[Vwdiesel] Fuel 101 -- ( The Hydrogen discussion )

[Area31 Research Facility]

As I understand it the giant wind turbine at the Tvind school is used as a
wind furnace to heat the school electrically, anything left powers lights,
etc.  It is discussed briefly in my Windpower book by Jack Park. When built
it was the largest in the world with three fiberglass blades occupting a
diameter of 175 feet. .  It is designed to produce 2 megawatts in a 33 MPH
tvind.   The idea of installing the blades downwind of the tower are a way
of avoiding to use a tail fin to point the turbine into the wind.  Freedom
fighters?  I don't know anything about that.  Freedom from air polution
maybe.

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Fuel 101 -- ( The Hydrogen discussion )


I hope one of you are really interested in learning about    Hydrogen  ---
someone who is computer well connected   ---not like me Hagar.    If my
computer
was a Rabbit  ---shit that would be about a Gallon  Imp to the Mile
Statute.

I got really interested  many years ago  ---  mainly due to an article in an
American
publication --like Popular Mechanics  or Popular science. ---or the like.

Some American ---with a big spread --was running his entire show on
HYDROGEN.

Everything  and the kitchen sink.

He used electricity to SPLIT water.   ----  there was pictures with the
article.       ---   BUT    I
forgot where he got the ELECTRICITY.

Let me say that     BC   is a world leader   in Fuel cell stuff   due to
Ballard being located here.

Denmark is a world leader on Wind Mills  ----combine the two ?    --   Do I
like the  mills ?
NO they are a blight on the landscape.   -----  But some time prior to 1985
I went to Denmark
for a visit .   ----- Someone let me use a nice Yellow Beetle   ---   and I
drove to the   first big mill
at  Tvind   on the west coast of Jutland. ------   Being a flyboy   --- I
immediately recognized
that it was a screw-up .

The blades were mounted downwind  from the pylon.  ---- they should be in
front.

The school at Tvind  was a strange place  ----   freedom fighters from
Namibia was  trained there.
(terrorists ?)    ---   way down the hallway to the right was a classroom.
When I saw
how they trained the black Africans there ?  ---I said NO WAY will SA  win
this war.
I was right.

Hydrogen is the only  storage of electrical power I know of.     ---   that
is long time storage and
transportable.  ----     are there other ways ?  ----compressed air is out .

I have a dumpster  ---monster compressor   ---looks like about a 50 HP
job---  it was used
for filling   aqualung tanks.   Will do  2000 psi  easy.       But will it
compress my hydrogen ?

The 50 HP    motor is sitting here spinning its wheels  ---so  things are
ready.

One of you guys should buy this place  ----   lots of goodies just waiting
for  enterprising
youngsters

Hagar.
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