Bleyenbergh Dries Devriendt Thomas Geubels Yens Belgium, 27 april Ecology
Porto Windmills Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators 2 Introduction 27 april 2010 Ecology
Porto 3 27 april 2010 North of portugal and inhabitants World heritage site Porto wine Douro Ecology
Porto Windmills Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators 4 27 april 2010 Ecology
Windmills Nationally Enormous expansion Second largest producer in the world 3.535MW of electrical power via windmills Nearly 15% of required energy in Portugal 5 27 april 2010 Ecology
6 27 april 2010 Ecology Windmills Alto Minho Wind Farm Largest on-shore wind farm 240MW 530GWh Avoids tonnes of CO 2 emissions
Windmills Alto Minho Wind Farm 120, 2MW turbines Enercon storm control Wind speeds up to 35m/s Less power “loss”: 2-4% extra energy gain 7 27 april 2010 Ecology
Windmills Locally Few rooftop turbines Only on industrial sites 8 27 april 2010 Ecology
9 27 april 2010 Ecology Windmills New ideas MagLev wind turbine Wind turbine city COR building miami
Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Field trip Toyota Caetano Portugal, A.S. Import and distribution center Bus and truck assembly line april 2010 Ecology
11 27 april 2010 Ecology Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Toyota Prius
Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Toyota Prius 3 rd generation Hybrid engine o 98HP combustion engine o 80HP electrical engine 50 miles to the gallon = 4,70l/100km april 2010 Ecology
Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Toyota Prius Full EV mode Battery recharging during o Breaking o Constant speed Uses 2 electrical engines/generators april 2010 Ecology
Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota How many did we see? NONE! april 2010 Ecology
Porto Windmills Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators april 2010 Ecology
Believe !! Concept: o Traditional scooter o Electrical motor o Human strength pedals More practical o Lighter materials o Trailer Human powered vehicle Given vehicle april 2010 Ecology
Human powered vehicle Our task !! Analysing a car: o Weight o Components o Consuming cost Examine these numbers Developing o Reducing o Evolve o Make practical april 2010 Ecology
Human powered vehicle Examples: Human Electrical Human Electrical vehicle Earlier: o Environmental friendly driven o Looked: complex, unpractical, unattractive Existing: ; ; april 2010 Ecology
Solar panels HIGH WAYS Popular way of producing electricity eco-friendly o Any noise o Not colossal (windmills) o Easy to install maintenance o Low amount of panels Ideal for many applications o Not only domestic use o Panels along the road Used in different ways april 2010 Ecology
Powering lights placed in a turn Solar panels HIGH WAYS april 2010 Ecology
21 27 april 2010 Ecology powering serial of street lights powering information road signs Solar panels HIGH WAYS
Powering speed camera’s Powering phones along the highway Powering Parking meters Powering traffic lights Solar panels HIGH WAYS april 2010 Ecology
Solar panels PRIVATE april 2010 Ecology
New technique o Instead of panels along the road/on roofs o Panels in the roads Specifications o Panels of about 3.5 to 3.5 meters. o Carry the vehicle weight strength o Containing lines of LED lights safety Numbers o 4 lanes of 1km electricity for 500 household o All U.S.A. 13.4 billion kWh or 91% of the world Future plans o Recharge electric cars Solar panels april 2010 Ecology
Porto Windmills Hybrid vehicles Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators april 2010 Ecology
Transportation Car BikeBus TrainAirplane Metro april 2010 Ecology
Metro 2002 – 2006 Electricity Green? 39% from renewable sources Regenerative braking: 30% Tickets with chip april 2010 Ecology
Bus Eco-friendly fleet Natural gas Hydrogen & hybrid april 2010 Ecology
Bicycle “The bicycle doesn’t excist.” Almost no bicycle paths Hillsides? Stimulation? april 2010 Ecology
Nature Respectful for nature Green spaces At roundabouts Green city april 2010 Ecology
Escalator Start-Stop Less energy consuming More ecologically friendly april 2010 Ecology
Bleyenbergh Dries Devriendt Thomas Geubels Yens Thank you for your attention april 2010 Ecology