Spoilers On My Concept Boats.

OK, lets scale it up. A flywheel/Gyroscope to stabilized boat, that generates power, powered by hamsters that eat waste from boat. Hamster excrement used as chum. May be mules used to turn shaft.

 

Have you checked these schemes out with your local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals?

 

Do you think Questor is protected by these schemes?

 

I suppose we are all animals in the final analysis.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for viable small scale, off grid solar electric projects under $1000 ? I'm really impressed with the one involving maintenance of batteries for a multi tool cordless sets. I don't think that example can be beaten. Most people that would like a first successful solar project to try out probably already have some cordless tools. If they are anything like me they have had lots of experience with having to charge dead batteries before taking on new intermittent projects. I need to come up with twelve projects by the end of April.

 

Dead Thread!!!

 

I haven't made any progress on identifying the technology that will maintain optimum angle of tilting spoiler mounted solar panels. Our local solar power vendors seem to only deal in fixed mount applications. I'm slowly building a new circle of influence at the University. Someone there will know how to do it. I don't expect to make real headway on research questions there until after the chaos of the new trimester settles down a little bit.

Fixed mounts are one of the greatest obstacles to the viability of solar powered Hybrids.Automated solar panels that follow the sun should improve energy capture by at least 15 to 1.

 

Astonishing, really............

 

EPIC !

 

If you achieve a 15-fold improvement of efficiency over existing fixed systems, the very next day I'll bring you customers who will buy all of your production at the price you want.

Normally, a single-axis solar-tracking PV system can capture 30% more energy than a fixed one. A 2-axis system will arrive to 35%. That is for slowly-moving tracking systems for land-based use. Mount them on a boat which continuously and quickly changes it's orientation towards the Sun and you can say goodbye to this margin, because fast-reacting (which means high power) positioning electromotors would eat great part (if not all) of gained energy.

That sounds kind of like important, dude.

 

Hmm, we should ask which Uni. Some have children here.

Usually we want them to avoid the most dangerous places.........

Not?

 

Rofl.... Questor, what are your coordinates so we can all stay at least 1000 miles away when you do your experiments.

 

The 15 to 1 improvement might be a little too optimistic. On other threads, I read about panels mounted flatly on deck surfaces and roofs over bridges. That is what I was comparing to .Some of them apparently have efficiency rates of less than 6 percent. Yesterday I was wondering if it might be better to mount fixed solar panels around a fly bridge on all sides.Anything would be better than flat mounting.

There are many advantages to building a circle of influence around a major campus.Instant communication with brighter and more organized minds is one of them.( I can find that pretty well anywhere, but the University is the best place for it.) There are also a lot of people there seeking ideas for viable research projects.

 

Let me say, YOU find brighter minds in every cheap pub, no doubt!

 

15 times 6% = 90% efficiency.

Well, call it just "little too optimistic"...