scholarly journals A Reverse Osmosis and Electrodialysis System Simultaneously Powered by Gravitational Potential Energy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juvenal Rocha Dias ◽  
Eliane Aparecida Faria Amaral Fadigas
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Reverse Osmosis ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Plunger Pump ◽  
Alternative System ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Desalination Plants

This chapter proposes an alternative system for conventional reverse osmosis (RO) and electrodialysis (ED) desalination plants by incorporating the use of gravitational potential energy (GPE). The proposed system is devised with two subsystems, the RO module followed by the ED module, both simultaneously powered by GPE. This kind of energy is obtained by storing the brackish water to be desalinated. The system’s primary source of energy is wind. Windmills harness the wind energy to pump water to a reservoir located at a certain height (<20 m). The stored water has the GPE that will make a special plunger pump work. The piston of this special plunger pump is designed so that high pressure (about 15 bar) can be achieved in a different way from conventional RO plants. In the alternative system, here proposed, to pump water to the RO membranes, the special pistons go downward due to their own weight and are lifted, through a system of pulleys, with a counterweight filled with water obtained from the reservoir. The technical viability of the alternatives was theoretically proven by deductions based on physics and mathematics and with a special plunger pump prototype that worked successfully.

Gravitational Potential Energy Recovery and Recycle of Rotary Drilling Rig Kelly Bar

2014 ◽  
Vol 635-637 ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Xiu Lei Li ◽  
Yong Wu
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Hydraulic System ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Rotary Drilling ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Engine Power

In order to improve the economic benefits of tunneling to rotary drilling rig ,in this paper ,the rotary drilling rig main winch hydraulic system was improved ,by increasing an hydro pneumatic accumulator storage and releasing gravitational potential energy of kelly bar ,as well as increasing reversing motor and the main winch motor to form a hydraulic transformer .So ensured the high pressure when the energy release and reduced the rotary drilling rig engine power ,what’s more ,this system’s feasibility had been verified by theoretical calculation .

Gravitational potential energy and active deformation in the Apennines

2014 ◽  
Vol 397 ◽  
pp. 121-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. D'Agostino ◽  
P. England ◽  
I. Hunstad ◽  
G. Selvaggi
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Active Deformation

Tracker-assisted modelling: simultaneous validation of the conservation law of energy and the work-energy theorem

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 015012
Author(s):  
Unofre B Pili ◽  
Renante R Violanda
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Conservation Law ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Basic Physics ◽  
Free Falling ◽  
Work Done

Abstract The video of a free-falling object was analysed in Tracker in order to extract the position and time data. On the basis of these data, the velocity, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, and the work done by gravity were obtained. These led to a rather simultaneous validation of the conservation law of energy and the work–energy theorem. The superimposed plots of the kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and the total energy as respective functions of time and position demonstrate energy conservation quite well. The same results were observed from the plots of the potential energy against the kinetic energy. On the other hand, the work–energy theorem has emerged from the plot of the total work-done against the change in kinetic energy. Because of the accessibility of the setup, the current work is seen as suitable for a home-based activity, during these times of the pandemic in particular in which online learning has remained to be the format in some countries. With the guidance of a teacher, online or face-to-face, students in their junior or senior high school—as well as for those who are enrolled in basic physics in college—will be able to benefit from this work.

scholarly journals Walking in simulated reduced gravity: mechanical energy fluctuations and exchange

1999 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Griffin ◽  
Neil A. Tolani ◽  
Rodger Kram
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Inverted Pendulum ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Metabolic Cost ◽  
Metabolic Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Reduced Gravity

Walking humans conserve mechanical and, presumably, metabolic energy with an inverted pendulum-like exchange of gravitational potential energy and horizontal kinetic energy. Walking in simulated reduced gravity involves a relatively high metabolic cost, suggesting that the inverted-pendulum mechanism is disrupted because of a mismatch of potential and kinetic energy. We tested this hypothesis by measuring the fluctuations and exchange of mechanical energy of the center of mass at different combinations of velocity and simulated reduced gravity. Subjects walked with smaller fluctuations in horizontal velocity in lower gravity, such that the ratio of horizontal kinetic to gravitational potential energy fluctuations remained constant over a fourfold change in gravity. The amount of exchange, or percent recovery, at 1.00 m/s was not significantly different at 1.00, 0.75, and 0.50 G (average 64.4%), although it decreased to 48% at 0.25 G. As a result, the amount of work performed on the center of mass does not explain the relatively high metabolic cost of walking in simulated reduced gravity.

scholarly journals Feedback of outflows in the Taurus Molecular Cloud

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S292) ◽  
pp. 47-47
Author(s):  
Huixian Li ◽  
Di Li ◽  
Rendong Nan
Keyword(s):  
Kinetic Energy ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Molecular Cloud ◽  
Feedback Effect ◽  
Total Kinetic Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Taurus Molecular Cloud

AbstractWe collected 27 outflows from the literature and found 8 new ones in the FCRAO CO maps of the Taurus molecular cloud. The total kinetic energy of the 35 outflows is found to be about 3% of the gravitational potential energy from the whole cloud. The feedback effect due to the outflows is minor in Taurus.

Accretion onto a Black Hole

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Bailyn
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Potential Energy ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Potential Well ◽  
Accretion Flows ◽  
Flow Geometry

This chapter explores the ways that accretion onto a black hole produces energy and radiation. As material falls into a gravitational potential well, energy is transformed from gravitational potential energy into other forms of energy, so that total energy is conserved. Observing such accretion energy is one of the primary ways that astrophysicists pinpoint the locations of potential black holes. The spectrum and intensity of this radiation is governed by the geometry of the gas flow, the mass infall rate, and the mass of the accretor. The simplest flow geometry is that of a stationary object accreting mass equally from all directions. Such spherically symmetric accretion is referred to as Bondi-Hoyle accretion. However, accretion flows onto black holes are not thought to be spherically symmetric—the infall is much more frequently in the form of a flattened disk.

Spatial heterogeneity of debris-flow watershed

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingjie Yao
Keyword(s):  
Potential Energy ◽  
Debris Flow ◽  
Spatial Autocorrelation ◽  
Gravitational Potential ◽  
Source Area ◽  
Geospatial Analysis ◽  
Gravitational Potential Energy ◽  
Source Areas ◽  
Hypsometric Analysis ◽  
Inflection Points

&lt;p&gt;The intermittent surge is the basic manifestation of viscous debris flow, which emerges universally over the world, especially exemplified by those in Jiangjia Gully (JJG), a valley famous for its high frequency and variety of debris flow surges. It has been found that the surges originate from various sources in the watershed, thus identifying the source areas plays a fundamental role in studying the mechanism and process of surge developing. Advancement of GIS provides an apparent convenience in geospatial analysis of the watershed, which is used as a dominate tool in this paper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this study the JJG is divided into 97 tributaries (sub-watershed) and the hypsometric analysis is performed for each, from which derive the height of inflection points and the gravitational potential energy, coupled with the fitted parameters of specific power function. Then the morphology parameters, including slope, roundness, vegetation and soil, are revealed in tributaries. Besides, spatial autocorrelation among tributaries is quantified both globally and locally through Moran&amp;#8217;s I and Getis-Ord G&lt;sub&gt;i&lt;/sub&gt;*, so that the HI spatial distributions are quantified and visualized. In particular, hot spots are conspicuously visible and highlight the geologic meaning of the HI when exploratory spatial data analysis is applied to the data distributions through local indices of spatial autocorrelation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The results show that H-curves approximately present as S-shaped, and the integral values (HI) range from 0.18 to 0.69 and show positive relationship with both gravitational potential energy and the height of the inflection points. By the HI value, the tributaries are identified as in 5 phases of evolution. The younger tributaries (HI&gt;0.49) make up the majority, which are expected to be the main possible sources for debris flows. Additionally, the slope distribution of tributaries all conform to the extreme distribution while the curves for the upstream, where the HI of tributaries generally manifest higher coupled with larger roundness, tends to skew to the right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally the correlation between possible sources are explored through geospatial analysis. The spatial association in JJG provides an explanation of the debris flow source areas. Global spatial autocorrelation manifests significantly clustered (Moran&amp;#8217;s I shows 0.449, passing the significance test) while tributaries with high HI value concentrate mainly in the Menqian Valley. Moreover, the drainage form of Menqian Valley represents a large possibility of debris flow source area with the respect of that being in Duozhao Valley.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keywords: &lt;/strong&gt;debris flow source area; hypsometric analysis; topographical characteristics; spatial autocorrelation; evolutionary phases&lt;/p&gt;

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