Topic TALK: Inland waterways, sustainable
energy, kites
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| Rough notes by Joe Faust, attendee Bowman Bradley : main speaker. He owns a boat or so. Andy Stevenson Lucy Esmond Wan Djawad Gave slideshow/talk for intro to AWE. IMech Event Centre host ============= One speaker at a time They said 200 registered Solar future. Live, Cruise 3000 miles canals charge battery = hydrogen fuel cell Calif 10000 hydrogen cars The Ross Barlow 2007 Birmingham university =connect to shore connection = PV = Marine generator, but still uses fuel Large and slow propeller costs less on driver The serial hybrid? ================ Existing fleet challenge on diesel. What to do? ??biodiesel ??? Problem: minor mods in fuel systems. Slow burn low ambient temperature performance is poor. Veg. oil. Going solid water retention in fuel taks. Sustainability. But land use to grow plants for oil. Advance on the biofuels is still occurring. Existing infrastructure is a plus. UK canals ========= Recharging elect problematic Hydrogen refuelling Yet H needs distribution infrastructure ======== 7 ft wide canal boats =================== Wan on Kite Wind Turbine not indepth intro Griffith comment TED clips. Chinese Cerf Pocock 1827 Charvolant Hargraves, Langley, Bell, Wright Bros. Loyd's paper J. Energy. Vol. 4, No.3 Article 80-4075 Error: not as descends! Slide indicated energy gain during climb and descent: Error Energy and climate crisis Makani ... screen shot They did REPORT EXIT OF MAKANI But did not report exit of KPS Chat q not answered. I did not appreciate that questions were to be placed by email. I was muted full time. Only one attendee was listed; but they said 200 registered. They did answer about 4 or so questions that they received by email. |
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