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NEW RELEASE – 2023 ESTC – Earth Integrated Structures and The Truly Passive Greenhouse – Paul Wheaton

Hear about the greenhouse that uses zero electricity (not even a fan!) that stays warm throughout the Montana winter. Learn techniques to create your own, using local materials with zero cement, or other toxic gick. Explore the fascinating aspects of earth integrated structures and hear about Paul’s Wofati design which highlights rustic passive house design creating a comfortable, solid and charming home that is quick, easy and cheap to build.

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Earth Integrated Structures And The Truly Passive Greenhouse

Earth Integrated Structures And The Truly Passive Greenhouse

GO HERE FOR MORE PERMACULTURE INFORMATION BY PAUL WHEATON: PERMIES

Hear about the greenhouse that uses zero electricity (not even a fan!) that stays warm throughout the Montana winter. Learn techniques to create your own, using local materials with zero cement, or other toxic gick. Explore the fasci…

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2020-09-28 Jeremiah Ferwerda Interview on Tesla Turbines & iEnergy Supply

Tesla Turbine - Jeremiah Ferwerda

This was a few months ago in our shop when we were helping Jeremiah with some machining for his new Tesla Turbine model.

Support Jeremiah’s work through his website: https://ienergysupply.com/

Jeremiah’s presentation from the 2021 ESTC is available here:

Nikola Tesla’s Thermodynamic Transformer

So far, Patreon is the primary way to financially support his efforts but more will be added to this website soon.

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Nikola Tesla’s Thermodynamic Transformer by Jeremiah Ferwerda

Tesla Turbine - Jeremiah Ferwerda

This is a must have presentation because the Tesla Turbine is one of the “low hanging fruits” when it comes to a technology that is the closest to fulfilling a sustainable energy generator that can power your home or business. With relatively low temperatures, you can have a turbine spinning 10’s of thousands of RPM turning a generator that supplies electricity. There are many variations and applications of the Tesla Turbine technology and the particular one that Jeremiah Ferwerda is focusing on is the “cyrophorus” method.

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That means there is a hot and cold side to the turbine – the warm water tank boils water at a low temperature because a vacuum is applied to it, that steam drives the drive stage of the turbine and the other side is a vacuum side that pulls a vacuum through the drive stage all the way to the water to keep it boiling at a low temperature.

Solar electricity is about 20% efficient if you’re lucky but what most people don’t understand is that using the sun to heat water is much more efficient. So, with not much effort to heat some water with the sun, you’ll have a solar battery that runs a turbine at high speed making electricity – literally, the concept is as simple as that and for this particular application of the Tesla Turbine, Jeremiah is further ahead that anyone else developing more and more efficient methods with the cyrophorus method. Imagine a solar electric system that winds up being 40, 60, 80 or even close to 100% efficient! 

In 2020, Jeremiah presented other aspects of the Tesla Turbine system but that presentation was never released because we were not able to include a demonstration. We’re also releasing this presentation at the same time so you can get either the 2020 1.5 hour presentation or the 2021 1 hour presentation with demo or both at a further discount.

Get your copy here: https://emediapress.com/shop/nikola-teslas-thermodynamic-transformer/

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NEW FREE VIDEO WITH BATTERY & SOLAR SECRETS

NEW FREE VIDEO WITH BATTERY & SOLAR SECRETS ON YOUTUBE

This is not a promo video sell these solar charge controllers because all the inventory was sold and we’re not producing any more anytime soon. It is to help those that already purchased a S3A12 but that’s not all – you will greatly benefit from this information. Read every bullet point of what is covered in this video.

  • How to properly hookup and use the S3A12, why the Green light comes on before it is topped
  • How to properly calculate safe discharges from lead acid batteries
  • Why the claim that crystalline panels are more efficient than amorphous has no real meaning and why
  • What the VMP and other specs on the panel means and which ones you need to pay attention to the most
  • Description of the true topping event so you know the battery chemistry has been reversed to like-new condition
  • A bit about how to restore some battery life
  • Why batteries sitting on concrete go bad – it has nothing to do with the concrete
  • How to use a constant voltage / constant current power supply to imitate a solar panel for testing
  • Why every solar generator manufacturer or kit supplier are ripping you off with their inverters

For reference, the page where the S3A12 charge controller is right here: https://emediapress.com/shop/s3a12-bedini-solar-charge-controller/

To go deep into the art & science of battery rejuvenation, consider these presentations: https://emediapress.com/shop/combo-battery-secrets-battery-rejuvenation/

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Solar Thermal Fuel

A few months ago, a paper was published called Macroscopic heat release in a molecular solar thermal energy storage system available here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2018/ee/c8ee01011k

The overall concept is explained in this one sentence: “A solar thermal fuel is like a rechargeable battery, but instead of electricity, you put sunlight in and get heat out, triggered on demand,”  – Jeffrey Grossman, Engineer MIT

Here is a simple diagram that shows the concept:

When heat from the sun warms a fluid, it changes the molecules so that this heat can be released at a later time on demand when it is exposed to a catalyst.

What I see as a huge instant benefit is the efficiency of the system. Solar panels are around 20% efficient, which is horrible, but some of the best solar heat collectors such as the evacuated tube collectors can be in the high 90%. Being that heating accounts for about half of the average home energy use, this method makes a lot of sense.

It is likely you have experience with a fluid that operates similar to this – sodium acetate heating pads. These are plastic containers with a simple chemical solution. When you heat them up, the solution liquefies and stays that way until activated. There is a tiny metal, flexible disc inside. When the disc is bent or “clicked”, it triggers a chain reaction crystallization process of the chemical that heats up.  This is of course oversimplified compared to the Solar Thermal Fuel technology, but is suffice to convey the concept in simple terms.

For an article, which is much simpler than the paper listed at the top of this post, go here: https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-develop-liquid-that-sucks-up-sun-s-energy