Re: [Vo]:DESERTEC solar thermal plan

2009-09-18 Thread Michel Jullian
According to that paper, electricity can be transported over very long distances (from North Africa to all of Europe in their project) with only minor losses (15%) using HVDC power lines. If that's true, it seems to me that with such a HVDC grid, renewable energy doesn't have to be stored any

RE: [Vo]:DESERTEC solar thermal plan

2009-09-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Michel: According to that paper, electricity can be transported over very long distances (from North Africa to all of Europe in their project) with only minor losses (15%) using HVDC power lines. If that's true, it seems to me that with such a HVDC grid, renewable energy doesn't have

RE: [Vo]:DESERTEC solar thermal plan

2009-09-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Oops! I spelled your name wrong, Michel... Actually I can blame that on T. Edison. ;-) My apologies. Regards, Steven Vincnet Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks -Original Message- From: OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson [mailto:orionwo...@charter.net] Sent:

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: I suppose one every few blocks in an urban area might work. Sort of like cell phone towers. [snip] You could put them at stoplights, where people stop anyway while waiting for the light to change. In this scheme, the cars would have small, on-board batteries or

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-18 Thread Terry Blanton
And trains. Meet SWIMO: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20071120/142783/ Terry On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Some years ago there was a plan in Europe to operate electric buses with quick charge capacitors. They would recharge at

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: And trains. Meet SWIMO: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20071120/142783/ This is light rail with a 10 km range on batteries. This makes more sense than buses with capacitors or fast-charge batteries. I think it would be easier to put a recharger under a

Re: [Vo]:Chinese theory paper mentions cold fusion

2009-09-18 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Red herring, Jed, or perhaps cold fish would be a better metaphor. cold fusion in that context means anything below the temperature where fusion cross-section is high. It's a term used in the field that this particular section was about, synthesis of superheavy elements by keeping the

[Vo]:UL receives request to certify EEstor

2009-09-18 Thread Roarty, Francis X
Article From http://www.allcarselectric.com/blog/1035295_ul-has-received-request-to-certify-eestors-product Electric car enthusiasts are excited about the potential EEStor's as-yet-unseen product known as the EESU represents. An extremely lightweight, low-cost battery that can be charged in

Re: [Vo]:DESERTEC solar thermal plan

2009-09-18 Thread Mike Carrell
Michel seriously needs to study electrical engineering, for the follow ing post is permeated with ignorance and misunderstanding of history and phsyics and the hows and whys that produced the system we now have. - Original Message - From: Michel Jullian michelj...@gmail.com To:

Re: [Vo]:DESERTEC solar thermal plan

2009-09-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
Mike Carrell wrote: Who was the idiot who invented AC power transmission in the first place? ;-) Their names were Tesla and Stanley and were backed by Westinghouse. . . . That was a joke, Mike. A geek joke. I expect everyone here remembers Edison's classic remark that they should call

RE: [Vo]:UL receives request to certify EEstor

2009-09-18 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Roarty, Francis X Another curious story http://bariumtitanate.blogspot.com/2009/09/could-lockheed-martin-launch-elec tric.html

RE: [Vo]:The two irritating Nates

2009-09-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
As I said, after the NSF/EPRI meeting and perhaps a few others, Lewis should have said something like: my initial concerns about this work have now been satisfied, and I agree the effect is real. You are supposed to be able to say that with no loss of face. It is pefectly okay to have doubts

[Vo]:Lewis irritating again on the next page

2009-09-18 Thread Jed Rothwell
I should have read this transcript more carefully. As I said, on p. 5-21 we have Lewis asking a reasonable, informed question, and getting an answer that should put all doubts to rest: Lewis: If you consider the total amount of tritium detected, compared with the total in the amount of

Re: [Vo]:The coming of Wireless Power, A report on CNN

2009-09-18 Thread Terry Blanton
Siemens has proposed exactly such a system. The infrastructure cost is higher because the charging coils are embedded in the trackway. Terry On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Terry Blanton wrote: And trains.  Meet SWIMO:

Re: [Vo]:UL receives request to certify EEstor

2009-09-18 Thread Terry Blanton
ZENN's agreement with EEStor is extremely specific. I suspect LochMart has a much broader arrangement. ;-) Terry On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: -Original Message- From: Roarty, Francis X Another curious story

[Vo]:From The Kiplinger Letter, Friday, September 18, 2009

2009-09-18 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From The Kiplinger Letter, Friday, September 18, 2009 ENERGY SECTION: Space based power plants are no longer just a science fiction fantasy. Pacific Gas Electric aims to supply 250,000 customers from one by 2016. The Calif. Utility inked a deal with Solaren Corp. for 200 megawatts of

[Vo]:Helium Bulb RF Emmitor

2009-09-18 Thread Harvey Norris
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harvich/3932411851/ 60 hz Binary Resonant 60 H high induction coil system discharging helium bulb to ground. The scope records on one channel the left tesla secondary given a top load capacity, which slows its vibration when the top load is removed. Another spiral

[Vo]:Opposite BRS Elevated Neon Ground Discharge

2009-09-18 Thread Harvey Norris
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harvich/3932481603/ During the duration of this neon discharge, about 5 ms with an interruption time of at least 48-50 ms, where the discharge is not evident; during the discharge itself the sending high induction coil records a scope recorded air core magnetic

[Vo]:Tower before Morning Glory Vines

2009-09-18 Thread Harvey Norris
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harvich/3933314910/ Sideways View of Secondary and Central Tower Globe/ June 30/09. HDN Pioneering the Applications of Interphasal Resonances http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/teslafy/

[Vo]:Magnifier Secondary

2009-09-18 Thread Harvey Norris
http://www.flickr.com/photos/harvich/3933345200/ 47 Turn/ 10 ft Diameter/1500 ft 14 gauge Secondary for Magnifier Experiments. Primary later placed as three winds of thick insulated 00 gauge aluminum around the base circumference laterally outwards from the first wind, so that the primary has a

[Vo]:Tesla Coil Reference Guide/ White Board

2009-09-18 Thread Harvey Norris
http://www.tesla-coil.com/whiteboard.htm#. HDN Pioneering the Applications of Interphasal Resonances http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/teslafy/