Currents from wind-powered generators

Wind-powered generators may be used as a source of power in areas where prevailing winds are of sufficient intensity and duration. Such units were used fairly extensively in the early days of pipeline CP. However, they are expensive and require extensive maintenance. Their use for this application has declined with the development of more cost-effective, reliable power sources, such as solar cells, CCVTs, and thermoelectric generators. Because the power output from a wind-powered generator will be neither steady nor continuous, some means must be used to assure a steady supply of current to the CP groundbed. This can be done by using storage batteries. 

Energy from the sun is typically more affordable than wind power for individual residences. Currently photo voltaic cells needed for solar power are far too costly to be used for the national electrical grid. Solar energy generation capacity in Armenia is currently around 650 MW, but estimates for future capacity are as high as 3,500 MW. 

The stove can be started and operated indoors with no exhaust fans and no odor of burning wood. We have taken the stove to India and the Philippines and cooked with the Turbo Stove in small villages and on conference room desks with no odor. While the Turbo Stove currently uses a 12 Volt 3 Watt blower, the power could come from stored compressed air, bellows, wind-up generators, photovoltaic, thermophotovoltaic, windup motors, thermoelectric or other sources. 

DC (direct current) electricity, which powers the electrolyzer, can come from a variety of renewable sources, such as wind generators, photovoltaic panels and small hydro and geothermal systems. Batteries are a common non-renewable source of DC current, as well as AC power supplies with rectifiers that change the AC to DC. 

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