Eric,
In all honesty this has been a long, slow evolving process. I have acquired much of what I think can be used, but as a results of almost working out of the dumpster and buying some things because the price was right, my assembly requires a tandem axle trailer and I would be afraid to set a propane tank anywhere close to it.
Doing things in a proper and professional manor will require the services of engineering professionals and machine shop services that are beyond my reach. I think you will find very few successful inventors from the backyard so to speak, that have produced a mechanical design prototype with only a very low budget, which is a fact that has been hard for me to learn.
As I said before, my enthusiasm is low but not because of doubts in what performance will come from this machine.
I believe my understanding of horsepower related to air flow and pressures, along with electric motor values of volts, amps and watts and then design sizes of A/C and heat pumps and their required power needs has given a general good guess about what is needed, but then when the time comes to put good money on the counter to pay for high dollar items that might not be exactly the right size or pressure quality, I have had to draw a line and keep building in my mind.
The ADD has produced the ability to come up with many options about how things can be done in different ways, which is of course the main obstruction to progress.
So bottom line....It's all my fault you guys have a hard time keeping your batteries charged. :))
Ron
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Eric" <ewdysar@...> wrote:
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> I have to say that I'm with Pat on this. I recognize that there is an abundance of potential energy in the various temperature differences around a boat, but harnessing that potential energy and making it useful is the hard part. Ron, have you built any small proof-of-concept models to see what can be done with the energy? I don't believe that there is significant energy available from these areas, I'm pretty sure that others have been down this path before. But every little bit helps, and if something can be built that takes no effort or maintenance, it could add to an already efficient vessel.
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> Fair winds,
> Eric
> Marina del Rey, CA
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> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "greenpjs04" <greenpjs@> wrote:
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> > Hi Ron,
> > I must admit, I don't really understand what you are saying. I followed up until you said "at some point pressure and temperature will phase it back to liquid". That's OK, though. Like I said earlier, I am not an expert at these things. Please post back sometime if you build it and let us know how it works.
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> > Pat
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