Hyperion Power Generation

Hyperion Power Generation is making the news. And why may you ask. Its because of their Hyperion Nuclear power plant. Hyperion plans to create the mini-size nuclear power plants in New Mexico and then sale the mini-nuclear generation units to people who may need electrical energy. The Nuclear power plants are mini and will not create near as much energy as a full sized reactor, but these units are small in size and can be shipped to locations in a semi truck or possibly on a rail car. Hyperion Power Generation nuclear units should be able to power a town of around 25K households with its mini-reactor. Of course there are a lot of controls that will be needed to ensure this is safe, but it may be an answer to reducing the emissions from coal and fossil fuel type power plants and these Hyperion Nuclear plants will be a lot cheaper to produce.

We’ll just have to see what the public’s perception of Hyperion Power Generation’s plan and whether the public will accept these pint size nuclear generation plants or not.

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Einstein refrigerator

Can the Einstein Refrigerator make a  comeback in these times of Energy Crisis. Seems Albert Einstein invented this refrigerator a long time ago. Einstein was always ahead of the times so this could be another contribution of Einstein’s to the world long after his death.

The Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts and requires only a heat source to operate. It was jointly invented in 1926 by Albert Einstein and his former student Leó Szilárd and patented in the US on November 11, 1930 (U.S. Patent 1,781,541 ). This is an alternative design from the original invention of 1922 by the Swedish inventors Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munters.

History
From 1926 until 1933 Einstein and Szilárd collaborated on ways to improve home refrigeration technology. The two were motivated by contemporary newspaper reports of a Berlin family who had been killed when a seal in their refrigerator broke and leaked toxic fumes into their home. Einstein and Szilard proposed that a device without moving parts would eliminate the potential for seal failure, and explored practical applications for different refrigeration cycles. Einstein used the experience he had gained during his years at the Swiss Patent Office to apply for valid patents for their inventions in several countries, the two eventually being granted 45 patents in their names for three different models.

It has been suggested that most of the actual inventing was performed by Szilard, with Einstein merely acting as a consultant and helping with the patent-related paperwork. Additionally, Einstein’s name lent the research prestige and credibility.

The refrigerator was not immediately put into commercial production, the most promising of their patents being quickly bought up by the Swedish company AB Electrolux to protect its refrigeration technology from competition. A few demonstration units were constructed from other patents.

The invention of Freon in 1930 rendered the vapour compression process the standard for refrigeration.

Operation
The machine is a single-pressure absorption refrigerator, similar in design to a gas absorption refrigerator. The refrigeration cycle uses ammonia (pressure-equalizing fluid), butane (refrigerant), and water (absorbing fluid), has no moving parts, and does not require electricity to operate, needing only a heat source, e.g. a small gas burner.

The ammonia is introduced into the evaporator, causing the refrigerant to evaporate due to the fact that the partial pressure of the refrigerant is reduced, and the mix of gases then passed through to a condenser where it comes into contact with the absorption liquid. Since ammonia is soluble in water and butane is insoluble, the ammonia gas is absorbed by the water, freeing the butane. Heat is thus first given from the butane to the ammonia as the gases mix, and then from the ammonia to the water, as the ammonia leaves the butane, taking heat with it, and dissolves into the water. The butane then assumes the pressure inside the condenser, which is enough to make it liquefy. Since butane’s specific gravity is less than that of ammonia in solution in water, the liquid butane floats on top of the ammonia solution. The liquid butane then passes back to the evaporator to repeat the cycle. The ammonia solution flows to a heat exchanger where a heat source drives it from the water as a gas again and it returns to the evaporator.

The Einstein refrigerator has been described as "noiseless, inexpensive to produce and durable".

Fighting Back Against the High Cost of Gas

It seems as if our country is on a downhill spiral with not a lot of relief in site. The high cost of energy is hurting everyone and causing havoc not only in the United States but in the entire world. Many analysts claim the high cost of energy is directly related to the increased consumption of energy within the world. While this is partly true its also true that the political system has not really worked as it should. The politicians throughout the world really only care about themselves and don’t really care about the people they are sworn to protect. These politicians are really no more than puppets whose strings are pulled by the many energy companies whose profits depend upon the high cost of energy for the world.

This has been the way things are went up to now, but its going to change. People off the earth are now starting to really get the message that things can not continue as they have up to this point. Many people are working towards creating a green earth policy and they are reducing their consumption on energy sources such as oil. As this trend continues you will see more reductions on the need for energy derived from oil and you will see additional sources of Energy become mainstream. The world needs renewable energy and as new technologies which take advantage of the new technology you will see the high cost of gas reduced. More articles on the environment and the political landscape are available at MyTownTalks.com

I recently purchased a Book that is going to really help me with my energy costs. Its not going to help me with my gas bill, but the simple directions describe in this book could very well save thousands of dollars a year on my electric bill. I was a little skeptical at first but since it only cost a few dollars I decided to give it a shot. I’ve been pleasantly pleased and its so easy even I could figure out how to easily create my own renewable electricity power plant.

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