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If the mass of the wind turbine is lifted by the tide, then, the lowering tide can leave the mass of the wind turbine above the water.
I can draw a picture if needed.
Do you see this?
The mass of the wind turbine needs to be anchored to the ocean floor like a toilet bowl float is attached to the toilet bowl tank.
The rising tide raises the mass of the turbine (and the toilet bowl float raises to shut off the water in the toilet bowl tank).
When the tide lowers (the toilet bowl float falls down and opens the water valve) the wind turbine mass falls with the tide.
How much energy does it take to raise the wind turbine mass?
How much energy does it take to keep the wind turbine mass up when the tide lowers?
If the entire mass of the wind turbine is held up at high tide with a gear attached to an electric generator, then, as the tide lowers the mass of the wind turbine will turn that electric generator.
Like this:
The tide lifts the mass and a one way gear doesn't turn the electric generator.
The tide falls away from the lifted mass allowing gravity to force the gear to turn the electric generator.
Up = no tide generated electricity
Down = tide (or wave) generated electricity
The same principle can be used at a home electric (power-indepenence) plant.
If the independent electric producing person generates too much electricity (when the sun and the wind are maximziing production) there can be an additional storage capability (so the excess production is not wasted) by lifting mass.
A. Lift water from underground (in a wll) to an above storage tank. The mass of the water can be used to drive a water turbine as the water falls out of the high tank to a lower tank.
B. When the high and low water tanks are full (no more room to use the excess electricity to pump more water) the tanks can be lifted by electric motor (generators) geared to a lifting rack. As water (mass) is drained from the tanks the remaining mass can be lowered to fill the tanks back up.
The idea, of course, being to utilize gravity as a source of energy.
Solar (Light and wind energy)
Lunar (Tide)
Gravity (lifting mass with excess energy to be used when sunlight, wind, and tide can't keep up with electric demand)
Barefoot and pregnant
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Power-Independence
Last edited on Fri Jul 6th, 2007 02:03 pm by Joe Kelley