Website review: SHPEGS - Solar Heat Pump Electrical...
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rohar1 discovered 14 months ago- The idea is to leverage an available heat source to transfer much larger amounts of heat between the ambient air and the ground using a heat pump system. This heat source could be solar thermal, geothermal, coal or other waste heat sources. A convection tower (bi-directional chimney) allows the large quantities of air to move across the heat exchangers without expending energy as in a forced air system. A large subterranean heat storage system (water, sand, stone or earth, either natural or man-made) is used to store both the heat from the air and the heat collected from the solar/geothermal source until the air is cooler (either day/night cycle or seasonal). This stored heat is relatively close to the system (as compared to deep geothermal) and the energy to pump the heat is relatively low.
- ElDave rated 6 months ago
- From the page: "This is a project to design and build a system that uses a combination of direct and indirect solar collection to generate electricity and store thermal energy in an economical, environmentally friendly, scalable, reliable, efficient and location independent manner using common construction materials."
- deide rated 6 months ago
- From the page: "Solar Heat Pump Electrical Generation"
- laodan rated 6 months ago
- SHPEGS: Solar Heat Pump Electrical Generation System Open, Location Independent, Reliable, Clean and Renewable Energy. via a comment of rohar1 on Concentrating Solar Power in The Oil Drum,
This is a project to design and build a system that uses a combination of direct and indirect solar collection to generate electricity and store thermal energy in an economical, environmentally friendly, scalable, reliable, efficient and location independent manner using common construction materials. The project is being managed with a similar methodology to Open Source Software Development and the ideas and contributions are being published openly on the Internet without an attempt to secure patents. The hope is that with an open philosophy that the project shows similar Rapid Application Development and success as Linux and other Open Source Software projects and provides a system that can meet future energy requirements in a sustainable manner. Open, Location Independent, Reliable, Clean and Renewable Energy. An Open Source Electrical Power Generation Initiative... The comments on Concentrating Solar Power are a treasure trove for those interested in renewable energies.
- SHPEGS: Solar Heat Pump Electrical Generation System Open, Location Independent, Reliable, Clean and Renewable Energy. via a comment of rohar1 on Concentrating Solar Power in The Oil Drum,
- thehorn rated 12 months ago
- This is real baseload power for the grid. Absolute Zero emissions post construction. Spain has an ELEVEN Megawatt pland that just opened. I think this is a key piece of the puzzle.
From the page: "This is a project to design and build a system that uses a combination of direct and indirect solar collection to generate electricity and store thermal energy in an economical, environmentally friendly, scalable, reliable, efficient and location independent manner using common construction materials. The project is being managed with a similar methodology to Open Source Software Development and the ideas and contributions are being published openly on the Internet without an attempt to secure patents. The hope is that with an open philosophy that the project shows similar Rapid Application Development and success as Linux and other Open Source Software projects and provides a system that can meet future energy requirements in a sustainable manner. " - This is real baseload power for the grid. Absolute Zero emissions post construction. Spain has an ELEVEN Megawatt pland that just opened. I think this is a key piece of the puzzle.
