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Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Beaf: 3:35am On Feb 23, 2010 |
biina: You are only pissed off at being shown up after claiming know-all status. You have been making two deadly mistakes; 1. You pretend to know things you don’t and are dismissive when you are countered 2. You assume that you can’t possibly be talking to an expert Most of your last post is just an attempt to confuse people with words and emptiness. You didn’t make a single worthwhile counter argument. I will deal with a couple of things I can sift from the largely meaningless post. biina: Why don’t Europeans consider that in their heavy investments in solar power? They get much less solar energy than us; we sit on the bloody equator. Some Northern European countries even have months of darkness (pick up your geography book). I guess they must be "daft". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Spain biina: Have you ever been to the beach? You will notice that there are always strong winds blowing, even at ground level. biina: Mr know-all, what makes you think that any alternative power systems require batteries? Have you heard about heat storage? You might want to look that up, as well as their practical applications like storage heaters. Storing heat efficiently is very cheap. biina: Everybody has a septic tank and a soakaway pit. They can generate electricity from waste food and human waste right where they are produced. . . Transport what? biina: . . .Unnecessary English. biina: Mr Know-all, why do you think the only way to generate electricity from sunlight is with solar cells? It is so important not to be a technological dinosaur and keep up with developments. Have you ever heard of thermoacoustic heat engines? They are much more efficient than solar cells, they are also very cheap, extremely reliable, easy to manufacture and will provide a source of living for Nigerians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoacoustic_hot_air_engine http://www.lanl.gov/thermoacoustics/ biina: Now your negativity surfaces. “The Spanish government is committed to achieving a target of 12 percent of primary energy from renewable energy by 2010 with an installed solar generating capacity of 3000 megawatts (MW).” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Spain . . .That sounds like all of Nigeria’s current power output as solar energy in a European country! biina: Simple physics says that when you take away some of the oceans energy, there will be less damage caused when it breaches shores, in fact it might never have enough left to flood the place anymore. Simple physics. biina: When you decentralise, what would be the use of a grid, except to deliver energy to industrial areas or excess domestic requirements? The grid gets de-emphasised in many ways. Let that be your homework. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Nobody: 3:57am On Feb 23, 2010 |
Binna wants to keep doing the same thing and expect a totally different result |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by bawomolo(m): 4:41am On Feb 23, 2010 |
agathamari: Bio-diesel is expensive to synthesize and doesn't have as much heating value as say coal or gasoline. I hope you do realize hydroelectric plants typically mean the creation of dams and well dams typically displace people or affect agriculture. sources of hydro-energy such as lake chad are rapidly shrinking so its not as if we are abundant in that either. I still see coal plants with carbon capture as a good idea. CHP (co-generation) systems should also be encouraged. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by becomricch: 4:50am On Feb 23, 2010 |
first of all is Jonathan an engineer that can solve the problem. No. Is the minister an electrical engineer that can solve the problem. Why those of us that know the solution. You dont want us to be there. How do you think you can solve the problem. Do you think beaf and his nonsense can solve it. I use to give idea before. but now, I do not give sure idea. Expect I get paid. It is called consultancy and implementation. I have been given the ideas before, but what i discovered is that they would quickly go and give their brother or sister and steal the money. So what is the need. now what is Dora doing in the ministry of information and telecomunication. the other person in the ministry of power. you can not give a non engineer , engineering jobs. The minister of information and telecommunication and powers , works and housing must be engineers all the time. If Jonathan is serious , he should remove people who are minister in engineering position and give them to engineers. This is one of the solution. I know the solution. wumiabo here is my email nigeriamail@hotmail.com |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by biina: 5:55am On Feb 23, 2010 |
Beaf:I dont pretend to know things that I dont, but I am dismissive of nonsensical suggestions, and from the first post you made, I am very sure you are no expert. The primary reason Europeans are investing heavily in solar and other renewable energy sources is not because it is economical, rather its is because most of them dont have accessible fossil fuels and don't like being held to ransom by the oil & gas producing countries, and, environmental concerns. You are yet to tell us those countries that are heavily dependent on Solar energy, after all, if it such a brilliant idea, others should have considered it giving that solar energy is not a new development. I know there are winds at the beach, I have only asked you to provide figures that make you think it is a viable source of energy and by the way, will we all have to buy a piece of land on the beach? The most efficient way to convert to/fro from electrical energy is the battery. That is why you dont use hot water/salt for your computer UPS! Heat storage is only more efficient when your final target form is the heat, like in water or space heating. So we should all start pumping out our unprocessed septic tanks. Thanks for the health concerns. When you are more familiar with bio fuel processing, we can revisit this. I take it you have no idea of what I was talking about. You made reference to our solar radiation levels and I pointed you to the applicable technology. Thermoacoustic engines are used to convert between heat and sound. In your solar case you would want to convert the sound produced into electricity using a piezoelectric or similar device that produce an EMF in response to pressure. The efficiency of the system is very low, with recent research results producing just 100W from 2800W of heat. i.e. 3.5% efficiency, while solar cells are typically around 12% So a target of 12% for all renewable energy sources is major? 1. Spain has the most sunshine of all european countries and subsequently they are the fourth largest producer of solar energy 2. The 3GW solar output is less than 3% of Spain's electricity demand So if 12% is coming from renewable sources (solar, wind etc), where are they getting the remaining 88% from? why arent they getting the 100% from solar? Unfortunately it is not that simple. The problem with the bar beach has as much to do with the topography of the beach itself as the force exerted by the wave. Secondly, the fraction of wave energy extracted is minimal and local i.e. the generator is a small unit that causes diffraction of the irregular wave, it does not mean a substantial change in force of the wave at the front. I have not seen any research that correlated wave intensity at beach fronts to the installation of wave power generators, and I dont see how it would. Its like saying installing a wind wave reduces the amount of wind blowing. So there will be no grid in your decentralized system? I guess you dont know the purpose of the grid itself. Quite an 'interesting' idea though. Please indulge me and describe in detail how this your decentralized system will work. A few questions to start us off 1. Will each individual house be responsible for its own power generation? if yes, how much do you estimate the average home will consume and which sources do you intend to use to meet this demand. Please provide cost estimates. 2. Will the industries and commercial users also have decentralized power generation or will the government still be supplying them off the grid? 3. How do you intend to get excess generation to domestic consumers who are no longer on the grid? 4. What about small scale industries and companies that are not collocated in industrial areas? |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by biina: 5:56am On Feb 23, 2010 |
mikeansy:At no point have I said PHCN should remain as it is. I simply disagree with the notion of 'decentralization'. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by biina: 6:08am On Feb 23, 2010 |
PapaBrowne:privatization does not equal decentralization. You should stop equating telecoms to the power sector, they are two different sectors with different needs. Most importantly is that you can never make the power sector a truly competitive market. First step would be to make the PHCN autonomous and split its various phases. Future? what evidence do you have to support your claim that this is the way forward? Has it worked somewhere? That a technology exist does not mean that it is a viable solution in a particular situation. Why dont you suggest that we start using electric cars, as we are always having fuel scarcity. After all electric cars are becoming popular in developed countries Who is limiting grid dependence? seeking renewable source of energy is different from trying to decentralize the power system. Can you tell me one developed country that doesn't have a grid? or do you think they are all stupid? So who will pay for the investments in these solar cells or all the other renewable sources? what is the cost to benefit analysis that you have done that convinced you that it is a viable route or do you suggest we be doing trial and error? You guys should get off the renewable energy kool-aid. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Beaf: 6:46am On Feb 23, 2010 |
biina: Thermoacoustic engines are used to convert between heat and sound. In your solar case you would want to convert the sound produced into electricity using a piezoelectric or similar device that produce an EMF in response to pressure. The efficiency of the system is very low, with recent research results producing just 100W from 2800W of heat. i.e. 3.5% efficiency, while solar cells are typically around 12% What a ridiculous statement from our "expert"! Stop posing, you are only wounding yourself and talking rubbish with confidence. There is no point addressing the tonnes of verbage you dropped to confuse the unwary, I'll just finish you off with this; "With a wire screen [10] or parallel-plate [11] regenerator, the engine of Fig. 5 has produced acoustic power of 710 W or 1750 W, respectively, each with an [size=14pt]efficiency of 30%[/size]." http://www.lanl.gov/thermoacoustics/Pubs/ICSV9.pdf - Los Alamos National Lab (you might want to stop here to educate yourself on the origins of the atomic bomb). Even the earlier link I posted said they are as efficient as an internam combustion engine. Where in God's good name did you get 3.5% from? Youtube? That would be something like 3 times more efficient than your run of the mill solar cell and bloody cheaper too. Damn! Expert, Mr Know-all. . . www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6 |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by biina: 7:26am On Feb 23, 2010 |
Beaf:and you just had to show your ignorance. Havent you heard that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Question for you: does your TV or computer run off acoustic (sound) energy? How much of your input heat gets to the heat exchanger? How much electricity can you get from your acoustic power? FYI There is a difference between a Thermoacoustic system and a ThermoAcoustic Electric Generator, TAEG. A TAEG is what you would use to convert from heat via sound to electricity. A Thermoacoustic system is just a part of it. When you talk about efficiency, you look at the entire system and not just a component. while you a busy deriding urself on a 2002 paper on thermoacoustics, here is a more recent (2008) result on a LA based TAEG http://www.springerlink.com/content/y33h67h067146367/fulltext.pdf From the paper: Under 2800 W heating power, different output electrical power could be obtained by varying the resistance of the rheostat. When Z = 100 , 97 W electrical power was obtained in the experiment. You can compare Figure 1 in the new paper to Figure 5 in your original paper and see what happens to the bulk of your acoustic energy (wouldnt advise that you read the entire paper). So what is 97/2800W? This is not your field of expertise and I really don't understand why you continue your futile attempts at pretending otherwise. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by lordbayor(m): 7:47am On Feb 23, 2010 |
Interesting discussion but lets keep the argument healthy and respectful. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Beaf: 8:36am On Feb 23, 2010 |
biina: Charlie, stop disgracing yourself! Damn!!!!!!!!! You love talking, don't you? I'm not a talker. You are talking more crap. You convert your energy into electricity through the piezoelectric effect. Its all neat and efficient. I've taught you something new in thermoacoustics today (a word that you had never heard about), now you want to start blabbing about stuff you've glanced at and don't understand. Today, you have learnt that you can convert solar energy to electricity (that would have increased your brain cells by at least one ), it is your duty to go and read up on thermoacoustics, because that is the future (not your batteries and solar cells). I am a bit late in the delivery of a technology website I promised here on NL, but I will release enough stuff there to shame one way thinkers and willing dinosaurs like yourself. Mr Know-all who knows nothing. . . .If I say more, I might blow your mind. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by biina: 9:07am On Feb 23, 2010 |
Beaf:Can you please provide your technical source (not wikipedia) that has shown that piezo-electric crystals can be combined efficiently to a thermoacoustic generator and state its capacity and efficiency? FYI the two main forms of acoustic to electrical energy conversion used in TAEGs are magneto-hydrodynamic and linear alternator. By the nature of my job, I learn new things everyday, but not from the likes of you in this field. Possibly there are other fields in which you are quite knowledgeable, as who knows, the sun shines even on a dog's behind once in a while I am sure to anyone who knows anything about electrical power and energy/power generation, it is clear who the charlatan is. That you have failed to respond to my questions on your proposed 'decentralized' solution just underlines the point I made earlier, that you think you know what you don't know. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by agathamari(f): 11:46am On Feb 23, 2010 |
bawomolo:biodiesel made from recycled veg oil is $0.85 - $1.00 a gallon to produce. many people in the us have the equipment to do it themselves. im talking alge prodution (even cheaper) which produces both biodiesl as well as methane both can be used in power generation or sold internationaly using the funds to develope the power sector. yes i know fully well that damns or locks are required for hydro-electric plants, im not a child. a lock system though not producing the power in quantities as a damn would, causes minimal disruption to people or water sources though it may cause issues with internal shipping lanes |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by zenus(m): 2:24pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
Let's wait and see |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Beaf: 2:29pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
biina: I am sure to anyone who knows anything about electrical power and energy/power generation, it is clear who the charlatan is. Seriously, I have ignored a lot of your questions and arguments, because most would win the trophy for daftness (and I just can't be bothered). Take this one for example; Unfortunately it is not that simple. The problem with the bar beach has as much to do with the topography of the beach itself as the force exerted by the wave. Secondly, the fraction of wave energy extracted is minimal and local i.e. the generator is a small unit that causes diffraction of the irregular wave, it does not mean a substantial change in force of the wave at the front. Even a secondary school student with the most rudimentary knowledge of physics would know that, when you take energy out of a system, it remains taken out. Wave power plants can reduce the power of waves on the shore. In fact, several systems are designed for that exact purpose. Here are some answers for you. [size=14pt]Olodo![/size] "The Mighty Whale is a floating OWC that has the double purpose of extracting wave energy and providing a calm waters area behind it. It was tested in the Tokyo Bay until May 2002, being dismantled afterwards." http://www.wave-energy.net/Library/WaveNet%20Full%20Report(11.1).pdf "Devices that are on-shore can have environmental benefits, such as helping to reduce the erosion of the landscape. Any devices off shore can have an effect on the aquatic life in that area but this again is very site specific and hard to predict. But anchoring systems can become almost like artificial reefs, creating a place for new colonisation." http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/Web_sites/01-02/RE_info/wave%20power.htm (University of Strathclyde in Glasgow) "During standard operation Pelamis machines will be extracting energy from the sea state (and turning it into electricity) which will result in a reduction of wave energy in the direct lee of the project." http://www.pelamiswave.com/content.php?id=154 "Thus while a noticeably calmer area might develop immediately in the lee of an ofshore wave power plant, the waves would be substantially re-established by diffraction 3 to 4 km shoreward of the plant" http://oceanenergy.epri.com/attachments/wave/reports/007_Wave_Envr_Issues_Rpt.pdf Wave power can indeed save bar beach with the added benefit of generating electricity. But, left to dinosaurs like you, the Earth would be flat. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by otondo55: 2:35pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
I cant wait to see this power improvement Carry on Mr President !
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Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by sauwal: 3:31pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
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Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Ben13: 3:41pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
He's even boasting 'bout 6000MW. . .I wonder what that will take care of. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by HeroKing: 3:59pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
Energy Experts in the house, While the debate was going on, Nigerians are hungry; hungry for power. What is the solution, which way forward? Please advise us in simple terms. Who knows, some decision makers are on Nairaland, believe me. So long, |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Gekko(m): 4:00pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
Im no expert on these matters but shouldn't we be looking for the next trend so we cant beat and stay ahead of the curve. checkout this new breakthrough in clean energy technology : http://www.bloomenergy.com/ the small box in this guys hand can power one american home or 2 European homes using fuel cells the company officially launches tomorrow and companies like Fedex, google, ebay are already utilizing this new technology |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by solajacobs(m): 4:14pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
we dey wait |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Feraz(m): 4:21pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
I once created a thread on how 2 generate constant supply of electricity. U cud check it https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=323322.msg4541157#msg4541157 |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by PurestBoy(m): 4:26pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
What has actually become of becomricch pasting maps anytime any discussion comes up? |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by kokoye(m): 5:12pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
Na wa for all the 'experts' on this thread. I actually thought I knw a thing or two about electricity generation. I was wronging hope all these ideas make it to the right place. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by TPS360: 5:18pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
Just the same old same story we have been hearing for the last 50 years, I sincerely hope that we dont keep hearing this same rhetoric in the next 50 years, keep lying Jonathan, your luck will soon run out. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by biina: 5:23pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
Beaf:meaning you couldnt find counter arguments. Even a secondary school student should know the meaning of x>>y For on shore devices it is a moot point, as sections of the beach are replaced by the generators. You no longer have your beach. Yet this does not stop a tidal rise and subsequent erosion, For offshore devices the effect is local (and i have already stated this). The bold part of your posts supports this. In fact the last ref you quoted summarizes it well. When you have hard evidence, and not conjectures,you can then claim to be right. So, No, there is no 'indeed' in it. I am still waiting for you to provide details and/or answers to my question on your 'decentralization' solution |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by kobikwelu(m): 5:31pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
all these na long thing. the best way to be able to generate much more than we need is by going nuclear. the way nigeria is and if we are to grow, we need 20,000mw minimum |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by Parnassuss(m): 5:47pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
Damn, @ Beaf, this is true beef! Damn, you categorically killed him. I don't know bout the technicality of the system but i remember reading bout our power potential in some book bout Africa's potentials, even some NGO situated in the UK tried to foment enthusiasm 4 solar in Naija, saying it was too appropriate. But I'm sure Biina must have his points. Spar on, nerds. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by biina: 6:00pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
A bit off topic, but just to shed light on why WG are not going to solve the bar beach problem, here is a report that gives a brief outline of the problem as at 2002 http://iodeweb1.vliz.be/odin/bitstream/1834/540/1/AssWA_BB2002.pdf On shore WG will not stop ocean storms, and the increased interference from WC installations could actually make things worse. |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by otawa: 6:04pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
When will you guys learn that problem with Nigeria is not lack of technology, experts etc. It is simply a set of people that 'wait' for GOD all the time. Mr Obasanjo spent $10billion and result is ZERO. Bring your solar, nuclear technology, the next Mr President will still spend another $10billion and you wont see result! Until we follow 'developed countries' examples(wipe out the people that stops you), we will never progress! |
Re: We Must Achieve 6,000 Megawatts – Jonathan by bawomolo(m): 6:54pm On Feb 23, 2010 |
biodiesel made from recycled veg oil is $0.85 - $1.00 a gallon to produce. many people in the us have the equipment to do it thiemselves. im talking alge prodution (even cheaper) which produces both biodiesl as well as methane both can be used in power generation or sold internationaly using the funds to develope the power sector. oh really, and what is the quality and heating value of this biodiesel? the efficiency? I doubt the product cost is that cheap. as per algae production, do you think we have the space needed to cultivate algae or some sea weed en mass?
oh i didn't call you a child. |
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