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More Update Post: 06_06_2008
Several considerations are currently being explored to the end
of determining the energy source that is most effective to be
adopted as the default energy source for the world in replacement of
the fossil fuels.
Under the influences of the
Entrepreneurial Mindset of the lone entrepreneur, or small
capital Venture Capitalist seeking to fund a base technology for a
venture, or the maverick technology enthusiast wishing to undertake
the development of venture by self, some power generator-related
technologies are being experimented with at the individual
level instead of the corporate level as was in the old, [although
that does not imply absence of similar research and development
efforts at the corporate level completely].
The technology (ies) by which
energy sources are adopted impact the selection process towards its
sustained adoption as the preferred source of energy. Each energy
source seems to have several competing technologies by which to
adopt the energy source.
Some of these technologies:
Biofuel
Technologies,
Solar
Power Technologies,
Water
Power Technologies,
Wind
Power Technologies, et al are being experimented with at the
individual level instead of the corporate level as was in the old,
although that does not imply absence of similar research and
development efforts at the corporate level completely. Experimental
assessment of the technologies, however, is generally an expensive
exercise particularly when such evaluation or studies involve the
consideration of several variables.
Each of these technologies that
are being experimented with upon full development should become a
Distributed [Power] Generator Process. There are two aspects of the
development of each technology as reflected by the various Energy
Source Reviews and the
Alternative Energy Source Review: First there has be a very clear
and well-defined component that captures the energy from its raw source and then makes it available
to the processing component that actually makes the energy available
either as electrical potential or thermal potential. For the
purposes of storage the easiest means of
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storage is with electrical
potential. In order to make the
energy capture and preprocessing self-contained in presentation
it has been treated separately. The technology components that are
employed to capture the energy from its raw state are used as base
technologies for development the corresponding Distributed [Power]
Generator Process.
Effectively then, for each
energy-capture technology component, several concept design power
generator system would need to be developed and complete engineering
studies, even if at the abstract mathematical level, will be
conducted both to determine feasibility and the efficacy. As part of
the analysis, the several concept designs may be subjected to
optimized engineering with the final design being considered as
choice. These concept
Power Generation
Process designs, of course, may in some cases turn out be of proprietary
quality in which case the analysis may not be made public until intellectual property
rights have been secured in some form.
Effectively, mathematical
analysis of the adoption technologies, to enable the impact
assessment of each of the energy technologies, is essential as a
first step in performing comprehensive evaluation of the technology
adoption analyses. These analyses are also necessary
in moving towards a determination of the best remediation technology
power generator system that can support the operation of the
GHG
Emission Remediation Technologies. Actually, for the purposes
for establishing base technologies for supporting the GHG
Emission Remediation Technologies, any one of these Power Generator
Systems may also be redesigned as necessary to interface
nicely with the Legacy Power Generator Systems.
These studies are quite
expensive; although in the corporate setting, such expenses are
easily borne, however, for the lone entrepreneur or small capital
Venture Capitalist seeking to fund a base technology for a venture,
such extended studies can be draining. The same is also true for the
maverick technology enthusiast wishing to undertake the development
of venture by self. In both of the latter cases the extra cost of
engaging a research technologist to support the analysis is
virtually
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impossible. Yet such studies and analysis are necessary to move the project
forward as well as fully map the parametric space of the
product and the process technology. |