Atmospheric Vortex

Engine (AVE)

Submitted By:
P. Vaishnavi
15321A0259
 CONTENTS
• Aim
• Introduction
• Wealth out of waste
• Principle of AVE
• How to start
• Power-Where
• Sizes & details
• By-products of AVE
• Contributions of AVE
• Impacts of AVE
• Working conditions
• Extent of working
• Conclusion
• References
 AIM
To generate power by ATMOSPHERIC VORTEX
ENGINE out of Tornadoes and Hurricanes
 INTRODUCTION
• Mechanical energy - tornado-like vortex.
• Vortex - warm or humid air
• Tangential entries
• Turbines
• Solar energy, warm water or waste heat.
ORIGINATION
• Louis .M. Michaud
• Patented - 2005
• In Ontario
• Breakout Labs
WHAT KIND OF “FUEL” DOES THE
AVE USE?

• The AVE does not consume “fuel” in the conventional

sense.
• Instead, the AVE uses waste heat as a fuel source.
• Very small fossil fuel required - brief period during
• Normal steady-state operation- no additional
combustion of fossil fuels
 BASIC PRINCIPLE
• The atmosphere is heated - from the bottom and
- cooled from the top
• The energy is produced - from the temperature at the bottom of
atmosphere
- to the temperature at the tropopause.

• The source of the energy is thermal convection.

 HOW VORTEX IS STARTED ?
• Temporary heating within the cylindrical wall with
steam or fuel.
• Warm ,seawater or waste industrial heat.
• Wet cooling tower or a dry finned tube heat exchanger.
• The mechanical energy is produced turbo-expanders.
HOW IS THE POWER PRODUCED?

• The power is produced in peripheral turbines.

• The turbines can exhaust either upstream of the
tangential entries or in the centre of the vortex.
• A 200 MW vortex engine could have 20 x 10 MW
turbines each driving a 10 MW electrical generator.
MINIMUM SIZE OF A VORTEX
ENGINE
• Circular wall diameter - 50-200 m
• Circular wall height - 30-80 m
• Vortex base diameter - 20-100 m
• Vortex height - 1-20 km
• Heat input - 1000 MW
• Electrical output - 200 MW
• Cooling cells - 20,50 MW
• Turbine - 20,10 MW
HEAT SOURCES USED FOR AN AVE?
• All of the waste heat could potentially become a fuel
source for the AVE.
• Sources of natural waste heat which can be used to power
an AVE.
• For example:
• The warm humid air heated by the sun at the surface of the earth.
• Warm tropical ocean water at 26 °C or greater would also be
sufficient to act as fuel for an AVE.
BY-PRODUCTS OF THE AVE
In addition to producing electrical energy, the AVE
process has several other useful functions:
• Production of clouds
• Production of precipitation
• Production of fresh water
• Enhancement of cooling tower performance
• Elevation of polluted surface air
• Environmental cooling
 AVE CAN INCREASE THE POWER
CAPACITY OF A THERMAL POWER

• By reducing the cold sink temperature from the

temperature at the bottom of the atmosphere to the top
of the troposphere
• Decreasing the temperature of the cold sink of a Carnot
engine from +30°C to -60°C can significantly increase
the overall efficiency.
• By converting 20% of its 1000 MW of waste heat to work
thereby increasing the overall output of the power plant
by close to 40%.
NET IMPACT OF AN AVE ON GLOBAL
WARMING
The vortex engine can help to alleviate global warming in several
ways.
• Without increasing fuel consumption
• Upward heat convection in the troposphere
• Moves the heat higher up in the atmosphere.
• Warm sea water or warm humid air produces power without
requiring the combustion of fuel except for start-up.
WHERE WOULD IT WORK BEST?

• Tropical regions - Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines

• Arid or semi-arid regions - Australia, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey,
Palestine and southern and northern Africa
• Along arid regions - Afghanistan, Tibet, northern India, Pakistan,
Jordan, Ethiopia and Nepal
• South western USA and northern Mexico
• Offshore north-western Europe - Britain and the Netherlands reportedly
have the highest frequency of tornadoes per unit area.
 ADVANTAGES
• High power production (MW)
• Low fuel cost
• Clean source of energy
• Eco-friendly setup
• High withstanding capacity
• long life – 30-50 years (vortex)
 DISADVANTAGES
• High initial cost
• High maintenance cost
• Skilled labour requirement
• Occupies large space
• Time to time monitoring
 CONCLUSION
Developing the atmospheric vortex engine will require
determination, engineering resources, and cooperation between
engineering and atmospheric sciences disciplines.
There will be difficulties to overcome and there will be many
improvements as the process is developed.
The existence of tornadoes provides virtual experimental proof
that low intensity solar heat can produce high intensity mechanical
energy..
 REFERENCES
• http://vortexengine.ca
• http://slideplayer.com/slide/5711658/
• http://www.ijrame.com/vol3issue2/V3i201.pdf
Thank You