GB2513878A

GB2513878A - Solar assisted shading, reflecting and gas extraction frames

Info

Publication number: GB2513878A
Application number: GB1308227.6A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Rosemary Jones
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2013-05-08
Filing date: 2013-05-08
Publication date: 2014-11-12
Also published as: GB201308227D0

Abstract

An airborne device suitable for shading and reflecting insolation and the extraction of gas that is sustained at varying altitudes by zero carbon power, and unmanned aerial vehicles 24 that shepherd the device, and hence affect local climates. The device has a frame 9 that has at least two zero carbon powered air tubes 2 that assist in lifting the frame 9. The tubes may be open on one side to the atmosphere to allow air into the tube, which is heated by a heat source within the tube, the expansion of the air lifts the frame 9. The heat source may be heated rods, or by the reflection of solar energy by mirrors to a receiver panel within the tube (see figs 2 & 6). The tubes may be insulated regulated by a heat sensitive strip and thermostat to control the expansion of air. The zero carbon power may be in the form of solar arrays 8a that may be attached directly to the tubes 2 or to the frame 9. More than one frame maybe joined together to cover larger expanses. The frame may also incorporate technology that vacuums greenhouse gases such as methane from the atmosphere.

Description

Solar Assisted Shading, Reflecting and Gas Extraction Frames

Description.

Non-hazardous climate change action in the troposphere, including reflecting, shading and greenhouse gas capture, requires zero carbon technologies tp elevate and sustain small, medium and large sized frames and over long periods of time, the intention being to contribute to the restoration of the planets 1960's shading and reflectivity capabilities and to the removal of ambient greenhouse gas concentrations.

Such climate action partly depends cn solar and other zero carbon derived energy because the existing hydrogen elevated shading frames, though appropriate to low level use over reservoirs, drought sensitive ecosystems and settlements, and piso to high level deployment in the stratosphere, are disadvantaged in situations where they are no longer needed or where they are threatened by excessive wind speeds, and require dismantling by releasing the gases from the tUbes supporting the frames.

Certain geoengineering proposals for increasing shading and reflecting, including deploying millions of space mirrors and hUndreds of thousands of space umbrellas, are potentially hazardous not only because their elements are difficult t9 reclaim but also because their launching most usually create exhaust particles, which contribute to the formation of nocilucent clouds, the disintegration of which over the polar regions results in the particles being deposited t& the detriment of the ice which melts under and round them.

This invention therefore is about non-hazardous and easily reclaimaDle reflecting and shading frames, sustained at varying altitudes by solar or other zero carbon powered technologies, and as approphéte to reflecting insolation at its most iniense and darnginq and also shading glaciers, ice shelf fracture lines, drought sensitive ecosystems, reservoirs, coral reefs, farmland and settlements and at the hobest times of the year. 2.

The invention is now enabled because the recently invented solar UAVs are sufficiently developed to act as the frames' shepherds, deterrpining their altitude and positioSng, and, ii necessary, proyiding them with solar or other zero carbon power. The LJAVs. also have the potential to initiate the frames' de5cent at the end of their deployment or in the avoidance of extreme weather events, though with the exception of deployment at the highest altitudes The invention i comprised of solar (or other) zero carbon power heated air tubes, each having a base surface open to the atmosphere to allow the air inside them to expand as it warms up in response to the froidmity to the heat source extended through or focused withip them, and conequently capab!e of lifting and sustaining large frames.

The technology is of two sorts. The first embodiment is constituted of solar powered or other zero carbon heated rods extending through each of the tubes surrounding the frames-1 each tube being insulaled on the inside and with a heat sensitive strip along its internal length which is connecied to a thermostat regulating the amount of electrical energy being conveyed to the rods from the solar pbwer array Or the zero carbon power source, which is positioned adjacent and on the frames' edges.

The second embodiment is constituted of §olar or other zero carbon heated parabolic shaped mirrors positioned at the base of each tube and focusing heat energy on a receiver panel extending the length of the tube and for the purpos of heating the air therein.

These parabolic mirrors are capable of being ratóheted in and out of the their functioning positions, in àccordàhce with the temperatuS monitoring áchievéd through the connection between the heat sensitive strip along the tubes' inner surfaces and the adjacent thermostatic junction bo*. -3.

In both embodiments, the tubes are attached to the solar power arrays or another zero carbon power souce by means of curved supportscorresponding to their curved side dimensions, and the solar arrays are positioned directly on the frames or attached to them1 or, if light enough, positioned on the tube surfaces, or constituting the tubes' surfaces.

The solar power or other zero carbon energy output is remotely controlled to be increased or diminished or turned on or off in order to raise or lower the frames as required, and the heated rods may also be ourced by cables from the similarly cbntrolled solar UAV hepherds.

The frames may be as much as 200 m2 in surface area, and be connected together to reflect from and shade even larger expanses. Their size may be achieved by joining strips of lightweight material together, and, when grounded, they may be moved or stored in a rolled or folded fotm, if necessarily organized by crane like mechanisms.

The shading frames are also intended to support technology which vacuums down historic or presently emitted greenhouse gases such as methane in the polar regions, requiring the frames to be set in the higher troposphere, or immediately over industrial complexes (including oil and gas fields), composting sites; rubbish dumps and main roads or more remotely over disintegrating permafrost plains and arctic sea beds, and wherever C02 and other greenhouse gas concentrations are consistently higher than they should be. 4.

The specific embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of exmpIe and with refirepce to the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows a view of the first efflbodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 shows a cross section of the same surfaces.

Figure 3 shows a rear view of a tybe's closed end.

Figure 4 a view of the second embodiment.

Figure 5 shows a longituqinal diagram of the second embodiment.

Figure 6 shows a rear view of the second embodiment's closed end.

Figure 7 shows the complete léchnology and! its frame ançi U,AV shepherds.

Figure 8 shows the qomplee technology as apØropriate to greenIouse gas capture.

In Figure 1 there is the tube's internal 1 and external surface 2, and the the heat transmitting rods 3, and! also the insulating matérial 4, and the heat sensitive strip 5.

In Figure 2 there are the tube internal and external surfaces I & 2, the heat tranmithng rods 3, the insulating material 4, the heat sensitive strip 5, the longitudinal supportS, the shaft attaching the support 7, the solar array or other energy source 8a, and the frame 9.

In Figure 3 there is a rear view of a tube's closed end 101 the apertures throuph which the.

electricity cables enter the tube 11, the associated cables 1.2, the extension of the heat sensitive strip 13, botrt these leading to a thermostat junction box 14a, it being adjacent to the array Ba, and the support 6, its shaft 7, attached to the frame 9, pnd storage Cells 18,.

Figure 4 shows a cross section of the second embodiment with its parabolic mirrçr 15, the heat receiver transmitting panel 16, the tube'S surfaces I & 2, the inulatng material 4, anØ the panel's attachmeni to the tube's inner surface 17. 5.

In Figure 5 there is a longitudinal 1iagram of the tube's surfaces 1 & 2, the parabolic mirror 15, the heat rebeiver transmitting panel 16, the insulating material 4, the heat sensitive stripS, the support 6, the frame 9, the smaller renewable array Sb, the storage cells 18, arid the cable connecting the storage cells to the heat transmuting panel 19.

In Figure 6 there is a rear view of a closed nd of the tube inthe second embodiment 20, with the parabolic mirror 15, its arm 21, reaching to the ratchet mechanism 22,as operated through a cable 23, extending from the thermostat junction box 14 b, to which also leads the heat sensitive strip extension 13, and as adjacent to the smaller renewable array Sb, and as above the franie 9, and the support 6.

In Figure 7 there is the complete technology, the tubes' external surfaces 2., the solar power array 8a., and the frame 9., and the VAV shepherds In Figure 8 there is the complete technology as appropriate to greenhouse gas capture, with the tubes' sirfaces 2., the solar power array 8a., the frame 9., the. UAV shepherd 24., and the greenhouse gas including aperture 5.,with its,xtension tithe 26.