Current: A Total Energy Management System
The invention is a complete energy management system that utilizes renewable energy to generate electricity, makes hydrogen via electrolysis and then utilizes hydrogen to generate electricity on demand.
1 . An energy management process comprising:
means for generating electricity;
means to convert electricity into hydrogen;
means to store hydrogen; and,
means to convert hydrogen into electricity.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein said first generation of electricity is by hydroturbine.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein said first generation of electricity is by wind turbine.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein said first generation of electricity is by photo voltaic means.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein said conversion of electricity into hydrogen is by electrolysis.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein said storage of hydrogen is by containment as a compressed gas in an enclosed vessel.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein said storage of hydrogen is by containment as a refrigerated liquid in an enclosed vessel.
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein said converting hydrogen back into electricity is by internal combustion engine.
9 . The method of claim 1 wherein said converting hydrogen back into electricity is by fuel cell.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein said converting hydrogen back into electricity is by gas turbine.
11 . The method of claim 1 wherein said converting hydrogen back into electricity is by sterling engine.
12 . The method of claim 1 wherein said converting hydrogen back into electricity is by expansion engine.
13 . The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of controlling electricity thus produced by means of power conditioners, load sensing devices, computers, software, computer-aided switches and other control devices known in the prior art in a manner and sequence so that electricity is produced for transmission onto the local grid only when electrical demand exceeds electricity supplied by other methods.
14 . The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of controlling electricity thus produced by means of power conditioners, load sensing devices, computers, software, computer-aided switches and other control devices known in the prior art in a manner and sequence so that electricity is produced for transmission onto the local grid only when electrical demand exceeds electricity supplied by other methods.
15 . The method of claim 10 further comprising the step of controlling electricity thus produced by means of power conditioners, load sensing devices, computers, software, computer-aided switches and other control devices known in the prior art in a manner and sequence so that electricity is produced for transmission onto the local grid only when electrical demand exceeds electricity supplied by other methods.
16 . The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of controlling electricity thus produced by means of power conditioners, load sensing devices, computers, software, computer-aided switches and other control devices known in the prior art in a manner and sequence so that electricity is produced for transmission onto the local grid only when electrical demand exceeds electricity supplied by other methods.
17 . The method of claim 12 further comprising the step of controlling electricity thus produced by means of power conditioners, load sensing devices, computers, software, computer-aided switches and other control devices known in the prior art in a manner and sequence so that electricity is produced for transmission onto the local grid only when electrical demand exceeds electricity supplied by other methods.