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yeah, i think it was partially over thinkin, but also probably a combination of other things. too much caffeine can't have helped.
ah good points bro, not thinkin too clearly right now. keep up the brain stormin, ya have some great ideas in this thread.
neverbreak
yes you could use the heat for adsorption chilling.
Great thread so far. I love the enthusiasm, especially coming from a guy who is only paying 10c per kwh!
Yes, that's what it's called when they use heat to cool something.
peltier cooler
its not as feasible as you would think but if you are producing your own power then its no worries.
Abengoa Solar has some solar plants using focused sunlight to generate heat that will be used to create steam to generate power.
building w/2.5 - 3' thick walls and use all led lighting in the home is where I would start then have a redundant system.......pv / wind / generator as well as have a bank of batteries.
Awesome thread Ty. An area of technology that hasn't been mentioned is the use of Variable Frequency Drives on the compressor motors. I am a building engineer and we have been installing VFDs on all HVAC motors. They provide for a soft start, use way less power. and can accept a variety of control inputs. Say you had one on your water chiller. You could control the motor so that it would slowly ramp up based on the delta T of the incoming and outgoing water, outside vs air temp... there are infinite ways to use one. The idea is to only demand of the motor what is really required at the time, instead of 100% on until an analog switch is tripped and we're back to 100%off. We've been doing it this way for a long time and it is wasteful and very hard on equipment. Thanx for sharing your insomnia with great ideas. Also google vortex cooling with compressed air
The beauty of the VFD is even on the simplest of equipment by running at 25% amp load continuously you will require less amperage to do the same job as running 100% power 1/4 of the time. Hard starts fuck up motors and pull a lot of power to get going. A VFD would save you power with your system even if you use a res. As far as shitcanning the res system you could use a VFD to make your compressor motor run continuously and the VFD maintains the water temp by slowing down and speeding up the motor. there is still an on off effect due to the lower limit on the VFD but you get the idea. You could also put them on circ pumps to really fine tune loops that go to lights vs air vs nute water.
The beauty of the VFD is even on the simplest of equipment by running at 25% amp load continuously you will require less amperage to do the same job as running 100% power 1/4 of the time. Hard starts fuck up motors and pull a lot of power to get going. A VFD would save you power with your system even if you use a res. As far as shitcanning the res system you could use a VFD to make your compressor motor run continuously and the VFD maintains the water temp by slowing down and speeding up the motor. there is still an on off effect due to the lower limit on the VFD but you get the idea. You could also put them on circ pumps to really fine tune loops that go to lights vs air vs nute water.
Great thread, Ty. I think more of us farmers should use our ingenuity to help lighten the human carbon footprint.
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