MoltenSalt

back to Solar Energy Molten salt looses only 1degree per day, which means the heat can be stored nearly indefinitly. Combined with a SterlingEngine it can even power a vehicle. Instead of using batteries which converts chemical energy into electrical energy, thermal energy powers a Stirling engine power the vehicle.

The thermal tanks are heated using Solar Energy via parabolic reflectors and Fresnel lenses. The thermal tanks can be exchanged anywhere on the road because parabolic reflectors can be built anywhere. The reason why this fantastic idea can't be commercialized is because of key patents holding Stirling engine technology hostage as explained by a Stirling engine developer at StirlingEngines. We will thus rip-off the patent and make these engines ourselves via a FrontingCompany. One can imagine the reaction of vehicle companies like Toyota to this, they are excluded because of the patents, because they won't be able to afford the licensing terms by the extortionist holding the world hostage.

Molten salt
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/molten_salt_as.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten-Salt_Reactor_Experiment

http://www.hamiltonsundstrandcorp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=873f0b791c152110VgnVCM1000007301000aRCRD

http://www.usregroup.com/

http://www.alt-energy.info/archives/1433 steam turbine, salt

http://link.aip.org/link/?JSEEDO/124/170/1 molten salt pumps

Slashdot

 * http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/02/2032213
 * http://www.courant.com/news/custom/topnews/hcu-hamiltonenergy0102,0,7225438.story

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2008/06/storing-the-sun-molten-salt-provides-highly-efficient-thermal-storage-52873

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-use-solar-energy-at-night

http://mrgreenbiz.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/molten-salt-as-solar-heat-battery/

http://www.p2pays.org/ref/22/21030.pdf pump

http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/2009/03/solar-plant-to-utilize-molten.html

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/reader_feedback/public/services/display_post_redirect.php?id=506048

http://www.cogeneration.net/molten_salt_storage.htm

http://mmadan.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/molten-salt-takes-solar-thermal-into-24x7-mode/

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/18-forget-lightning-how-do-we-catch-sunshine-in-a-bottle

http://www.greencon.co.za/blog/2009/05/storing-energy-the-green-way-for-those-rainy-days/

patents
http://www.freshpatents.com/Thermal-energy-storage-systems-and-methods-dt20081127ptan20080289793.php

molten salt car
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/12/fedex-express-o.html

books
heat exchanger design

http://books.google.co.za/books?id=1A_Y55nz9EUC&pg=RA2-PA337&lpg=RA2-PA337&dq=heat+pump+%22molten+salt%22&source=bl&ots=YvIAmhgCcz&sig=83463-M-PCMfw-50N8fvx6XNwIQ&hl=en&ei=0zs_SvacEty4jAf3xcgF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=89