So there is a buzz about kites pulling boats (ships) and saving energy… I LOVE technologies that are old fashioned and then make a big comeback (good example = steam engines). Questions – how do these things work when the wind in not in the right direction? They say they are computer controlled – what does the computer control? Why not sails which can give you a better angle? mrm
UPDATE:
The first Skysail has left Germany on a cargo ship headed to Venezuela.
Wow – Trane (soon to be IR) has a combo dessicant wheel/chiller system which seems to work backwards. The device takes water from air just before it enters living space and dumps it back into air coming from outdoors. I buy the concept – question is, why don’t we see this installed out there? Money? Performance? Maintenance? Ignorance? mrm
Perhaps you have seen the video of the generator blowing up after being cyber-attacked which appeared on CNN. Cool video, but what was happening to get a generator to start smoking? Is this something that could happen in real life? mrm
OK, so steam as a district heating medium is disappearing. Lots of good reasons. One result is many systems are using high pressure hot water and often this hot water is heated from a waste heat source. So, the question is, when you don’t need that high pressure hot water to heat things, how can you use it to make electricity? mrm
