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Old 27th December 2004, 21:00
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A Moroccan hydraulics technician, Cherif Massaoudi Zoheir, has succeeded in inventing and patenting the first electric power plant fuelled by atmospheric pressure, a concept so far hard to achieve by scientists across the world.




Massaoudi’s invention was presented before engineers of Morocco’s Centre for the Development of Renewable Energies (CDER), after being instigated by the Ministry of Energy and Mines. It received the approval of the audience, in view of its importance in tackling two of the most serious problems Morocco and the rest of third world are facing: achieving self-sufficiency in energy while protecting the environment.


Not only does the approach allow the production of cheap equipment and an almost free electricity, but it also helps to protect the environment from harmful gases, especially those generated by hydrocarbon fuels, as well as offering the possibility of creating electric power to a diversity of applications in different sectors and activities.


The system makes it possible to trap entering atmospheric pressure and put it into overpressure, leading to its flow reversal by means of escapement. Thus, the vacuum storage is never worn down, making a continued attraction of the atmospheric pressure.


The constant pressure resulted from the interaction between atmospheric pressure and the vacuum generates an electric power higher than the one produced by windmills or solar panels. Although atmospheric pressure is slightly altered by climate changes according to the seasons of the year, it can change dramatically according to the height above sea level. So, pressure can reach 1013 hPa at the level of the sea, and barely a 2.5 hPa at an altitude of 4000m.


Thus, this electric plant, running by pressure gradient, converts the atmospheric pressure’s momentum into a mechanical force exercised on pistons, thereby generating energy.


The importance of this process is that the vacuum is never worn down, which allows an infinite operation cycle. The vacuum’s break needs to be done only once, after which the plant runs non-stop, at no cost.
Water can help too!

In Canada, a team of researchers from the University of Alberta, led by Dr. Larry Kostiuk and Dr. Daniel Kwok, carried out a research project on the subject. The aim was to find new methods to generate electric power by exploiting the natural electro-kinetic properties of water by pumping it through micro-channels.


The principle is very simple. When water travels over a surface, its ions rub against each other, generating a slight electrical charge on the surface. But to make use of it as a sustainable means of power remained technically out of reach.


As a matter of fact, the power generated from a single channel is extremely small, about a nano-amp. Kostiuk and his team used a glass disk two centimetres in diameter, which contained 450,000 circular micro-channels, each about 16 microns across. The power generated from the whole mechanism reached 1,500 nano-amps, still not enough to be exploited at a commercial scale.


The team was confident that, by increasing the pressure drop and adjusting the size of the micro-channels, the power output could be improved.


“This is the first new way to produce sustainable electricity in 160 years,” said Kostiuk. “It allows for the direct conversion of the energy of moving liquid to electricity with no moving parts and no pollution.” Indeed, the process is considered a breakthrough in energy creation.


The environmental benefit of clean energy that uses safe, renewable materials motivated Kostiuk’s team to explore how their prototype device may be developed into a battery for commercial use. They have been working with the Technology Transfer Group (TTG) at the University of Alberta to develop a commercialization strategy for their invention, and a patent application was already filed by the university to obtain a broad and early protection for it.
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Old 27th December 2004, 21:02
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Talking Bravo indeed

What an intelligent man...very handsome too
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What an intelligent man...very handsome too
many people still doubt his project , because it is difficult to imagine how on earth would you keep a chamber void while filling it with atmosphere and evacuating it each time while turning the turbines who create perpetual electric energy ....I have not seen the machine or a drawing of it yet , but if this is true it must be really the best thing to happen to humanity as we will have free energy for free and for ever , can you imagine !!!!! he already pattented his idea so we'll see ......I am also working on several similar projects ...
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