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Western States Economic Recovery Initiative (S.E.R.I)
Mission Statement: Balance and enhance State Budgets with income from hydrogen generation. Restore and enhance education, health
and welfare programs. Successfully compete with existing markets
concerning gaseous and liquid hydrogen.
Mechanism of goal completion: Using ocean and tidal currents to perform "electrolysis". Storing and transporting H2 to market.
Technology: Use recent patented innovation of environmentally safe
generators . Proven off-shore platforms and off-the-shelf H2 related
equipment.
States Affected: Any state with water movement, typically slow moving high volume water masses. This document is primarily directed toward Washington, Oregon, California, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. Eastern states have an equal opportunity to profits from this new technology. States with major water flow access (Mississippi River border states) will benefit as well.
S.E.R.I.
The west coast of North America has a renewable resource named the "Humboldt" current. Cold water from the north flows steadily south along the western states coastline border. This current presents a huge number of cubic miles of water power as a potential power source.
Many projects have documented the awesome power of wave action *. Tidal (barrage) power projects also reveal this potential as well. However, proposed projects* also reveal the economics behind each scenario; Prototype wave power stations were predicted to produce power at .03 to .04 cents per kilowatt-hour (1981) and the (Cook Inlet) tidal plant scenario predicted 2,000 to 3,000 dollars US per Kw to build. Some projects are under planning and construction in the UK, but cannot show the viability to properly compete with utility power.
This is where S.E.R.I. parts company with tradition. Utility companies produce a perishable product (electricity). S.E.R.I. however produces a commodity-hydrogen. Much of the secret to this technology is in more of a change in mindset than "new" technology. Traditional gensets must produce power in a narrow band ( 50 to 60 Hz AC and very specific voltage}
Electrolysis only requires 1.2 volts or greater to split water into hydrogen(2parts) and oxygen (1part) and the key element is -DC. Direct current versus alternating current. DC engineering applies itself well to this "new" technology. The one element that remains the same is "Watts" (a universal constant-volts times amps=watts). The off-shore generating facilities presented will produce from 100megawatts to 1,000 mw each. Costs over a 50 year life expectancy are close to a penny per kwh and construction costs vary from 1.00 per watt to 50.00$ US per kw.
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"911" Left our Nation in severe financial straits. Not only are we dependant on foreign sources for petroleum products, but that dependency pumps vast amounts of cash into a geographical region with war and fighting as a regular diet. This "Initiative" will prove to facilitate a survival mechanism in our "Time of War"
"Homeland Defense" legally stripped State budgets of billions
of dollars. Restoration of those funds has become the burden of each state. Innovation and energy efficiency have made a difference in WA. States’ energy appetite. Wind power has made a competitive bid in alternative power. Wave and tidal power have yet to prove themselves.
This paper introduces several innovations that prove to alter the status of "Ocean Current Power Generation".
Present day technology only is interested in "grid" power; regulated current and amperage delivered via A.C. (Alternating current).
A change in "mind set" will expose the value of harnessing slow
moving water. The technology page outlines the physics behind the efficiency of using "Very low speed turbines" . Wind turbines have been used successfully for 20 years but, have limitations ; wind speed is not consistent , air is 1/800 th the density of water.
Ocean currents are quite dependable but not that suited for manufacturing A.C.. *Tidal barrages are costly and destructive to the environment.
The "New" technology uses Unregulated D.C. to perform electrolysis. Large *"Vertical Axis generators" take 6 seconds to complete one revolution, but fitted with powerful permanent magnet gensets, power is converted more efficiently and is in equilibrium with the environment. The "Energy Market" occasionally is affected by innovation and invention. Such "innovation and invention stands ready for deployment at this time.
Technical sheet.
Let us consider a moving stream of water, with a flow of
one meter per second (1m/s) . 1cubic meter of water (1m <3) weighs
1 ton. 1 ton of water moving @ 1m/s has a kinetic energy of 500
joules (E k=1/2mv ). A panel placed across this flow (1 square meter) would receive a power of 500 watts (P=1/2rhoSv ) (rho is density of water 1gm/cubic centimeter)
Consider a piling anchored into the ocean bed with 100
meters underwater , fitted with a vertical watermill (10 spokes with one way flaps) 30 meters diameter for a total of 7500 square meters exposed to the force of the current.
7500 times ½ kilowatt = 3750 kw , or 3.7 mw available power.
Overall efficiency could be debated but let us round the number down to 1 megawatt per piling available power. Industry standards
suggest 7500 watts will produce 53 cubic feet of H2 per hour*.
Thus: One MW produces 7000 cubic feet H2/hr. or 170,000 feet per day. This product can be liquified (it takes 7.5 kwh to cool 1lb.)
or piped to on-shore users. Current price for H2 varies from 1.00$* or more per foot on down to 10 cents. This is the established market
and not the goal of competing with foreign oil.
It takes 113* feet to make a pound. One gallon of H2 liquid weighs six-tenths of a pound*. One gallon of H2 is about equal to a gallon of diesel.* To compete with other fuels H2 must be delivered to consumer for 1cent per foot. S.E.R.I. delivers that goal. At 7.5 kw delivering 53 feet H2* we deduce 1kw makes 6 or 7 feet, or at 1cent a foot- 6 cents a kwh. (Within desirable power rates)*.
Other deciding factors: Hydro-electric plants require land and materials of massive description. Utility companies are closely regulated and have massive distribution systems with high maitainence costs.. Construction costs of land based power generation facilities are high in comparison to modular H2 current generators. Electricity is not a commodity like hydrogen. H2 is more than a fuel for power and heat and spaceship propulsion. H2 is still under investigation and will continue to amaze the universe for many centuries. Choose renewable power sources to solve all our energy needs.
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