Can Rickshaw-pullers Generate All the Energy Bangladesh Needs? Components Mini Electric Generator - for power generation Battery - for storage of energy Generator and Battery integrated system in each rickshaw, built with inexpensive Materials, resistant to extreme weather conditions. Connections Rickshaw Wheel Bi-Cycle Wheel Considerations Stations for transfer of Energy from batteries of rickshaws? Transfer energy to High Storage Batteries in Stations? Conversion of Direct Current into Alternating Current for supplying to National Grid? Rough Calculations Approximate Model: Bottle Dynamo - 3-6 watts (6-12V, 0.5 amp) 4 watts, 6 hours of riding = 4*6*60*60 = 86400 = 86kW 1 rickshaw-puller => 50kW per day. 20 rickshaw-pullers => 1MW. 20,000 rickshaw-pullers => 1000MW Bangladesh Total Electric Energy Production Capacity - 10,000MW 200,000 rickshaw-pullers are required! According the unofficial estimates, there are about 800,000 rickshaw-pullers in capital city Dhaka alone. With rapid industrialization and improvements in living condition of people, power requirements will rise rapidly. Viewed from another perspective, if power supply rises, rapid industrialization and improvements in living condition of people would be possible. Can renewable energy sources produce all the energy Bangladesh needs at a much lower cost? Time for change?
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:33:08 +0000
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