What type of potential applications do I see in HybridAire's future?
Here are my 3 key areas:
1 - The HOME:
Let us start with the most important area.... your home.
Humanity spends more than one third of their life in. It's part of the three-eights "8-8-8", those being approximated as: 8 hours work - 8 hours play - 8 hours sleep.
So where does the HybridAire system intend to fit into your home?
ENERGY!
The HybridAire system when designed to be driving a genset head, is to be robust, durable and solid enough to stand the long-term requirements of providing electrical power for your home 24/7, every day of the year.
Now, I would like you to just think for a moment about Hydro electricity: Hydro can provide a constant source of power, though only if there is enough constant running water and pressure of flow. With Photovoltaic, it is a similar scenario. Provided that the Sun is happily shining on the clean solar panels, it is able to generate power. Finally, if you now look at Wind turbines, the same type of scenario of generating power, is only happening when the wind is blowing.
Yet, unlike Wind, Solar and Hydro, the Air around us that we breathe, is always available for use. This is where the beauty of the concept of the HybridAire system will eventually be seen. It is being developed to have the ability to run 24 hours per day or as required.
Having a home power generator that runs 24/7 means no longer having to rely on the grid, where constant brownouts or blackouts occur during peak load periods. By making HybridAire power generators off-grid, this will offer many people from slower developing countries, the ability to finally gain access to a constant and reliable electrical power source for their homes and communities.
Remote communities in particular will gain reliable access to power for lighting and electrical appliances, and especially for heating, cooling and refrigeration, and most importantly, to pump water to their community.
2 - The WORKPLACE:
Do you or your colleagues operate any electrical appliances at your business or place of work?
Whether you are a small business, running just one or a handful of machines, or perhaps you have a large business for instance that runs a series of cold storage facilities globally, my vision for HybridAire is to enable your place of work to have access to power 24/7 without the associated increasingly high costs of paying for the grid supply network.
For businesses, my long-term mission is to offer a fully enclosed on-site power generation system, in varying sizes, to be able cope with the system loads demanded by businesses, regardless of their power requirements.
Example: A Community Ice Skating Rink
Imagine for a moment, that you are the owner of a Community Ice Skating Rink. The rink owner has typical energy costs for a single artificial ice skating pad ranging from AUD$10,000 to $30,000 or more per month or more depending on the size of your facility, and the current pricing of electricity in their location.
Now imagine if you cut your annual energy bill by 90% or more after installing a HybridAire system. That kind of access to self-sustainable power, through the HybridAire system, could ultimately allow more businesses to begin to run more efficiently and cost effectively.
This kind of access to on-site power could directly benefit many different kinds of industries. The Entertainment and Sports industries for example, could benefit by having far lower operating costs, and passing these benefits on to their customers, meaning their product or service becomes accessible to more people to see and enjoy. Manufacturing industries could benefit significantly, as one of their most expensive operating costs is significantly reduced.
Imagine for a moment, a large manufacturing business, perhaps with a series of CNC machines, robotic systems, welders or plasma cutters all running 24/7 each day of the year - expensive right?
What about a large data cloud storage or cryptocurrency mining facility, operating 24/7 every single day of the year? These are very high energy users and definitely not cheap to run. Then there's also cold storage facilities, underground mining, steel mills... all expensive indeed.
So where do the commercial and industrial sectors typically use energy? These sectors use electricity for a range of different uses, such as operating industrial motors and machinery, pumps and compressors, indoor and outdoor lighting systems, computers and server networks, office equipment, facility heating, cooling, and ventilation equipment, to name a few.
This is why I see the potential for the HybridAire system to be of significant value to the planet for our future generations. Reliable, low cost power without the pollution levels currently created today.
3 - TRANSPORTATION:
Whilst home life, recreation, and entertainment are significant parts of our lives as much as going to work is, it must be said that most of those activities will definitely not happen without transport.
As society, we know that if all the trucks, trains, boats and airplanes stopped delivering parcels and products tomorrow, most of society would run out of food by the end of the week; important medications for hospitals wouldn't be delivered; you wouldn't have petrol or diesel to fill you car within a few days at best; and our work and recreation would almost immediately stop. Does that mean that I consider sustainable transport to be a big part of our future? Absolutely Yes.
One of the key design considerations for me, is designing the HybridAire system to fit seamlessly into transportation vehicles. The aim of this, is scaling the system and using flexible motor design layouts, to meet the necessary size constraints and requirements of both existing and future vehicle designs that can fulfill society's needs.
It is intended that the HybridAire systems could be retrofitted within both a typical internal combustion engine or EV battery pack framework. This of course would have significant benefits when considering the best weight distribution in new vehicles, particularly airplanes, cars, trucks, and marine craft, by being able to spread the system load weight out to suit each application.
There is also the ability for transport companies to significantly reduce their operation costs and improve overall safety, by not needing to regularly refuel their vehicles. This would be a key financial benefit that once again, like other industries, these companies could pass those savings on to their customers and investors.
Final Thoughts:
In the future, I intend to expand on these 3 key areas, to showcase many individual applications as this system gets closer to completion. In the meantime, however, take a moment to think about a non-polluting and self-sustaining power system, next time you see a car pass you on the street, or a machine operating at work, or even a new house getting built, and wonder what a quieter world with cleaner air and water could be like for everyone!