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Day 80
We are off grid. This is the generator. It replaced two smaller generators that were dying a quick death. We carried it on a trailer from the UK to France. It was a very slow trip. When we got it here we couldn't get it up the hill due to the drive being very wet and muddy. Phil asked around about getting a tractor to get the trailer up the hill. The local mayor said he could do it and would be around in a few days. The mayor came about a week later a day before we had to leave. He said he'd come back first thing the next day when the ground was cold. We were so happy when he came and brought it up the drive. I could have kissed him!! He helped us roll it into place in the garage.
We took one of the old generators back to the UK. On the way (still in France) we suddenly heard a horrible screaching noise! Phil stopped and found the generator had fallen through the floor boards of the trailer. We struggeled to lift it but to no avail. Fortunately, this happened in front of a garage. Phil offered them the generator if they could help us get it out. They had a jack and lifted the trailer to get it out.
Lots more happened on that trip that I will never forget. The one thing I got from it was how nice the French really are and we were grateful!
47404 820428 Guide Bridge Light
When the HST's took over the main ECML services alot of loco's were displaced to other duties.
The Deltics were removed from service fairly smartly but the Class 47's had further use and were moverd to Gateshead and deployed on Trans-Pennine duties and were generally spruced up and most were given names related to the North East.
Here 47404 Hardian is seen leaving Guide Bridge having been refuelled on the nearby depot. 28th April 1982
Generator built by Abner Doble Company in 1899 from San Francisco, California.
Hwy 198, Tulare County, California 2011
These are just some of the 74 generators in the Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant at the Soo. The plant is now operated by Cloverland Electric Cooperative.
Photographed using a Sony A7R using a Nikkor 18mm f/4 lens.
Former BG modified as a Generator Van as used on the Inverness -London Sleeper Service with pairs of "no heat" Class 37/0's or 37/5's.
The colonies it the sky were established in the early ninteen hundreds. the steam powered baloons and propellors combined with the instant saturation in earths gravity after the great cataclysm allowed the shattered segments of the earth to float precariously in the mid section of earth's atmoshpere. the main sause of power came from wind powered steam generators located at the center of each colonie,there life line.
well this is my seconed entry into the steampunk Rock N Roll contest for the small rock catagory.
this was an absolute nightmare to edit because photoshop wouldn't let me save it so that i could upload :(
more pics later im tired.
Enjoy
From March till May 2014 Dutch artist Theo Jansen exhibits his stunning work of so-called 'Strandbeesten' at the E.ON Electriciteitsfabriek (Electricity Factory) in The Hague, the Netherlands.
In 1990, Theo Jansen (born 1948) began what he is known for today: building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own, known as Strandbeest (Dutch: strand=beach; beest=beast). His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering. He strives to equip his creations with their own artificial intelligence so they can avoid obstacles by changing course when one is detected, such as the sea itself. What was at first a rudimentary breed has slowly evolved into a generation of machines that are able to react to their environment. Constructed as intricate assemblages of piping, wood, and wing-like sails, Jansen's creations are constantly being improved and have become excellently adapted to their sandy beach environment.
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Op vrijdag 14 maart 2014 opende in de Electriciteitsfabriek de tentoonstelling "Generator Strandbeest" rond het werk van kunstenaar en uitvinder Theo Jansen. De expositie is een absolute aanrader! Tijdens de opening deed Kamerkoor Kwintessens uit Den Haag er nog een schepje magie bovenop en klonk het prachtige "Da pacem Domine" van Arvo Pärt in de gigantische turbinehal.
Theo Jansen is een Nederlandse kunstenaar-uitvinder die vooral bekendheid geniet vanwege zijn zogenaamde "Strandbeesten". Deze spectaculaire wezens zijn gebouwd van pvc-buizen en plastic flessen, en lijken echt te leven. Sinds 1990 probeert Theo Jansen in zijn kunst levende wezens zo goed mogelijk te benaderen. Het resultaat zijn reusachtige geraamtes gemaakt van vaak honderden pvc-buizen. De geraamtes bewegen op windenergie. Zij lopen op dezelfde manier als wezens uit de natuur.
Tot begin mei 2014 presenteert Jansen zijn werk in de industriële en poëtische turbinehal van de E.ON Electriciteitsfabriek in Den Haag, waar het maakproces van een nieuw Strandbeest van dichtbij te volgen is. In de hal construeert Jansen een groot, nieuw dier: de Animaris Suspendisse (10 x 4 meter, bij 4 meter hoog). Een uitgestrekte zandlaag vormt de werkvloer om het nieuwe beest uit te proberen. Zeven andere forse strandbeesten bewegen zich, aan de hand van een bezoeker, voort op de begane grond.
Als in een laboratorium experimenteert Jansen met electriciteisbuis, tape, tie-raps en patflessen. Al twintig jaar toetst Jansen de vernuftige proefjes om tot de techniek te komen waarmee ooit zijn kudde, misschien wel geheel zelfstandig, de duinen kan onderhouden. Een droom die hem drijft om door te zoeken naar nieuwe technieken en ontwikkelingen.
In de tentoonstelling "Generator Strandbeest", op de eerste verdieping van de fabriek, wordt een historisch overzicht getoond van de evolutie en het maakproces van de dieren aan de hand van een paleontologisch veld met fossielen. Film, foto’s en video materiaal lichten de ontstaansgeschiedenis toe. Openingstijden van de tentoonstelling zijn van vrijdag t/m zondag van 14:00 tot 22:00 uur. Dagelijks wordt er om 20:00 uur een rondleiding gegeven door Theo Jansen zelf.
Begin mei wordt de kudde, dan een dier rijker, uitgeleid naar zee waarna de dieren weer wind kunnen vangen en uitgelaten langs de kustlijn kunnen paraderen.
Territorio Abandonado - Thermal Plant
Exploration filmed with Go Pro camera
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It did not stand there alone, I just take pic the nearest against the blue sky to note the chill feeling I had. There are a lot of wind turbines in China, they did not work not because of the technology nor policy but the low price of oil and weather sometime.
Remember my old spider friend? (here it is) Well, I went back to my kitchen this morning, and it was still here, ready for a new posing session! This time I tried a focus stack, took 7 shots with different focus settings (yes, my model is very patient! :) ). I tried several solutions to combine them, but the best of these, both for quality of results and speed, was undoubtedly CombineZP, a free software created by Alan Hadley.
Tripod, natural light + home-made reflector, LightRoom for post-processing.
Lens: EF 100 f/2.8L IS macro (click to see all my photos with this lens)
All large steam turbine-driven generators in power plants operate in an enclosure, or casing, that is pressurized at 20 to 80 PSIG with pure Hydrogen. Why??
Hydrogen gas has the highest thermal conductivity and heat removal capacity of any known gas. Hydrogen also has the lowest density and therfore has the lowest "windage" losses (the rotating parts turn with the least friction). It's a supurb coolant for the purpose. Fans that turn with the shaft circulate the hydrogen throughout the generator. Typically the heated hydrogen is cooled by water "radiators" that are in the circulation path.
As an additional benefit, hydrogen gas minimizes "corona" discharge (which degrades the insulation) that can surround high-voltage windings in air.
Since the hydrogen used is 99% pure, there it no risk of internal fire or explosion, unless the gas becomes contaminated with air.
Hydrogen cooling permits the manufacturer to increase the energy density (kilowatts per cubic foot) over that of air-cooled generators, as well as increase efficiency. Modern hydrogen-cooled generators are the most efficient man-made machines on the planet, converting 99% or more of the mechanical horsepower into kilowatts.
The generator's shaft must pass out of the pressurized casing to couple to the steam turbine (or other Prime Mover). Close-fitting liquid oil fed rings around the shaft provide a zero-leakage seal for the shaft penetration through the casing.
Even higher energy densities (more kilowatts per cubic foot) can be produced if the stationary windings are additionally liquid-cooled. Hydrogen is STILL used as a cooling gas in liquid-cooled machines. This photo shows a hydrogen-cooled machine (no liquid cooling).
A 3D Stereo Crosseye view.
TO SEE THIS IN 3D, there's a tutorial here:
Generator or Monster-Star-Motor? ;-) I liked the big round of the old and textured coils of this old but fully functional generator of a water turbine.
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Generator oder Monster-Stern-Motor? ;-) Ich mochte das große Rund der alten und grob texturierten Spulen dieses alten aber voll funktionsfähigen Generators einer Wasserkraft-Turbine.
BR 47415 eases the Table 83 1E93 17:03 Holyhead to York into the Up platform loop at Abergele & Pensarn station back in September 1986.
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Probably not long for this world... as everything in this room seems to be getting scrapped. The copper coils of a similar-looking machine nearby had already been sawed off.