricity. Share in the comments!

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    # 1 wrote: koljaroman | [quote]

     
     

    The secret source of energy is energy from the ether! It all started with the experiment of Nicolo Tesla in the last century. The experience was to, at minimum input energy, multiply it at the output. And he succeeded! With just one turbine from the Niagara Hydroelectric Power Station, Tesla was able to provide electricity to an entire state. Moreover, the energy was transmitted not by wire, but by air. When Tesla was asked how he did it, he replied that he had taken electricity from the ether, just cooling it. Newspapers immediately published this amazing news on their pages. And the government and the bankers "grabbed their heads." A congress consisting of leading bankers was immediately assembled. The main idea of ​​the meeting was that if you introduce a new technology into life, they will simply go broke and lose the power over the world, which gives them control over oil flows. It was decided: to remove all applications from Tesla from patent offices, to forget and not to mention him as a scientist, to remove the concept of “ether” from physics.

     
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    Modern energy-saving technologies for a reason develop through the stump of a deck. And as for resources, sooner or later humanity will move to a new level of being.

     
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    It was necessary to say this: "5 of the most ridiculous alternative energy sources." Well, right, if the osmosis power plant can somehow be taken seriously, the rest have either an insignificant conversion efficiency (piezo and Peltier), or an exorbitant unreasonable cost per 1W. It’s better to build up all nuclear power plants, especially since fast neutron reactors make it possible to use the accumulated uranium caches for more than a century, that is, they have already dug up, enriched, divided, it remains only to configure the reactors and you can forget about the energy crisis of Russia for many centuries.

     
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    Hello, I have a problem .... the kitchen does not work with a socket from a stove and an ordinary socket, although there is a phase and zero there ... it happens that it shows two phases in a regular socket .... I can’t understand what a business.?.?.?.?

     
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    NO ZERO !!!

     
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    # 6 wrote: | [quote]

     
     

    these are not two phases, but a line under load. something is plugged into another outlet on the same line (refrigerator for example) ..

     
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    # 7 wrote: Paul | [quote]

     
     

    Correction: not the line under load, but the induced voltage in the neutral wire. But there is definitely no zero.

     
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    The author completely forgot about the ballerinas.
    "They are spinning, already rippling in their eyes. Tie a dynamo to the leg ... let it give current to underdeveloped areas ..." (A. Raikin)

     
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    Good afternoon. At the expense of wind and solar.Let's produce electricity at the cost of units. Wind generator 1kva. Let's say 50tf. the charge controller for it is 15 thousand, the battery is 10 thousand, the inverter is 3 kVA 25 thousand, the solar battery is 100 watts 10 thousand, the controller is well 5 thousand, and now, for how long it will all pay off. At the moment, the dressing skin is not worth it.

     
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    # 10 wrote: | [quote]

     
     

    You have a sea of ​​free electricity around and, as N. Tesla said, whoever takes possession of this energy will snatch a significant piece of the pie from energy companies. And the conversation is about the fact that, in his words, ether is not only what surrounds us, but also the internal state of materials, especially current-conducting ones. In physics textbooks, there is evidence that the energy of the magnetic field of a conductor with a current is equal to the energy in the conductor itself, since the current itself creates this field. But Tesla said that the energy of the field exceeds the energy in the conductor itself. I decided this and I can confirm his words. I am doing a demo acting model. I wish to join.

     
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    Dmitriy,
    You reason correctly, but forget the cost of the connection. If a whole gardening is connected, this is still no matter where, and if there are only 2-3 households, and to the nearest substation 20-30 km. You will be connected in such an amount that the cost of a windmill will be quite acceptable.

     
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    # 12 wrote: Vitaly Zhukov | [quote]

     
     

    In the old days there were such devices - dynamos. They generated electricity. Now generators do it. But man has not yet done this. So now it will be: power generators will be built into shoes. And their energy is enough to recharge the phone, netbook and other gadgets. It is very convenient away from outlets. And if this is not necessary in the office or at home, then in a camping trip, outdoors, or in gardening without an electrical outlet, this is a very useful addition. Everything would be simple if it were not so difficult. Two years were spent only on the development of special structures of the porous material, another six months - a year for mass introduction, and will still be expensive. The whole device consists of membranes and works by the method of electric wetting of surfaces. A thousand drops on forty square centimeters of the surface of such a working unit can produce up to 10 watts of electricity. As the manufacturers promise - to march on the spot, or take a walk - and the battery is charged. Currently, you have to recharge from batteries. For example, automobile. Or universal figurative. There are such Chinese systems on a strap as a handbag are worn. And they are already being charged either from the mains or from the generator. And to twist the generator - at least a person, at least a car, at least a wind. Or have a small folding bag for your phone from the solar panels. It is charged from the sun, and nothing needs to be twisted. Long-distance cyclists can sew panels on their clothes and ride part of the way on electricity stored from the sun. So the time came when a person caught up with the need to give current. At least somehow, but the more the better.

     
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    # 13 wrote: Nikolay | [quote]

     
     

    koljaroman
    always wondered where people got such detailed knowledge of the events of bygone days? If you have a tendency to give "facts" without trying to analyze their origin, then I have bad news for you, most likely it is schizophrenia.

    Alexander,
    it will be difficult for the ballerina to spin when she will create an alternating magnetic field through her windings, from which you are going to feed the underdeveloped areas. So far, no scientists have succeeded in abolishing the Ampere force: neither the British, nor even N. Tesla himself.

    Dmitriy,
    and if you look at it from the other side, from the introduction of some stability in the family budget. For example, now everything is fine in our country, and you can afford to buy a couple of wind generators without compromising the family budget. You buy, then a crisis comes, and your family does not even have money to pay utility bills.But this does not bother you, since you prepared for this in advance. As they say, dearA spoon for dinner.

     
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    anatoly, by number 10 comment.

    I would like to discuss with you the topic of electricity from the ether.

    With all respect, Andrew.

     
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    anatoly, Good afternoon, I can send you a scheme of a working BTG, although the freebie is only 300 watts.

     
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    I'm going to go on a trip. First in Russia, then I will try all over the world. But I want to recover in it without money and transport (maximum bike). And, in short, I’m now studying alternative sources of electricity. Well, plus just for myself I want to know these topics 100%.

     
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    # 20 wrote: | [quote]

     
     

    Someone uses free energy installations. Waiting for an answer, thanks in advance.

     
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    Eugene, how really it is possible to get a BTG circuit for 300 watts.

     
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    # 22 wrote: Alex | [quote]

     
     

    anatoly,
    With impatience I would like to know about your achievements, well, it will be distributed as far as possible to help.



    Evgeny,
    Is the theme of the drawing still relevant? =)

     
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    # 23 wrote: Alexei | [quote]

     
     
    You wander too far, everything is simpler, much simpler, an example is a starter-generator, there is a lot of free energy in windings without damping the field, remove and use it. Oil and gas are many times cheaper, but this is not profitable because it’s cheap, then draw conclusions yourself ...
     
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