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  1. #1
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    Could this clockwork compete other storage methods?

    Hi :

    I'm new to this forum and would like to know your opinion about this invention.

    I invented this clockwork of very high ratios to store renewable energy in form of weight falling into deep oceans or wells or to store energy in carbon nanotube super springs :

    How the machine works:

    Picture:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tZ_...dBJah-yBf/view

    My machine solve several stage clockwork by avoiding connecting gears directly , however by discharging the energy in steps.

    Group number 6 consisted of gear #2 and gear #4 , it moves from side to side continuously to transfer energy between the gears.When the group No (6) moves from right to left rod #8 will release gear #1 and at the same time small gear #2 will touch big gear #1, gear #1 will transfer some of its energy to weaker spring in gear #2, also at the same time small gear #4 will touch big gear #3, so that gear #3 will transfer some of its energy to weaker spring in gear #4.

    The opposite happens when the group No (6) moves from left to right:

    1) Rod #8 stops gear #1 to save energy.

    2) Big gear #2 will touch small gear #3 to transfer some energy to it and to be stored.

    3) Big gear #4 will touch small gear #5 to transfer its energy .


    For oceans I would use huge empty boxes to bear the clockwork and the weight on water surface
    Carbon nanotube Super springs:
    https://spectrum.mit.edu/winter-2011/super-springs/
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    Last edited by awaterpon; 09-28-2018 at 01:28 PM.

  2. #2
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    Re: Could this clockwork compete other storage methods?

    It's pretty hard to figure out what's going on in that sketch. What is the the gear train supposed to do? Be a variable ratio system? What advantage does it have over more traditional gear trains? A given weight * height only can store a fixed amount of energy, same for a spring.

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