Beneath Alien Waves

[Dredj]

Originally Posted by rust

Strange indeed. I took the name Pharos from the famous lighthouse of Ale-
xandria, one of the Seven Wonders, perhaps they started with a similar idea.
The download has an interesting description of a seamount, perhaps I will
"borrow" a few ideas there.

I took a look at the other links again, and among the things I will introduce
to Pharos IV in the near future are:
- sea wave power and desalination plants,
- solar energy to power small watercraft (or at least to reload their energy
cells),
- bioplast and biomembranes produced from algae.

Some of the other ideas I will discuss with the players (or offer them to their
characters in the game).

Again, thank you very much for your help !

Thank you very much for your praise and gratitude of the links I post. I take a keen interest in "green" and "free" energy. So you can expect more of it--as I become aware of more of it--from me in the near future

[rust]

Originally Posted by Dredj

I take a keen interest in "green" and "free" energy.

A technology very often used on Pharos IV is the Savonius Turbine:
Savonius wind turbine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is very simple, extremely rugged and quite cheap, and it works with ocean
currents just as well as with wind.
On Pharos IV, almost all floaters and ships have some kind of Savonius turbi-
ne as a secondary power production system, and even many seafloor habi-
tats use them.
Savonius turbines are also the type used for the colony's first ocean current
power plant. While their energy output is lower than that of other types of
turbines, the initial costs and the maintenance requirements are much lower,
too.
Due to the weather conditions on Pharos IV, the most common type is the
"flat" one without any kind of mast, approximately like this one:
Forgen Wind Powered Generator


Another technology often used on Pharos IV is Solar Paint:
Swansea University - Latest Research

Since both floaters and SWATH ships usually have large horizontal areas that
are not used very often for other purposes, it seemed a logical idea to use
such "sun decks" for energy production by coating them with solar paint.

Together, Savonius turbines and Solar paint provide just enough energy to
keep the basic life support systems of a floater or ship running in emergency
situations, for example when a cyclone interrupts the energy grid of a floater
settlement (which usually has only one fusion reactor on a separate floater),
or when a ship has to shut down its fusion reactor for some reason.

[Dredj]

Originally Posted by rust

A technology very often used on Pharos IV is the Savonius Turbine:
Savonius wind turbine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is very simple, extremely rugged and quite cheap, and it works with ocean
currents just as well as with wind.
On Pharos IV, almost all floaters and ships have some kind of Savonius turbi-
ne as a secondary power production system, and even many seafloor habi-
tats use them.
Savonius turbines are also the type used for the colony's first ocean current
power plant. While their energy output is lower than that of other types of
turbines, the initial costs and the maintenance requirements are much lower,
too.
Due to the weather conditions on Pharos IV, the most common type is the
"flat" one without any kind of mast, approximately like this one:
Forgen Wind Powered Generator


Another technology often used on Pharos IV is Solar Paint:
Swansea University - Latest Research

Since both floaters and SWATH ships usually have large horizontal areas that
are not used very often for other purposes, it seemed a logical idea to use
such "sun decks" for energy production by coating them with solar paint.

Together, Savonius turbines and Solar paint provide just enough energy to
keep the basic life support systems of a floater or ship running in emergency
situations, for example when a cyclone interrupts the energy grid of a floater
settlement (which usually has only one fusion reactor on a separate floater),
or when a ship has to shut down its fusion reactor for some reason.

Thank you for the links. I'm a bit confused on the solar paint, though. Wouldn't there need to be 'electrodes' and batteries to collect the energy the paint is absorbing? It seems from the article that all you have to do is paint some steel and you've got electricity?

[rust]

Originally Posted by Dredj

I'm a bit confused on the solar paint, though. Wouldn't there need to be 'electrodes' and batteries to collect the energy the paint is absorbing? It seems from the article that all you have to do is paint some steel and you've got electricity?

I think one would of course have to connect the "painted solar panel" to so-
me kind of energy storage device like a battery (energy cells based upon su-
perconductor loops in the case of Pharos IV).

Here are some more informations about the basic idea of Solar Paint:

Spray-On Solar-Power Cells Are True Breakthrough

NJIT - PublicInfo: NJIT Researchers Develop Inexpensive, Easy Process To Produce Solar Panels

CBC Toronto - Features - Solar Revolution


Edit.:
And this is the energy storage technology that the colonists on Pharos IV use:
Superconducting magnetic energy storage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Dredj]

The colonists have got to wash their clothes "green"
Detergentless Haier WasH20 Washing Machine

I'm hoping someone on this forum from France has bought or used one of these and can tell us how good it works

[rust]

Originally Posted by Dredj

I'm hoping someone on this forum from France has bought or used one of these and can tell us how good it works

An interesting idea, although I am not sure that those hydroxide ions (OH-)
would be very good for the cloth - I will look for some more informations.

Thank you for the link !

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Another interesting idea for Pharos IV might be phytomining: Genetically mo-
dified algae are used to extract valuable minerals from the sea water, for
example magnesium, which is used to produce aluminium and titanium alloys.

[Dredj]

Here's a site I found that has some interesting stuff on it: Inventions and Ideas from Science Fiction Books and Movies at Technovelgy.com

[Harshax]

Originally Posted by Dredj

The colonists have got to wash their clothes "green"
Detergentless Haier WasH20 Washing Machine

I'm hoping someone on this forum from France has bought or used one of these and can tell us how good it works

Did you notice that your post populated the comments section of the page you linked?

[Dredj]

Originally Posted by Harshax

Did you notice that your post populated the comments section of the page you linked?

Not until you mentioned it. Maybe we'll get a response from someone who has one of these machines

Maybe someone who's viewing the site will buy BRP!

[Harshax]

Originally Posted by Dredj

Not until you mentioned it. Maybe we'll get a response from someone who has one of these machines

Maybe someone who's viewing the site will buy BRP!

And contribute to this thread!