Day4-A Collection of Resources

⊛ August 05, 2023

Yesterday and into this morning I watched Rob’s recommendation for the Dept Of Energy’s YouTube series on different clean energy systems and processes Energy 101. Watching through it it’s obvious that SCADA/OT will be at every step of the process from growth, to generation, storage, etc…

Susttainable Public Transport

  • Hybrid Electric
  • Zero Emission/Fully Electric w/ Auto recharging stations
  • Compressed Natural Gas (cleaner/quieter/predictable cheaper price(s))
  • US National Parks are using natural gas and propane fuels

Clean Energy Mfg

  • MFG: Converting Raw materials to end products
  • Clean Energy Mfg: Using advanced tech to meet product needs via cheaper processes and stronger/ligher composites
  • Advanced battery tech
  • New processes and additive manufacturing (3d printing)

Heavy Duty Vehicle Efficeiency

  • 80% of stuff is hauled, but they are 4% of vehicles on the road, but use an inordinate amount of fuel
  • Variety of efficiencies via fuel, engine, aerodynamics, tires, lightweight materials
  • Even local shipping trucks can be electric or natural gas

Geotherm Energy

  • Dry steam geotherm plant, or flash steam plant, binary cycle plant, all power generators but use it different processes
  • Geotherm is being used today and could be more viable in the future

Wind Power

  • Rotor shift/turbine adjusts to be the most efficient
  • Can be on land or sea based

Fuel Cel Tech

  • Fuel cell = basic battery which expels H20
  • Stackable
  • Hydrogen stores the power from another source such as via nat gas, etc…
  • Often used as backup power source

Energy Efficent Commercial Buildings

  • 20% of US energy goes to commercial buildings
  • Save energy by using a whole building system design and can be up to 70% more efficent via lighting, heat, even blinds/insulated windows, air distribution system, solar systems

Feedstocks for Biofuels

  • Biofuels made from organic matter
  • Biofuels can generally replace most biofuels in a sustainable way (up to 1/3rd of current energy use)
  • Energy crops such as poplar trees, switch grass, ag waste, can be converted to biofuels
  • Have to break down the plants into biofuel

Marine/Hydrokinetic energy

  • Movement of the ocean’s wave via kinetic energy
  • Enough energy along coasts/rivers can provide a substantial portion
  • Generated via bouys/turbines
  • Must preserve ocean life, while also existing in harsh conditions

Hydropower

  • Higher elevation to lower elevation via turbines
  • Generates ~7% of US power
  • Multiple ways of creating power between diversions, impoundment, or stored power
  • Dams can be retrofitted/upgraded w/ new tech (only 3% of current dams generate power)

Alge to Fuels

  • Alge-ponds can store oils
  • Oil be extracted via breaking down the alge
  • B/C alge uses CO2 it reduces CO2 while providing energy products

Biofuels

  • Biomass from crops, trees, and waste products can be turned into fuel
  • Can be integrated w/ current fuel systems
  • Uses a number of different from Chemical breakdown, thermal breakdown, etc…

Lumens

  • Measure of Brightness (more lumens = more bright)
  • Variety of ways including energy saving bulbs, LEDs, etc…

Electric Vehicles

  • LiON batteries, with high efficency
  • Hybrids can switch between Electric and traditional fuel
  • Lol at the Tesla in this section

Energy Efficent Vehicles

  • Up to 3% of US energy powers data centers
  • S/w to optimize energy usage
  • Uses an air exchange system different than typical HVAC

Daylighting

  • Everything from hoods, to electric-chromatic windows help w/ this
  • More natural lighting = less heating bill

Solar PV

  • Enough energy from the sun hits the earth every hour to power the world for an entire year

Wind Turbines

  • Repeat of “Wind Power”

Cool Roofs

  • Cool roofs use high reflection materials to reduce roof temp and mitigate the urban heat island and AC use
  • Green roof uses a soil system on the roof to grow plants and reduce energy usage

Geothermal Heat Energy

  • Geothermal heat pumps use a series of pipes, pumps, and water/water and antifreeze mix underground to keep things cool/warm
  • Can be used almost anywhere and be vertical or horizontal system

Home Energy Assessment

  • Looking to find where the house can be more efficient and save money/energy

Concentrating Solar Power

  • Reflecting the PVs to make steam and generate electricity
  • Uses troughs, mirrors, and other systems

Fission vs Fusion

  • Fission: Splits, U/PU, currently in energy production
  • Fusion: Joins, H, still a work in progress

Small Modular Reactors

  • Nuclear can provide reliable energy
  • Smaller and less expensive than traditional nuclear power plants