University of Michigan – A new renewable energy concept
December 27th, 2009
UMNewsService asked:
A device called VIVACE developed at the University of Michigan draws power out of slow water currents to produce clean electricity. It imitates the swim strategy of a school of fish.
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I believe they would have to hard-line them to the surface, which could really cause some logistical nightmares for these things.
The mechanical energy is converted into electricity through those coils you see in the vid. I think they are wrapped around a magnet, and as they move, they generate a current by moving through the magnetic field. Like how a solenoid works, but just opposite kind of haha.
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Yeah I would have to imagine that the coils are wrapped around a magnet, and as they move through the magnetic field, they generate an alternating current. Pretty cool!
@Truthiness231, I have to say, you must be pretty dumb. I mean, this technology exists, so it MUST work, and it’s irresponsible and completely illogical to point out potential “flaws.” Just like ethanol production as a viable alternative to our oil consumption…it is prevalent, so it must work!
*sarcasm*
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Wow “Hello my crafy friends” lol. Very funny episode! LOL
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great ! now dooms day will come much more later.
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“renewable energy” is a misnomer
aside from that, and reality in general, how is this ‘energy’ to be transferred?
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I think the best is to put a wind farm in the current liberal congress
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Looks like a good idea until Exxon wacks
the inventor, or buys the patent..
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Pfft. Good thinking, but it will probably murder a snail-darter, or whatever, and that will be that.
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You go dude! Great thinking. So where is the converter?
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I was thinking more along the lines of an electric eel farm
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They probably are coils much like wind turbines use to generate electricity except as the elements go up and down instead of spinning.
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the saving is probably more than the cost, but so are wind farms, solar panels, and other renewable energy sources. the real question is can it be cheap than fossil fuel.
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LOL, you’ll have to go back and read to get the full story (which is long, sad, and pathetic for everyone involved), but I was being sarcastic. I know it doesn’t translate well, but you should just realize that nobody would seriously say “What was I thinking expressing an original thought?”.
The problem started because I questioned this things capabilities, and then a troll jumped in and said I was stupid for thinking it could have a problem.
Simple misunderstanding though, no biggy ^.^