The text of the original in Russian


DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE OF SOLAR ENERGY 

GETTING STARTED? 

   

Part 2. ideological continuation of the theme "DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE OF SOLAR ENERGY" 

«While» Internet on the eve of the invasion of hurricane «Gustav», found some interesting photos from space. Give one of them with the intent to draw the attention of readers in the manifestation of the accumulated solar energy. 

On photo - Hurricane «Gustav» is already on the Caribs. It is a chain of cloud formations in the direction of north Africa. The reason is that a huge mass of heated air due to its inertia moves toward the Atlantic. Over its oceans Air Desert, an extremely dense saturated positive ions and dust particles, moving with the formation of myriad lightning cells. Lightning stray cells in the cyclones. Under certain conditions, several powerful cyclone may result in the formation of a hurricane, which clearly confirms the presence of hurricane «Gustav» in the picture.

Each storm cell «throws» at an altitude of 12000 ... 15000 ... 2000 meters to 4000 tons in the second cooled air with water vapor. Cold air lightning several cells already represents a lot of core cyclone. Under the influence of centripetal force of rotation of the Earth cooled moist air mass, with higher densities, are displaced to the North Pole. In the photo, the path is clearly visible. 

             If I'm right in his discussion, then on their basis can be evaluated in at least «parrots» (in one of the Soviet cartoons long boa measured body parrot), the power of episodic manifestation of accumulated solar energy. 

             So, with the explosion of 1 kg of TNT is allocated about 15 MW of thermal energy. Accordingly, in the explosion 1 kiloton of TNT provided 1500 MW of thermal energy. Power of the explosion of atomic bombs on Hiroshima is estimated to be 10 ... 15 kilotonnes of TNT equivalent. 

             The power of destroying a tornado or tornadoes professionals is estimated at about half the Hiroshima bomb. One storm cell can give rise to 3 ... 4 tornado - will take the power of thunderstorm cells of equal power 2 Hiroshima bombs. The storm is about a dozen lightning cells, ie the power of not less than 20 Hiroshima bombs. Hurricane brings cyclone 3 ... 4 ... 

             CONCLUSIONS: A simple arithmetic calculation gives a numerical value of power, the average of developed hurricane, namely: 1000000 MW, or about 1000 gigawatts (GW), or 1 terawatt (TVT). The total installed capacity of power plants the world is unlikely to exceed the value of 2 500 GWh (unfortunately, I do not have the statistics on the global electric power industry). Nature and joking playfully issues such «occasional» power. In doing so, she did not resort to any high speed or pressure, or supercritical temperatures: Only the enormous weight and the temperature difference in a dozen or two degrees Celsius between their components - nothing more. 

             The main conclusion is that the accumulated solar energy in the earth so much that our civilization can live and grow long and carelessly, if you will be able to master it and learn how to convert it to the usual for a species. For example, the electrical energy. 

             Three months ago I asked to assume a very interesting job. The company bought a plot of land on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria and undertook to build a small hotel with a yacht club for the rest of wealthy Russians. In May this year in Bulgaria, a law was passed in accordance with EU environmental requirements, which state very seriously to encourage the building of alternative sources of heat and electricity. Suffice it to say that the state is almost entirely offset the cost of building and then buying off the energy of tariffs up to 5 times greater the average price of electricity produced in traditional way. Naturally, our businesses are very interested in this. I have been instructed to deal with issues of integration of autonomous sources of solar power and upcoming expenses. 

             Starting work in this direction, I do not even expect, that in Russia there is such a huge number of companies involved in the development of solar energy. More than that, placed under the wings of every possible defense research institutes and size, these firms have the technological advances that the Japanese with the Americans and Europeans simply relax! Widely available in the market of such technology prevents one - closed topics arising from the requirements of the legislation of Russia on gostayne. When the average in Europe, the established cost of 10 euro per 1 watt of solar electric power plants, due to extensive use of Russian components, you can bring these costs up to 5 euro for 1 watt! I, Thomas unbelievers showed our home assembly with full economic assumptions that work and produce electricity for years already. They work even in the winter at the latitude of the Nizhny Novgorod region! 

             In addressing these questions, I learned many new things. For example, the level of performance of cities latitude insolation Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan does not yield the same performance in Spain. While Germany and Britain - even superior! 

             But we could produce electricity through the conversion of solar energy into electricity and a means other - simpler and more effective. I do not accidentally started a conversation with talk about the power of hurricanes. 

Prior to the development of the accumulated solar energy still far enough: you have years of studies and research, experiments and experiences of industrial exploitation. Although generous funding periods may be reduced by an order of magnitude. In world practice there are cases where, for example, in the development of nuclear technology, the target state (very generous!) Funding dramatically - in time - increased the pace of new developments. I'm sure if there is dire need of urgent development of the accumulated solar energy, this problem will be solved within five years. 

             Now, in the course of their reasoning, I would like to draw the reader to another. Namely: 

Since the hurricane is a giant vortex formation, which, in turn, is a set of vortex sizes are smaller, you have to think about the ability of the vortex of Education to concentrate scattered, dispersed, «spread» it in terms of kinetic energy in a very small amount. Indeed, the size of the volume of the hurricane in more than impressive. Diameter - from 1000 to 1500 kilometers. Height - 15 to 25 kilometers. But the release of energy is concentrated in the ring (this is called a hurricane zone «eye»), sizes - inside diameter - from 100 to 150 kilometers, the outer diameter of which more than 20 ... 30 kilometers, the height of the ring - the same, ie, 15 up to 25 kilometers. Simple arithmetic calculations show that the volume of the ring about 150 times less than the vortex hurricane. The term «the release of concentrated energy», I mean hurricane force wind velocity can reach the value 35 ... 40 meters per second, it is evolving in the ring. In the rest of the hurricane vortex is a simple rain in quite a weak winds. That is, it is a relatively primitive form of mechanical energy from the rapid movement (rotation) of large pereuvlazhnennogo air.

Why not use this ability to transform the vortex of concentrated his kinetic energy into electrical energy by means of a simple and well-proven machine? Solar power used to twist the vortex flow. It was a little bit to add wind energy that is needed is likely to more quickly and sustainably-lasting twist flow. And with the inner area of concentration of energy to remove energy to rotate, for example, the turbine stages, the power output shaft connected to an electric generator shaft through a planetary gearbox enhances. What is complexity? Plain design with fairly primitive calculations. 

Moreover, the practice of the ancient engineers, who used the energy of the vortex flow to obtain water from the air and the semi-desert (see the link: http://moiidei.com/nauka-obschestvennyie/osvoenie-nakoplennoy-solnechnoy-energii.html ). Their design is well complemented by wind konfuzorom to support the work of the vortex in the night. Only and only. What I have done two years ago, preparing another article in a popular science magazine.

And during the recent performance of the assignment on the set of solar sources of electricity for the hotel under construction in Bulgaria (where I was intensely «form» of the conversion of solar energy into electricity), was born bold idea. Why not try to use solar energy in our latitudes for the promotion of the vortex in a relatively small amount in order to then remove them focused for the conversion of kinetic energy in its power? If the insulation allows the use of photovoltaic cells with the same effect as in Europe, why it should not work in solar-power vortex (SVES)? 

Then - everything is simple. I do design work on the design of an investment project to build a 16-storey building in a provincial town on the Moscow real project. Model building with up to 10 mm - standard practice for me. Well, «install» on the roof of the house models SVES, no problem.

These pictures - of you, Honorable readers. Despite the impressive geometric SVES size, its mass (weight of steel structures) does not exceed 150 tons, as SVES, mostly - hollow design. Formed from the sheet and other steel products. While 150 tons is still a design house, it will strengthen the support frame. 

Power SVES - from 50 kW to 1 MW. Great variation of values of power, of course, is due to uneven loading on the time of day and seasons. In the deserts, for example, Saudi Arabia, the unevenness of the load would be shifted from 50% to 100%. In our latitudes - much more. 

By the most conservative estimation, the cost of 1 watt power to SVES does not exceed 0.7 ... 0.8 euro, which is an order of magnitude less than the cost of 1 watt of solar power from photovoltaic conversion. Besides. To create a power of 1 MW would need an area of 9500 square meters, located at 27000 units which covers the type PSM6-37 (for today - this is the best rate for foreign-made solar panels). For SVES capacity of 1 MW would require a total area of 500 square meters. Do the findings themselves, Honorable readers