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TECHNOLOGY: HEAT EXCHANGERS

THE NEW HEAT EXCHANGER

The new heat exchanger that recovers the steam from the turbine


New Solar Receiver with Concentrator & Movable Heat Exchanger

New concentrator and heat exchanger This is the new heat exchanger design featuring the concentrator with the new heat exchanger and the rotation mechanism. The top portion is the concentrator which takes the incoming rays from the lens and further concentrates the sun’s rays which also increases the temperatures that hit the heat exchanger portion. The heat exchanger rotates to control the temperature at any given point on the heat exchanger. The rotation also eliminates hot spots on the heat exchanger reducing the chance of melting or burning the heat exchanger. This also provides a more even temperature exchange between the heat exchanger and the heat absorbing medium inside.

This heat concentrator and heat exchanger combination also reduces the infrared radiation coming off of the heat exchanger.


The Solar Heat Exchanger Explained


The Solar Heat Exchanger

Looking inside the new patent-pending solar heat exchanger in a cut-away model. Inventor, Neldon Johnson, explains that the revolving heat exchanger was the only way to deal with the 3,000 degree heat that would melt the older stationary models. The funny looking stuff surrounding the heat exchanger is protective insulation.


THE IAUS HEAT EXCHANGERS

Liquid to air and liquid to liquid heat exchangers

The top heat exchanger is liquid to air. The bottom heat exchanger is liquid to liquid. The big pipe is where the water goes in and the small pipe is where the steam comes out to the turbine. Amazingly, these relatively small-in-space heat exchangers are for a twenty megawatt system. Enough for a city of twenty thousand.

NEW IAUS HEAT EXCHANGER


The Biomass Heat Exchanger. It is about four feet high-three feet wide and sixteen feet long. The yellow things you see in the background are not part of RaPower3/IAUS. This patented Heat Exchanger is revolutionary. Not only because it is so inexpensive to build, but because it is so small. This Biomass Heat Exchanger will produce a whopping twenty megawatts of power (enough for a city of 20,000 people). This Heat Exchanger is one one-thousandths the size of our competitors' heat exchangers. Almost ALL piping has been eliminated. Quite an achievement.

The new Solar Heat Exchanger is also now complete along with the necessary coils with both heat exchangers.

All our RaPower3 Heat Exchangers can not only be produced inexpensively but mass produced as well.


NEW SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM HEAT EXCHANGER - THE MAGIC BALL

image-Greg Shepard with new solar energy system heat exchanger - the Magic Ball

The photo shows the new solar energy system heat exchanger. We call it the Magic Ball. There are patents on this heat exchanger. It is literally one thousand times smaller than a conventional heat exchanger, thus the term Magic Ball. It's shown with an outlet'/inlet pipe.

You can see the twenty megawatt heat exchanger for the Biomass Burner by scanning down to the 24/7 section under TECHNOLOGY. Now, the same principle is applied to the solar energy system heat exchanger.

HOW IT WORKS: The sun hits our solar lenses. There are four per tower. The sun's rays are heated up to about 1,500 degrees. Then, the rays go from the solar lenses to the concentrators. Each disk has a concentrator. Thus, we also have four concentrators per tower. Each tower produces about 80 kilowatts of power. You can see the concentrator producing intense heat by scrolling down the left hand side and click the bottom video clip.

On December 1, 2011, for the first time, the sun hit the lenses and then the concentrator and then the new solar heat exchanger. Boy, was it hot. We believe it to be around 2,500 degrees. Within the heat exchanger, the heated liquid/water converts to steam and will go to the turbine and then to the generator which will produce electricity.

Each concentrator will have its own heat exchanger and is placed at the bottom of the concentrator. Because the temperatures are so hot, a small motor will rotate the "Magic Ball" to prevent it from melting. A manufacturer who has already been selected will coat the ball with compound to further resist melting. This concentrator can be mass produced and is cost effective.


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