 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| If the Government Didn't Stop Tax Rebates back in the 80's & forward to date for Solar Installs on People's Houses, We would not be in Deep Trouble & paying $4.00 a gallon for gas & with Relying on oil as much today, We would of had 25 yrs + working ahead being busy to date of being self sustainable by now. Nobody brings this up, Today what to do, Schools are going to Geo - Thermal, that subject gets missed mostly on the news. | ||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
| If we want to clean up the Earths Air, we need to slow burning of ALL fossil fuels, that means coal, oil & gas. and to start to Switch to Geo-Thermal. as Iceland is doing, turning geo into electric to charge car batterty, including increasing supply of Geo-Thermal , Solar either PV cells and Thermal Hot Water & Wind for the rest of us, Turn all geo-energy into Electric Power for Homes & Business, Then add Battery's for Cars, more Hybrhts. Renewable Energy & 99% CLEAN read below to be informed, it will be better than oil is. | ||||||||||||
| 6 Ways to Improve Home Energy Efficiency | The San Francisco Marriott Hotel saves $135,000 annually using a FAFCO IceStor System. | |||||||||||
| Forming a LLC info Company 2 Forming a LLC info Company 3 Corporation, Business Essentials Tools & Resources Home-Based Business | ||||||||||||
|
Geothermal Slide Show Geothermal Energy1 Geothermal Power2 Geothermal Resources Council EERE: Geothermal Technologies Program Home Page Geothermal power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Geothermal Energy - The World Heat Pumps | Aire Serv® Of Western Pennsylvania | Heating and Air ... Geothermal Power & Integrated Energy Potential of Western Canada good site |
||||||||||||
 We
Design, Program - Source Code Level & Build Solar Heating "Micro Controllers " for Hot
Water Solar Thermal Loop Systems - Drain Back Systems - Differential
Controllers for Residential & Commercial - Car Wash Buildings ,
Apartment Houses & Hotels with shared Hot Water Systems, We Have
different pump controller designs - 1 pump to 5 pump systems
for flow rate control, depending on solar thermal curve of the day.
|
||||||||||||
 |
UNITED STATES - The west coast boundary between the North American and Pacific plates is "sliding" along the San Andreas fault (many earthquakes but few volcanoes) from the Gulf of California up to northern California and subducting from the Cascade volcanoes north through the Aleutians. There are also volcanic hot spots under Yellowstone and Hawaii and intra-plate extension with hot springs in the Great Basin. California generates the most geothermal electricity with about 824 MWe at the Geysers (much less than its capacity, but still the world's largest developed field and one of the most successful renewable energy projects in history), 490 MWe in the Imperial Valley, 260 MWe at Coso, and 59 MWe at smaller plants. An additional 242 MWe are planned for operation by 2000. There are also power plants in Nevada (196 MWe now, 205 MWe more planned), Utah (31 MWe), and Hawaii (25 MWe). 75 MWe are planned in other states. Due to environmental advantages and low capital and operating costs, direct use of geothermal energy has skyrocketed to 3858 GWh/yr, including 300,000 geothermal heat pumps. In the western United States, hundreds of buildings are heated individually and through district heating projects (Klamath Falls, Oregon; Boise, Idaho; San Bernardino, California; and soon Mammoth Lakes and Bridgeport, California). Large greenhouse and aquaculture facilities in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, and Utah use low-temperature geothermal waters, and onions and garlic are dried geothermally in Nevada. | |||||||||||
|
Empty Roof tops in America - Designing & Building - Electronic Micro's Control Gadget's & Interfacing - For Solar Thermal for your Roof including Green Energy improvement for big apartment buildings Domestic Hot Water Systems & Car Wash service sites, is what I do in my Spare Time -" besides" balancing work to pay the Bills. we all should be thinking of Solar thermal for our own homes & Geo-Thermal power plants as the Big Picture replacing Dangerous Nuclear, Hydro Dams that stops the salmon reproductive cycle & fossil fuel Energy pants that adds Carbon & make the government rich on every gallon of fossil fuel taxed at the pump & natural gas coming to your home. Did you know that your hot water heater that runs in the summer (ele or gas) of your monthly power bill & second in the winter besides heating your home - average home use about $35 a month, 24/7 just keeping the water hot for Your Shower, Your Sinks & the Laundry Unit. If the USA would go Solar for summer, we would be unhooked somewhat on a percentage from the gas, coal & Fossil burning carbon adders. If we could control our lives better. we would all be Solar Farmers for a period of the year 6-10 months depending where we live, with a solar panel on our roof either being photo voltage or thermal , wind power for others, heat pumps for others and so on. Main page Geothermal Heat Pumps for Federal Buildings (PDF 957 KB) Heat Pump Overview (PDF 115 KB)
|
||||||||||||
| Design Program - Source Code Level & Build Solar Heating "Micro Controllers " for Hot Water Solar Thermal Loop Systems - Drain Back Systems - Differential Controllers for Residential & Commercial - Car Wash Buildings , Apartment Houses & Hotels with shared Hot Water Systems, We Have different pump controller designs - 1 pump to 5 pump systems for flow rate control, depending on solar thermal linear curve of the day. If chosen I could assist or instruct how to understand today's micro-chips, like The Stamp, Atom, Picaxe, ect. building & programming working control boards. There in your microwaves, tv's, alarm clocks, ect,.. writing the code for human interface, mechanical logic, analog for input & output control, all you need to get started is a laptop... RFDI will be tomorrows Frontier. | ||||||||||||
| News Feb 15 2008--- > DOE Supports Creation of an Enhanced Geothermal System www.NaturalNews.com | ||||||||||||
One of My Past Pets & a Best Friend in my Life, Now he's "Gadget"
in Space, we call haven! |
Solar Water Heating read | Sun tracking circuit for solar arrays | ||||||||||
| drakeengineering@yahoo.com | ||||||||||||
|
Pauls Gps Receiver bought 2/15/05 - A+ great choice, High sensitivity Sirf Star III (Tracking Sensitivity: -) not obsolete then or now 2 yrs later, still the Best |
||||||||||||
| kitchip | NexusRescearch | discovercircuits.com | ||||||||||
| AC Motor Speed Controller | switching with TRIAC from TTL | Adjustable Voltage motor Controller | A miniature high-rate speed control | A miniature low-rate speed control | AC Induction Motor Fundamentals | |||||||
| Pcbcart - PCB Prototype Volume | brain-computer interface Neuro-Programmer | open circuits | robert room | making your own | ||||||||
| Printed Circuit Board Supplies | Pre-Sensitized | Making PCB's | Photo Etch PCB Supplies | PCB etching | Press-n-Peel Wet | |||||||
| pcbnet.com | futurlec pcb charge | places | futurlec | Processors | Microcontrollers | |||||||
| FREE PCB design software | EverythingPCB | RobotCafe.com | printed circuit boards. | downseek | softwarepod | |||||||
|
Flashing LED-would save program space Microchip PIC 12F683-I/P hex file |
PCB Home Page | Finding PCB Software | ||||||||||
| MAKING PCB's EASILY by SM0VPO | Easy PC Boards | SuperDave's | How PCB are made | Easy PC Boards | Pummers | |||||||
| TechDose.com: Technology Links | Make a PCB | interesting site | PCB123 | ExpressPCB | The week in tools | |||||||
| press-n-peel,InkJet,PCB Etch,Etch PCB | Free WinQcad | AtariAge Forums | PCB Fuser | Links999. | clay paper | |||||||
| good prices-pcb qty | Printed-Circuit Boards | PCB design from a schematic | PCB PCB2 | Downloads - PCB-POOL.COM | BatchPCB.com | |||||||
| heat pump page | solar page 2 | tech1 small engines | electronic1 | |||||||||
| ac page 2 | Dc power for your house | UV stuff MICROBOREHOLE | electronic2 | |||||||||
| abs pipe stock | dc power home | Pauls ALL epa 4 tests | ||||||||||
| http://www.yenka.com/freecontent/ on: http://www.crocodile-clips.com/Our_Products/Absorb_Courseware/ yenka.com | ||||||||||||
|
Compared products others - solar control boxes- you need deep pockets $399 Compool Solar Controller w/ Valve & Actuator $399 Goldline GL-30 Differential Controller$182 |
||||||||||||
|
Beta site - North East PA Paul's "smart" controller installed on 4/18/07- inside w temp 50F, outside temp 55F- unit ran fine on startup (today) 4/23/07- Non glazed loop gives +45F above outside temp as air temp is 75F- water temp down is 120F so far : 45F x 520lbs= 23.4 k btu's per 1 hour @ 3 gpm rate = 1 roof cycle 5/4/07 -11am - heated so far 440 gal = 3 hours in tank 440gal = 3.5k lbs x 20 degrees = 70k BTU's so far by 11am ( 3 hour tank cycle ) morning sun - not peak sun -by noon tank = 80f |
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||
 |
House I bought in 2007, I will Make it a Solar Hot Water Loop project this 08 summer |
EnerWorks Residential Water Heating Appliance
|
RenewableEnergyAccess.com | |||||||||
| SEI offers hands-on workshops
in solar, wind and water power and natural building technologies in 17
locations. SEI also offers internet based online
courses.
one is Rancho Mastatal, Costa Rica hostels for $9-$11 per night |
|
Hardware version sensor of system |
|
|||||||||
 |
|
aluminum with copper www.sunray.com |
|
|||||||||
|
Solar
Collectors
Nice site Sungrabber 2' X 20' Solar Panels - 3 Qty (SLH SPP 240-3) $299 |
|||||||||||
|
On May 3 & 4, 2008, and Ohio resident may fish without a license as part of Free Fishing Days pa - |
|
Solar Powered Car Wash in Toronto, it has two banks of ten collectors, each
with sixteen evacuated tubes,
|
grant opportunity postings | |||||||||
| DOE
Document - Rolled-out collectors
good site about other countries progress Solar hot water - Wikipedia,encyclopedia |
Zero
energy building
Tech Instrumentation >> Solar System Thermometers |
INTEGRAL
STAGNATION TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SOLAR COLLECTORS
Eagle 1 Differential Temperature Control "Click here" to view Product Brochure |
... its water using 40 unglazed solar collectors - each
one 120" x 50" ... The solar car wash
will save an estimated 16,000 cubic meters of natural gas and
|
|||||||||
| For more information on funding solicitations go to: http://www.repartners.org/grants.htm | Drain Back |
solar thermal http://www.hi-tecsolar.com/prodfeat.html A bright solar energy start-up aluminum www.sunraysolar.com |
passive site Proud of your work? Send us the details for consideration in our magazine or online |
|||||||||
| For
the semi knowledgeable Person Than I can share with- This
is my favorite - Geothermal , Ground-Coupling with Water Source Heat Pumps,
below
is some of the links i found, between my Epa Ac license to work on
Heat pumps mixed with Heat Pump feature (Scroll type- variable speed
inside air flow Fan control- Seer 18 -water to freon)
Geothermal instead of the unit only be thermally connected with outside air them only (Ambient Outside AIR Temp) not the best, bury a Abs loop in the ground on your property, or if you had a Swimming Pool , dump it there, does 2 jobs then, good, anyway Heat pumps dumping there thermal transfer to good old mother earth is Geo-thermal / Heat pump configuration is in my option the best for the cost out of the box. the best for the price, ( $1 of energy in - $3 out - the fact ) with a regular heat pump ,air , transfer units are only good till the outside air difference is max out at 40F, 30F is considered the max before your $1 in, turns out to be $1 out, a Engineered correctly designed ground loop systems can yield 4 - 5 times Coefficient - it means $1 in - $5 out , 24/ 365 days a year this is correct, you need to study to lean "Y", because earth is a temporal temp is a constant 50F + - 5F year round I passed 4 cert. last winter 2005, My average score is 97% - if you do water type heat pump can be less than 1/2 the size unit as a air unit. see here > Gaiam - Heat Pump Water Heaters If you use electricity to heat water, heat pumps are three to five times more ... The good points of heat pump water heaters are they use only 33% to 50% as much power. Someone agrees Swimming Pool Heat Pump Today an emerging method of heating pools is the heat pump pool heater. A heat pump's efficiency is dependent on the outside temperature and since pools are usually used during warm and mild weather, heat pumps are a very efficient method of heating pools. Heat pumps do not generate heat, they simply capture it and move it from one place to another. How efficient is a swimming pool heat pump? That's not an easy question to answer. Heat pumps don't have a simple efficiency number to work with. Their efficiency is measured by Coefficient of Performance (COP). Just like other heating options, heat pumps can have low efficiencies or high efficiencies. Their COP can range from 3.0-7.0. The higher the number the more efficient the heat pump. What this means is that for every unit of electricity that you put in to run the compressor, you get 3-7 units of heat out of the heat pump. The higher efficiency units usually use scroll compressors versus the reciprocal compressors of the standard units. Arizona Geothermal Direct Use Conference Why Geothermal? Heat, from the earth's interior, can be extracted from hot water or rock and used to heat buildings, greenhouses, water and more. Using geothermal heat in this manner is known as "direct use." Heating with renewable geothermal energy can drastically reduce or eliminate natural gas, propane or electricity use. Arizona possesses a substantial geothermal resource that can be developed for direct use applications, which will stabilize energy bills, reduce energy costs, and increase energy independence. This one-day conference will provide comprehensive information on the state's geothermal resource, potential for development, project examples and steps to getting projects in the ground.
... featuring our InSpireTM Transpired Solar Collector
that utilizes metal wall ... geothermal probe and collector pipes
harness the constant 50°- 55°F from the
|
||||||||||||
| Above is based on Resistance heat , like baseboard electric heat 99% eff.., and oil & gas is only about 80% good since 20% goes up the smoke stack | ||||||||||||
| Geothermal | Heat Harvester - Water Source Heat Pump Information. |
Robur produces water heat pumps and gas absorption heat
pumps ... Heaters field tests. Save with room heaters. Early GAHP.
Gas air-conditioning. Heat pumps comparison ...
|
Water Loop Heat Pumps | |||||||||
| FREE Sun Thermal Energy Installation Of Commercial Solar Thermal Systems - Open Loop / Closed Loop / Drain Back Systems | ||||||||||||
| Installed system we installed in 2006 below - reading about info: | ||||||||||||
| Closed loop System Presently installed in Stroudsburg in Early 2006 - Solar water returned from roof regularly @ 120 F Daily in April (System Cost : Parts about $1800 + 2 day installation) , A great Survey Site since the 40 apt, is medium numbers, Funded By owner of Complex & My Time at Regular Rate. 40 apartment housing unit . Return Investment will be less than 1 year , only moving service parts is the pump, should last for 30+ yrs | ||||||||||||
| in April @ 125 F. @ 40,670 Btu's) output & May 29 @ 140F output to a supply's H. W. preheat Holding Tanks - to the Input of the Electric Hot water Heaters | ||||||||||||
| Update ---- May 30 - On time was 8 am, off was solar day peak time of 4 pm, ...... we stored up 520 gallons at 120 F in 8 hours. | ||||||||||||
|
Btu Math = 70 gallons on Roof = 581 Lbs X 70 F (present) Increase using 125F = 40,670 BTU's) coming down - Free Sun ( Collector liquid capacity should be min 10 % to 15% or 20% for good performance of storage capacity ) Metered flow output = 2 GPM Flow rate = water in sun area = 35 minutes , 4 hours per day to cycle full 520 gallons = 2 cycles per 8 hr. day |
||||||||||||
|
If you use what size Piping ? 1/2" pipe = 40 ' per gal / 500'= 12.5 gal / or 1000' = 25 gal / 1200 = 30gal $100 (15 min in sun) / 1500' = 37 gal. 1'' pipe = (20 ft per gal) (100 ft = 5 gal) 2.5 min (300 ft =15 gal) 8 min in sun (1000' = 50gal ) (1500' = 75 gal ) time = 37 min in sun - (all times) based on 2 gal per minute flow |
||||||||||||
| We only have (2) 80 gallon out of (5) water heaters presently ON requiring Electric power from the power Company to heat the water for the Entire 40 unit Apt. Complex. Thanks to the all day Solar sun water coming down from the roof, soon we will be on only (1) 80 Gallon unit for all of the 40 Apartments, Update - 1 unit is not enough on cloudy days , 2 does just fine Survey of 2006, I will install this year the multi pump mirco-controller board, I designed , will update you, when I do another survey 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Final Storage BTU's Before Electric Power Usage Will be 520 gallons X 8.3 LBS = 4,316 Lbs X increase temp from 55 well temp to about 130 degrees = 75 degrees increase or 323,700 Btu's from the sun before Electric Power is applied. to ( 520 gallon of Night time 130 F degree Stored Solar Hot Water + Day time hot water usage included by system (24-7 ) System does +30 degrees increase on 65 degree cloudy days & about 75 degrees increase on 90 degree days / Remember were dealing with the full light spectrum ( Ir to Uv wave length ) not just Visible light @ 400-700 nanometers | ||||||||||||
| Solar Power - There are many ways to take advantage of the heat and light generated by the sun. During the energy crisis of the 1970s, a solar energy future was the rallying cry for many environmental activists concerned about America's addiction to fossil fuels. Consumers continue to prefer to rely upon sunlight for electricity over any other supply option. read more | ||||||||||||
| Other links below | ||||||||||||
| New Solar Homes Partnership. | American Solar Energy Society | SOLAR 2006 Conference | ||||||||||
| EnergyGauge A user-friendly software tool created by FSEC to allow detailed analysis of building energy use. |
State of Florida’s energy research institute, | Earth Solar Homes home-features map and listing good site if your going to design your own solar home | ||||||||||
| federal funding | Financial Opportunities | Grants Grants.gov main | BP Solar | |||||||||
| States | Federal energy managers | Consumers | Business, industry, and universities Inventors can apply for a grant Main | |||||||||
| www.ases.org | www.dsireusa.org | millionsolarroofs.com | $14M Available Renewable Energy Projects Solar Energy Technologies | |||||||||
| good site on solar | Energy Systems Solar Assisted Heat Pump Water Heater Fact Sheet | |||||||||||
| All
My Research for over a yr. say that 3 gallons per min is a
good flow for solar, you must consider piping size resistance
> the length of the loop to get your figure, not just head
height when choosing a pump, a good idea after choosing your
parts and building your system is to install a flow
meter on the return to the roof, since that's the cooler side,
to check the exact flow, flow alone is not the most important
factor when tuning your system, Flow x Temp to the heat
exchange give the thermal transfer, and is the same for the
collector time to pick up the heat again. that's why you
should be able to change the flow in a Range during the day to
get 140F coming down at the slowest flow rate at the same
time, and to get 140F + down if you can at the max flow rate, the
perfect system. (1 Lb of water x 1 degree = 1 Btu)
...slow flow when the sun comes up/max flow in mid day/slow
flow heading to the evening.
Were in model T times, As most installers slap a system up and get some heat out and there down the road to the next job . its like a car without a gas peddle, crude ! No fine or medium way of changing the differences the sun hits the roof from morning to peak to dusk ! Thermal Exchange is what the solar market does, it has allot of differences during the day.
you could install a tempering valve that would not be as good because it would add resistance to the pump when not fully open and that would cost more energy to the pump and make the pump run hotter. the controller is the best design again, but this would be a simple add on, but you will still need a temp watch dog comparator to see the temp on the roof and the storage tank and know when to come on and shut off the system. a cheap timer to set on at 9 am and off at 6pm and the tempering valve would be a start of a running system.
Water Flow Control Types |
||||||||||||
| DOE Grants $111.6 Million for Home Westernization Improvements Developing and Writing Grant Proposals noncompetitive grants and unsolicited proposals | ||||||||||||
| Metal makes a good thermal conductor, especially copper and aluminium. | ||||||||||||
| zero carbon solar water heating Build a Hot Tub DIY Solar Panel Solar Collector Plans, the Greenhouse Effect and Solar Panels | ||||||||||||
| Solar Thermal Selective Coatings Solar Product/Project Topics RADIATION VIEW FACTORS RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER | ||||||||||||
| Geothermal Equipment Room photos, at our energy efficient home in Deep Creek Lake, MD | ||||||||||||
| Were Expanding in Refrigeration Service, Heat Pumps & Ground Source Geo-Thermal in 2006-2007 - Green Energy links | ||||||||||||
| Commercial Links Solar Program Development Home Project in Maine Solar King AAA Solar | ||||||||||||
|
"To Do - Design Projects of the month" 3/07 1) Pic controller for 3 pump system at apartment building - the hotter the water coming from the roof the more pumps come on to increase water velocity. finished 4/4/07 2) Outside Temp sensor that shuts off your sump pump for the winter so it not pumping against a frozen output discharge pipe when the temp is below 32 F. |
||||||||||||
