The next installment of Kearon’s Mercury/Ford Capri conversion to 100% plug in electric is here! In the episode, you find out a bit about the high-voltage cables, the battery monitor, and the plate I’m going to mount all the under-the-bonnet bits on. Enjoy!
Duration : 0:11:49
Here’s the real messy bit - pulling out the petrol (gas) engine. Getting messy is always more fun with friends - thank you to Rob ‘Inertia Man’ Marriage and to Mic Simpson for shooting this episode. We pull out the last of the dino-burning bits, and learn a few mechanical fundamentals along the way…
Duration : 0:11:27
http://www.ted.com Forget about the hybrid auto — Shai Agassi says it’s electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10
Duration : 0:19:10
It’s the hot spot at Laramie River Station, the Unit 1 boiler. Most of the time, it’s just hot. This spring, it’s hot because it’s the happenin’ place to be.
The boiler is getting a lot of attention during the unit’s maintenance outage. It’s the first of Laramie River’s three units to get a new system, called overfire air, to help reduce emissions.
(Myron Singleton/Mechanical engineer): “The overfire air project is used to reduce the NOx emissions that form at the burners. With overfire air, you divert about 15 to 20 percent of the air away from the burners, and we inject up here higher in the furnace to complete the carbon burnout.”
(Erin Huntimer): “Beneath my feet is the secondary air duct thats bringing air in from the air heaters. Part of what’s new with this project is this 72-inch diameter header duct behind me that’s redirecting air from the secondary air duct into the new overfire air ports in the boiler.”
Taking air away from the burners starves the fire for oxygen. This forces the nitrogen atoms to bond together into more stable, inert nitrogen molecules, rather than nitrogen oxide.
Planning for the outage started more than a year ago. The unit was shut down in mid April.
(Myron Singleton): “Before the outage, we started steel construction. We had quite a few modifications to make to the structural steel. And then we started construction of 72-inch diameter header ducts in February.”
The overfire air project is the first step to meet upcoming emissions rules in Wyoming being made through what is called a BART analysis. BART stands for Best Available Retrofit Technology. The next step will be installing new burners to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions even more. Each of Laramie River’s three units will get them in future outages.
(Dave mings/Environmental coordinator): “What we expect to see with overfire air and the low NOx burners completely installed is possibly a 20-25 percent reduction in NOx emissions, and we hope were going to be getting a little bit better than that. Its just going to depend on how well our older boilers that really are not designed right for this type of thing, how well our boilers and how well our operators we have some of the best operators around here if they can do their jobs to the utmost, then we hope to get that NOx down without losing a megawatt of energy.”
Another hot spot in the Unit 1 outage is the turbine deck. This is the last of the three units to get a new high-pressure/intermediate-pressure rotor and stationary blading. The project improves efficiency, meaning more megawatts without burning more fuel. The Unit 2 upgrade results in 12 more megawatts of power. Unit 3 is producing 20 more megawatts. The Unit 1 project is expected to get similar results.
Unit 1’s outage activity is winding down. The real heat returns to the boiler in early June, when operators fire the unit to bring it back online.
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Duration : 0:3:7
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How to buy green cars: Hybrid, electric and clean diesel cars
If you’re trying to leave a smaller carbon footprint, you’ll want to reduce your carbon tire track, too, by driving a “green” car. Lauren Fix, the Car Coach, helps you decide what kind of “green” car is right for you.
Keywords:
green cars
eco cars
hybrid cars
electric cars
clean diesel cars
Duration : 0:1:48
Rob Greenlee shows the exterior of the 100% Electric car called the ZENN which means “Zero Emissions No Noise” and is blue in color and has a large sunroof. It is an electric car the you can buy TODAY ($12-17,000) in the USA that will go up to 35 MPH (in Washington State Only) and has a range of about 40 miles on regular marine battery technology. This is part 2 of 2 videos about his car. I also made a review video about the Toyota Camry Hybrid that can be found on YouTube.
Duration : 0:1:28
Oil company murdered family. A friend of mine bought a car from an old lady. She said she was selling because she was moving out of the country. Her son a Geologist, daughter in law, and baby were found murdered. She said they were killed because her son refused to falsify oil survey findings. He son called her and told her he was in fear for his life. He and his family were killed shortly thereafter. She was so upset that she was becoming a missionary istant and moving to the Philippines. Here are some clips that prove what she is saying. These clips are not directly related, but it shows how inventors are murdered or suppressed.
Duration : 0:7:58
David Hulick explains how utilizing efficient Light Emitting Diode (LED) automotive lighting can save fuel and reduce CO2 emissions.
Duration : 0:5:38
Rob Greenlee test drives the 100% Electric car called the ZENN which means “Zero Emissions No Noise” and is blue in color and has a large sunroof. It is an electric car the you can buy TODAY ($12-17,000) in the USA that will go up to 35 MPH (in Washington State Only) and has a range of about 40 miles on regular marine battery technology. This is part 1 of 2 videos about his car. I also made a review video about the Toyota Camry Hybrid that can be found on YouTube.
Duration : 0:2:17
Oil company murdered family. A friend of mine bought a car from an old lady. She said she was selling because she was moving out of the country. Her son a Geologist, daughter in law, and baby were found murdered. She said they were killed because her son refused to falsify oil survey findings. Her son called her and told her he was in fear for his life. He and his family were killed shortly thereafter. She was so upset that she was becoming a missionary istant and moving to the Philippines. Here are some clips that prove what she is saying. These clips are not directly related, but it shows how inventors are murdered or suppressed.
Duration : 0:9:40