My invention provide heat for power plants instead of boilers and combustors that consumes a lot of power and natural gas. My idea aims to use photovoltaics to provide this heat.

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Power plants consume a lot of money, gas and power every year for water and gas heating to produce steam used to run turbine blades to generate electricity which causes pollution, high consumption of gas and increases the running costs. My idea aims to use photovoltaics(PV), power electronic element and chemical materials to generate heat with high temperature degrees and to provide cooling for the power electronic element. So, instead of using boiler and combustor, we should use this eco friendly system which works as below: (A) Photovoltaics works at day hours to provide enough energy needed for the power electronic element to produce heat to evaporate water to generate steam. photovoltaics must generate 250% - 300% of electricity needed for power electronic element which is TEG for night hours. This extra energy shall be stored in batteries. (B) Power electronic element which is TEG, this element can produce heat when two conditions are met ; (i) electricity to the two terminals of TEG. (ii) cooling to the cool side of TEG. TEG unit needs 5 watt to provide heat with 300 celsius degrees (keep in mind that water boils at 100 celsius degrees) this amount of heat can reach up to 1400 celsius degrees for quick heating if we use some particular chemical material.(C) Chemical materials which divide into two types one for increasing the heat temperature and the other is used for cooling the TEG to prevent and protect it from damage or melting down and can be shown as below: (i) First material which is used for increasing the heat could be iron powder or paraffin wax depending on the required temperature if it is up to 370 celsius degrees we will use paraffin wax while if the required temperature is above 400 celsius degrees we will use iron powder. (ii) The second chemical material needed for this system is called the coolant which could be one of these substances: water with glycol, nitrogen, air and water. The coolant purpose is to cool the TEG when it is supposed to high temperature on the other side. The temperature of the coolant must be less than the heat material temperature. Its temperature ranges between 100-30 celsius degrees and differs from TEG brand to other. Keep in mind this system consists of container such as the boiler body to contain the water or air(gas), this body is surrounded by the heat element contained in two sheets of metal one of these sheets touches the boiler's body and the other touches the TEG, coolant can run through heatsink micro channels or through heat sink such as condenser used in refrigerators. This system reduce the capital cost of steam stations as it works as an alternative for boilers which causes the main cost of such power plants.This system reduce global warming as it helps in absorbing heat from exhausts as the TEG can reverse its operation to absorb heat and generate electricity.This system helps in spreading renewables in generating electricity to achieve sustainability.It is eco friendly system as it doesn't pollute the air like natural gas burning and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.This system helps in saving natural gas for domestic use.

Key Benefits

1- reduce pollution.2- reduce running and initial costs.3- increase profits.4- emerge renewables like PV with power plants.5- save gas used in electricity generation.6- reduce carbon dioxide emissions.7- reduce global warming.8- increase power plants sustainability and make them environment Friendly.

Applications

Power plantsFactoriesSubstationsDomestic appliances

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