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• Passive Refrigerator
  The passive refrigerator is made up of two components; a hole in the ground that is insulated and filled with two liter plastic bottles full of salt water, and an icebox that is also heavily insulated. Connecting the two is a pipe system that transfers the cold energy from the bottles to the refrigerator using a sugar antifreeze solution.
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• Intelligent Distribution of Temperature and Lighting control
  Sensors and prisms are utilized in a system to address three problems with home heating: 1. energy wasted warming up unused parts ofthe house, 2. "lights and appliances" left on needlessly, and 3. redistributing direct light where needed.
• Adaptable Insulation
  Big temperature differences and strong air flow combined with poor insulation result in heat loss and wasted energy in homes. This patent concerns increasing the insulation in the winter and decreasing it in the summer, saving a lot of energy.
• Chemical Reactions with Greenhouse Gases
  A layer of a certain chemical compound will be painted onto the outside of a house that will react with oxygen and hydrogen or water (rain) to form another chemical compound X. Compound X will then go up into the atmosphere and reacts with carbon dioxide to form a substance that is not harmful to the society, and at the same time, gets rid of carbon dioxide.
• Algae as a Solution to Global Warming
  Based on GreenFuel's project to use a variety of algae that absorbs green house gases, we intend to research the problems this project faces, give our ideas for solutions to them, and thus sell a presently under-used process. We also intend on applying our research to other fields where it could be applicable.
• Small scale pnuematic vane motor
  A gas operated motor designed for use on a scale model gas power generation devices. The motor is solely designed for demonstration of the gas motor system, its efficiency is not optimal.
• Bio-Fuel solution to global warming
  A small green house to grow algae, a bio-mass generator and Vegetable oil fuel technology is combined into a single unit. This off the grid, and carbon neutral source would provide heat, transportation fuel and electricity on a small or large scale.
• FlexFuel Car
  The FlexFuel Car takes elements of existing technologies and renewable energies, fusing them into a single, seamless vehicle. The engine will be able to run on electricity, hydrogen, biogas, and fossil fuels; this maximizes efficiency of the car according to distance and speed. Most importantly, our design allows consumers to choose the cheapest energy.
• Pure Carbon Conversion
  The Use of Pure Carbon Conversion fuel cells to convert raw fossil fuels efficiently into electricity, while also creating Hydrogen to be used as a bi-product.
• Livestock and Methane
  Bacteria that digest food in the rumen of livestock produce the potent greenhouse gas methane as a by-product. Using biotechnology, we can eliminate the methane-making gene and introduce an antibody gene which will make cows more resistant to disease, eliminating the need for dangerously high dosages of antibiotics.
• The Green Machine
  Global warming is irreversible so the best we can do is limit the amount of pollution in the atmosphere. Our goal is to create a catalytic converter that serves purpose both economically and in terms of emission and efficiency. The system works by combining two catalytic converters in a single housing: an oxidizing unit which converts gaseous pollutants, and a particulate reduction until in which soot particles are trapped and burned off at an exhaust temperature of over 250 degrees Celsius.
• Solar Thermal Battery
  Solar Thermal Batteries are small-sized rechargeable batteries based on the techonology of thermal batteries. Instead of being activated by the electrolytes, they harness the sun’s energy to generate electricity. As the substitutes for environmentally damaging batteries, they are commonly applicable in our daily life with portable volumes and adjustable voltages.
• CIGS Solar Cells with Quantum Dots
  A new kind of a solar panel with 40% efficiency, made of thin-film, nonlattice-matched, multi-junction copper indium gallium diselenide cells. The bottom CIGS layer is put on a low-cost flexible plastic substrate through "ink stamping" (cheaper non-vacuum approach), with quantum dots adding additional energy and reducing waste heat energy. Uses a concentrator for added efficiency.
• "Geo-Green" Homes
  Our team will design product based on algae conversion into biofuel, which will be used to create electricity. This electricity will be used to power homes via a base power plant, much like the present technology in powering homes. The method applied to extracting energy from algae to create Biodiesel.
• the green machine-part2
  a little funnel chamber,not more than a foot in size,cost efficient,and most importantly, reduction of GHGs...catcons will be here to stay
• Spring Car
  The spring car is powered by the driver pedaling this creates mehcanical which is stored in the spring. The braking system is connected to a turbine much like power plant which creates an electrical current and recharges the battery when the wheels stop turning.
• Smart Energy Efficient Windows
  Energy-efficient windows are designed to prevent heat from entering or escaping. This is accomplished with windows that act as thermal insulators. Our window will consist of two multiple-glazed glass sheets with a gas such as argon in between. Argon is a poor heat conductor and helps prevent heat from escaping.
• boron fuel car
  this car working only on boron and water will result in absolutely no emission at all.18 kg of boron and 40 litres of water is equivalent to 40 litres of conventional fuel.
• Home-Networking with Broadband Router
  Home networking is the core technology of our business, which enables the formation and operation of the digital home where the customer can turn on and off the lights from a remote location by just clicking a button of his/her cellular phone or PDA. It can reduce significant amount of wasted fossil fuel energy of household devices, and ultimately contributes to addressing climate change.
• Nanotechnology-modified Catalytic Converters
  Nanotechnology is the science of particles with a size lesser than an eight-hundredth of the thickness of a human hair. Working at such a micro-microscopic level,our Team realized that this technology has great potential to combat global warming through the modification of technology that we use today,without considering the increase in our carbon footprint. Our untitled product captures the efficiency of nanotechnology and the necessity of a catalytic converter into a new dimension. With the number of road vehicles growing exponentially in all parts of the world,our technology becomes a hopeful solution in resolving the enormous carbon footprint of the environmentally conscious citizen.
• MultiAct Asklepios
  The fishes are breed, later they are passed threw a conductor and there they separate all the meat and bones, the bones and head go to another section and there they are compacted and used as fertilizer, the meat is separated from the Omega 3 (fish oil), the omega 3 passed to a section to be transformed by nano processor into biodiesel and the meat goes to some place like a freezer that can be used as food. Then in this prototype we obtain biodiesel, food and fertilizer. The type of fish used depends on the region where you live, also this same prototype can be applied to algae.
• Solar Grids System
  An improved solar grid that allows us to rely on solar power, even when the sun isn’t out by combining SES Solar Dish Stirling Technology and molten salt. Store the excess solar-power as heat in the molten salt, which can be converted back into electricity when it is needed, especially when the sun isn’t out.
• The Integrated Circuit Kalman Based Inertial Navigation System
  Abstract: This project is based on the communication between microcontroller PIC17F877A and PIC18F4431 (The former is used to sample, and the latter is used to execute algorithm).At the same time, this paper proposes the hardware design of Inertial Navigation System as well as the handd9optimized Kalman Filtering of the algorithm.
• Nano-Catalytic Converter
  Nanotechnology is the science of particles on scales less than eight-hundredths of the thickness of a human hair. Working at such a micro-microscopic level, our team realized that this technology has great potential to combat global warming through the modification of technology that we use today, without considering the increase in our carbon footprint. Our untitled product captures the efficiency of nanotechnology and the necessity of a catalytic converter into a new dimension. With the number of road vehicles growing exponentially in all parts of the world, our technology will become a hopeful solution in minimizing the enormous carbon footprint of the environmentally conscious citizen.
• Portable Biomass-to-Synfuel Production System
  This mini-van sized portable refinery converts many forms of biomass into several varieties of synthetic fuel, such as gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel, which are completely carbon neutral and can reduce vehicle emissions by at least 90%. A novel molten iron gasification process enables it to convert a much greater variety of feedstock than into syngas (hydrogen gas and carbon monoxide) than other gasification systems. Its innovative design involving a microchannel reactor makes possible its compactness and efficiency, and the use of microchannels allows for much greater control over the forms of the hydrocarbons being produced.
• Modified RuBisCO enzyme
  This project consists of increasing the efficiency of the RuBisCo enzyme in plants to increase its carbon capturing capabilities.Its a relatively new proejct and its an application based adaptation of a research paper.
• Advanced Traffic Information System
  Traffic congestion in major cities can increase the overall CO2 emission by over 400%. Real time traffic information service using ordinary cell phone GPS signals will provide customers with visual and detailed traffic condition, which in turn will relieve traffic congestion and less pollution including greenhouse gas emission.
• Handheld Energy Consumption Tracker
  Our technology is a system designed to integrate with the user's handheld device, gathering energy consumption data from the user’s car and house. This data is gathered by means of a wireless sensor which connects with the gas meter in the car and the power meter in the house. Using this data, the consumers can set goals for themselves to both save themselves money and indirectly lower GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions.
• Drawings and descriptions for Energy Tracker
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• Drawings and descriptions for Energy Tracker
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• Smart Garbage Sorter
  The SGS (Smart Garbage Sorter) utilizes a density scanner and a camera to collect data on the garbage. A smart CPU processes instrument data, then mechanically sorts the garbage into Organics, Plastics, and Metals, and glass.
• Compound Centrifugal Seperator
  In a process akin to nuclear fuel enrichment, gases from garbage incineration would differentiate within gas centrifuges , allowing the seperated compounds to be drawn off periodically, making garbage incineration a safe and convenient means of waste management.
• Ba(OH)2 Filter
  The Ba(OH)2 filter is to be located above the car radiator where the chemical compound will react with CO2 from the atmosphere to form both BaCO3 and H20. The cartridge containing the chemical compound will be changed periodically at gas stations as reactions occur.
• Biomass as an alternative to Diesel
  Our project aims at using biomass to replace diesel in the automobile industry.
• [9:39:31 PM] Tabitha Rossback says: A self guided community assessment and program for sustainable living
  This innovation is an exportable model that assesses local conditions with respect to cultural, socio-economic, political and environmental conditions. Following assessment our model provides scalable strategies for improving local conditions consistent with the sustainable Hannover Principles.
• Eco-friendly air conditioning using 'green' energy sources.
  We present a modular device allowing input energy from sources (such as solar, wind, ocean and conventional power-grid). The cooling device itself can operate at multiple levels of output from a simple evaporative cooler to an air-conditioner.
• Permanent magnet motor
  Although are idea is a ready on the web we plan to adapt it and get a prototype working that is cheap and effective using magnetic shielding. We plan to create a motor that will power a generator that runs solely on the repulsion of magnets and magnetic shielding.
• Methanol Fuel Cycle
  Synthetic methanol fuel is used to power a combustion engine. CO2 emissions are collected and broken apart into CO + O, via solar splitter. Oxygen is released into the environment, while Carbon Monoxide is re-used to make methanol fuel, thus completing the cycle.
• ROCS (Receiver Of Controlled Speed)
  Simply put, if we could stop misuse or cars in the form of speeding and quick accelerating, we would reduce CO2 emissions by enough to make a huge cut down on pollution. The idea is to put an electric receptor in cars that would respond to transmitters on the road, telling them what the speed is. The receptor would then respond by sending a signal to the car engine, restricting the car to that speed or lower
• Rain In The Sun Box
  Our project proposal is a water tank product based on the fundamental concept of harvesting rainwater. Our team is proposing that this water tank be fitted with a water filter system inside and solar panels outside for the purpose of purifying the rainwater. Since we are using solar energy to kill the bacteria in the rainwater, our team decided to name our product "Rain In The Sun Box."
• Microbial Fuel Cell
  Current Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs - allow the conversion of waste into useful energy) designs have to be improved to maximize power output, reduce the installation and operation costs, and achieve high carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus removal efficiency. It has already been known that electricity generation varies depending on MFC configuration. For instance, a single chambed MFC with the cathode directly exposed to ambient air has proven to be more efficient than a two-chambered MFC. Having a proton exchange membrane is not essential as protons can also be conducted to the cathode through water. An alternative has to be found to replace platinum coating of the cathode, which is very costly.
• Sound-Powered Traffic Management System
  The Sound-Powered Traffic Management System is an innovative product that runs on the power of traffic noise and informs the drivers of the traffic conditions in advance. It serves to solve the problems of traffic congestions, to improve the fuel efficiency of the vehicles and to reduce global warming caused by the gas emissions.
• particle physics
  All fundamental particles are made up of a special type of energy spark (ignoms).It could relate all funedamental particle and could help in understanding the nature of all forces,heat transfere, and also could prove varies laws of nature ,from newton's to relativity.It could also explain variations in wavelength of radiation and weakness of gravitational force.
• particle physics
  All fundamental particles are made up of a special type of energy spark (ignoms).It could relate all funedamental particle and could help in understanding the nature of all forces,heat transfere, and also could prove varies laws of nature ,from newton's to relativity.It could also explain variations in wavelength of radiation and weakness of gravitational force.
• Composite electrical generator
  This device consists of floating blocks (with solar panels on their tops) that are attached to tidal generators, that generate electricity from the blocks rising and sinking with the tides. Each tidal generator has a turbine attached to it that generates electricity from underwater currents.
• Composite electric generator
  This device consists of floating blocks (with solar panels on their tops) that are attached to tidal generators, that generate electricity from the blocks rising and sinking with the tides. Each tidal generator has a turbine attached to it that generates electricity from underwater currents.
• Composite electrical generator
  This device consists of floating blocks (with solar panels on their tops) that are attached to tidal generators, that generate electricity from the blocks rising and sinking with the tides. Each tidal generator has a turbine attached to it that generates electricity from underwater currents.
• Solar electric generator
  It consists of a glass box ( like a green house), a liquid filled pipe running through the glass box, a cold area such as running water and a turbine. As the glass box traps heat, warming up the liquid in the pipe, a convection current is created between the hot area (the box) and the cold area. A turbine situated in the pipe generates electricity from the movement of the liquid.
• Electrical generator using cars
  This generator consists of two parts: cars with magnets attached to them and coils of wire embedded in the road. As the cars drive over the wire, the magnets attached to the cars create electric currents in the wire by means of electromagnetic induction.
• Self Re-Charging Secure Electric Car
  Solar, Regenerative braking, secure, AC electric car. Were building it now. Its for the people.
• GET (Generation of Electricity from Transport)
  This device consists of a coil of wire. Electricity is generated through electromagnetic induction as a magnet is passed over or through the coil. The magnets are attached to cars or trains, and electricity is generated as the trains, or cars, move over or through the coil.
• The Elecric Car Battery Change Station
  Instead of waiting 30 minutes for their battery to recharge the driver can have their battery replaced with a fresh pack. The station will recharge the batteries.
• ElektrohydroGENation
  Our project explores the possibility of extracting pure and clean hydrogen from bacteria(Rhodobacter sphaeroides) and a small amount of electric current, using a Microbial Electrolysis Cell(MEC).The process would produce pure hydrogen that can be converted into fuel for automobiles, with electricity being the major byproduct.Our method of hydrogen production also reduces the amount of greenhouse gases produced as compared to conventional commercial methods of hydrogen production.
• Zeolite Imidazolate Frameworks
  Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are porous crystalline materials with tetrahedral networks that resemble those of zeolites: transition metals (Zn, Co) replace tetrahedrally coordinated atoms (for example, Si), and imidazolate links replace oxygen bridges. These materials have a high degree of affinity for Co2. For e.g. 1 liter of ZIF 69 can store 83 liters of CO2. Other properties include: high thermal and chemical stability and reusability.
• Solar Hybrid Lighting and Heating System
  Solar Lighting and Heating System, a system by which light and heat is delivered into a household through the use of the sun's rays. This will be able to distribute light and heat into places where the sun's rays could not normally reach, (eg, Cubicles, Inner rooms of a house, Offices without windows).
• Space Power Station
  The space power station will take advantage of space's natural advantages.
• MEG (Multipurpose electrical generator)
  The MEG generates electricity from everyday actions of people through electromagnetic induction. It consists of a plate with a magnet attached to it and a coil. When pressure is applied to the plate, it is pushed downwards slightly, thrusting the magnet into the coil and creating electricity through electromagnetic induction.