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#4 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Google Meet Collaboration - Meetings Plus Followup Discussion » 2024-11-24 18:19:30

Rain delayed work on house rebuild and improvement with more materials being ordered for Tuesday use followed by more deliveries to do roof and more to seal it up before more weather happens.

#5 Re: Planetary transportation » Tunnel Transportation on Earth, Mars or Luna » 2024-11-24 18:12:45

Happened on a movie that shows the high speed transit that links cities in Genesis II video on tube

https://youtu.be/67qGuYOpSZE?si=Yg9dZg4p6vMWlfHa

#6 Re: Home improvements » Home project wiki list and policy » 2024-11-16 12:40:08

My home is a frame currently being upgraded with 2x6 wall construction as we speak.

#7 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Google Meet Collaboration - Meetings Plus Followup Discussion » 2024-11-12 10:18:38

I did login to newmars forum and new and it resets newmars forum not allowing for a day to be able to login but seemed ok. Found a way to access accounts on old cell with wifi tethering for now.

#8 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Google Meet Collaboration - Meetings Plus Followup Discussion » 2024-11-10 18:22:55

Got a new cellphone but need to finish fixing Google account had to connect using my wife's old phone.

#9 Re: Meta New Mars » FluxBB Update to 1.5.12 status 40.75.112.55/forums/FluxBB/index.php » 2024-10-07 20:26:19

Made use of edge debugger and here is the page information error:

login.php:7
       
        GET https://newmars.com/new/style/Fire.css net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)

It appears that the css files are not present but there is an issue in the login.

#10 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Google Meet Collaboration - Meetings Plus Followup Discussion » 2024-10-07 20:02:42

Sorry about the meeting as I had fallen asleep.

Password hash is part of the user table backup

#11 Re: Meta New Mars » FluxBB Update to 1.5.12 status 40.75.112.55/forums/FluxBB/index.php » 2024-10-07 19:59:17

I did visit from the link and you are correct most things seem there from a data base stand point.

#12 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Fluidized Sand Thermal Energy Storage » 2024-10-05 18:02:31

I take the word sand as sand being crushed grains that are fine from earth soils and rock. The pipes extend in through the sand and come out the other side. The heat is coming from exhaust heat or from heated air or any other working fliud, or gas that is pumped through the system.

Magaldi's website states that its thermal unit is sustainable, made with silica sand and steel.

charging, storing, and discharging

To discharge, the heat exchanger reverses, releasing superheated steam at up to 752 degrees Fahrenheit.

#13 Re: Meta New Mars » Housekeeping » 2024-10-04 17:31:54

This is the system that I described for solar concentrated with antifreeze heat exchanger embedded in the sand so that heat can be taken out later for heating.

#14 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Fluidized Sand Thermal Energy Storage » 2024-10-04 17:26:16

An image to go with words

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heat exchanger imbedded in the sand

#15 Re: Interplanetary transportation » The Empire Strikes Back: ULA's Vulcan Rocket » 2024-10-03 19:08:14

Successful Vulcan launch early Friday would unlock lucrative future for ULA

Vulcan takes two BE-4 engines, which along with up to six solid rocket boosters provided by Northrop Grumman, give Vulcan more power than either Atlas V or the now retired Delta IV Heavy, with 3.6 million pounds of thrust on liftoff.

#18 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Fluidized Sand Thermal Energy Storage » 2024-10-03 18:54:23

We have talked about sand but adding liquid now creates internal tank storage pressure. Sand battery was discussed in the Geothermal and Geothermal Battery (Changed Title 12/21/23) a Void started topic.

#19 Re: Meta New Mars » Housekeeping » 2024-09-27 18:34:53

Bought burial plots Monday which didn't include opening and closing which happened today. I am quite tired but I think she would have been happy. They didn't find out full term baby girl but moved her headstone next to her grave. Son from Texas got here late last night due to change in connector flight redirect. Spent time yesterday in the rain continuing the shed build with son that came down from Littleton.

#20 Re: Meta New Mars » Housekeeping » 2024-09-20 17:12:16

I have sad news to let all on the forum that know of my wife's conditions as she has passed today with her 3 sons that live still at home while I was away at work.

#21 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Vacuum plus Water Gravity plus Air Compression Energy Storage » 2024-09-18 19:20:06

Since working in units of meter is called for then the Ton is a metric ton or 1,000 kg which is 1,000 liters.

Storage is the units in a stagnant or none moving state.

The pipe sizes are also critical for the flow rates desired not only to maintain filling the tanks but for also pumping them to the top once more to close the loop.

Try to fill a 1-liter bottle in 1-sec. from the water facet and then you have a comparison point as that tap is at 40 to 50 psi. or https://www.aqua-calc.com/convert/press … -kilopasca    https://calculatorpack.com/water-pressure-calculator/

Power turbin water exits out the bottom of the unit so its going to be mounted at the top of the down hill tank.
s-l960.webp

this shows the water re-entering the stream after exiting the pump
s-l960.webp

This is a turbine that one can build as a DYI if that is your choices.

Power generated would connect to a battery system and be draw out of it by the pump is we are unable to build a Ram pump.

otherwise, the battery then connects to the invertor to make 60 hz voltage for use.

#22 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Vacuum plus Water Gravity plus Air Compression Energy Storage » 2024-09-18 16:37:30

The storage is not a number but a variable that is determined based on the tank volumes, water amount, internal and external capability for pressure and vacuum as Caliban has already indicated due to implosion and explosion of the tanks and piping due to those levels.

So, you must decide on the level of work that must be produced to determine those values in the above statement. You must determine the power levels for the pump and generator in order to size all other aspects of a design storage and use.

One can make the storage the size of a walnut under extreme pressures or vacuum, or you can have a mountain size unit will be minimal of those.

The original numbers have already been given and they produce very little energy.

mass-energy_scaled.png

You must also include Gravity Energy Storage as they are part of the energy system by default.

We are still talking about the most efficient form of storage and conversion rate for Electricity, Work, and Power

Summary of Force, Work and Power

Force = Energy applied to an object(Measured in Newtons).

Work = Force X Distance, or the amount of heat transferred (Measured in Joules or calories).

Power = Work/Time (Measured in Watts)

Various Energy Units

1 calorie (thermochemical) = 4.184 J

1 Btu = 251.9958 calories

1 Btu (thermochemical) = 1054.35 J

1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3.6 x 106 J

1 kilowatt-hour (kWh) = 3412 Btu (IT)

1 therm = 100,000 Btu

1 electron-volt = 1.6022 x 10-19 J

volume-cylinder.png
https://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-the-V … a-Cylinder
https://www.gigacalculator.com/calculat … ulator.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_fluid

generator type for the working fluid determines inlet rate from the volume

This is also where we get into how much power wattage can I get for how long of a duration before refilling the volume.

Pressure control is achieved in hydraulic systems by metering the flow of a fluid into or out of a constrained volume to create force such as a jack for an automobile.

https://www.hi-force.com/en-uk/blog-det … te-a-force

https://www.hydraulicspneumatics.com/te … c-pressure

A pump adds energy to oil in any of the three ways, as described by Bernoulli’s equation:

Hydraulics pneumatics Com Sites Hydraulics pneumatics com Files Dec mc Eq1

where P is the pressure,

ρ is the density,

v is the velocity,

g is the acceleration due to gravity, and

h is the elevation.

More equations on the page

https://www.machinerylubrication.com/Re … re-vs-flow

Fixed_Displacement.jpg

Of course, this is moving the fluid to make pressure from the reservoir to the location to be moved.

Sensing functions that are computer controller-ed used to produce a response for more or less power seems to be good to have.

While I am thinking about gravity and water as the mass that we can make use of.

https://www.micro-hydro-power.com/water-turbines.htm
Hydro-power-flow-head-graph.jpg

Power (watts) = Head (m) x Flow (litres/sec) x 9.81 (gravitational constant ‘g’) A typical water to wire efficiency is around 70%, so you should multiply the result by 0.7 to get the actual amount of electricity that you can expect from the site.

https://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/H … fRiver.htm

Power = (1/2)(Turbine Efficiency) (Water Density) (Turbine Flow Area) (Water Velocity)^3

Normally the mass is what will cause the turbine to move so knowing the amount and time is a flow rate.

Rotation is required and that is torque for the turbine.

Of course, when you need RPM's we are looking at that flow rate as it relates to the torque values.

https://www.studysmarter.us/explanation … al-motion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque

Power in rotational systems (torque and frequency of a rotation)Power-in-rotational-systems-(torque-and-frequency-of-a-rotation)-527.png

power generation from the top to the bottom means we want to make 2 -3 times what we would use. So I am looking at the 3kw turbine as it would cost less than $400 on ebay turbine
.

s-l960.webp

s-l960.webp

s-l960.webp

https://www.pumpfundamentals.com/Pump%2 … sizing.pdf

#23 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Vacuum plus Water Gravity plus Air Compression Energy Storage » 2024-09-17 18:16:06

Store of pressure or is defendant on size of chamber and period that measurement is done.

https://nooutage.com/hydroele.htm

https://attradev.ncat.org/wp-content/up … design.pdf

So off grid water power creators use an old washing machine motor rewound to producr 600 w at 24 v like this unit

Screen-Shot-2014-11-23-at-10.09.35-AM.png.webp

the magnetic disk that goes over the coils is not shown.

https://anythinganywhereanytime.synthas … urbine.pdf

#24 Re: Science, Technology, and Astronomy » Vacuum plus Water Gravity plus Air Compression Energy Storage » 2024-09-15 17:55:57

In artesian well control design, a one-line jet pump or equivalent is used to move water from the non-pressurized water storage tank which is the bottom tank into a water pressure tank which is what we have with the top tank. It has a typical 20-40 or 30-50 psi trip point to turn on and off the jet pump that is in the well. Of course, that is an open loop system as we are closing the loop by creating energy with the released water that will travel down to the lower tank through a generator unit. While in a well we have 1 Atm above the well it's the column of water that build pressure to aid the pumping unit.

#25 Re: Home improvements » Solar Installation in McGregor, Texas August 2024 Start » 2024-09-15 14:35:00

Thats why storage batteries that are part of the power wall that KBD512 matter as excess since when you you want energy that is saved for later.
The frequency of 60 hz is looked at we are in the audio range and that makes the grid unit that GW has a part of an amplifier where the amplitude controls whether you are pushing energy into the grid.

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