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I was pondering over renewable energy, and cheap unobstructive ways of achieving it, and I thought of this idea (I shold’ve got a patent first). Can a micro hydro system be installed on a contiuous loop with a low amperage circulating pump? The system would work sort of like forced hot water heating systems. I imagine someone must’ve thought of this before, but it sure sounds like a good idea. I’d be interested in any input.
Britt
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Fred, what important thermodynamic lessons were learned? Perhaps that the second law is true? Why not blow air past a Maxwell Demon and get hot air on one side and cold air on the other?
*Is this site becoming the perpetual motion site?????Something for everyone!Jack : () )(
*Yep, I'm with Jack on this one. No way jose, This would be a perpetual motion machine.In laymans terms - the first law of thermodynamics says you can't get something for nothing. The second law says you can't even break even.Now if you want to use a geothermal heat pump to make steam to run a small turbine, then you are on to something. But that darn heat of vaporization is soooo high.-Rob
*Admittedly knee jerk, but I'll stand by my statement. Just as I did when a coworker told me he was going to run his generator with an electric motor. All you gotta do is give it the iniial spin to get it started.-Rob
*Rob,Or how about the super efficient new "in room" air conditioners that supposedly cool room air with roomair!Standing on the wrong side,Jack : () )(
*Fred,I hereby christen thee "Perpetual Fred L".....Las in loopy...... and you sure are perpetual....Politely and in fun, fang-less,Jack : ) )(
*I am reminded of the great print ad for a T.V. antenna:"Actually pulls signals right out of the air!"Still the funniest ad I have ever seen.Rich Beckman
*I think a macro approach might work here. Get a big enough body of water so that twice a day the water rises and then falls. Capture that water while it's up and let it fall back through turbines. Don't know if it would fit in th etrunk though...
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I was pondering over renewable energy, and cheap unobstructive ways of achieving it, and I thought of this idea (I shold've got a patent first). Can a micro hydro system be installed on a contiuous loop with a low amperage circulating pump? The system would work sort of like forced hot water heating systems. I imagine someone must've thought of this before, but it sure sounds like a good idea. I'd be interested in any input.
Britt