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Electro Fuel Station |
Category: Sustainable Technology |
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Metin Giousouf
Esslingen, DE
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Page Views: 106
Votes: 10
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Entered: 10/17/2008
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Automobiles
will
be
powered
by
rechargeable
battery
technology
in
the
future.
However
recharging
will
always
be
a
time
consuming
procedure.
Further
the
economical
aspects
also
are
depending
on
how
the
electrical
power
is
generated
for
recharging.
So
here,
a
complete
autonomous
recharging
station
is
presented.
The
electrical
energy
for
recharging
is
gained
from
the
environment
by
using
e.g.
wind
energy,
solar
energy
or
geothermal
energy.
An
automobile
with
used
battery
drives
on
an
special
stage.
Here,
under
the
stage
an
complete
automation
system
is
constructed
under
the
earth's
floor.
A
robotic
lift
system
takes
out
the
used
battery
and
places
it
at
the
upper
end
of
a
roller
belt,
where
also
further
batteries
are
located
sequently.
While
the
batteries
are
moved
downwards
on
the
slightly
tilted
transportation
roller
belt
by
gravity,
they
are
permanently
charged.
The
lift
system
takes
a
charged
battery,
which
has
been
tested
at
the
lower
end
of
the
roller
belt,
and
sets
it
into
the
automobile.
Bad
charged
or
damaged
batteries
are
separated
and
located
at
the
left
hand
side
of
the
lift.
On
demand
this
separated
batteries
can
also
be
lifted
out
of
the
system.
The
advantage
of
this
automation
system
is
that
recharging
of
the
automobile
works
within
few
moments.
However
the
system
can
only
work
with
standardized
battery
design.
The
electo
fuel
station
is
fully
autonomous
system
with
a
small
infra-structure
like
vending
machines,
WC
etc.,
which
all
are
powered
by
sustainable
energy
technology.
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Meet the Entrant, Metin Giousouf
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Profession: Scientist |
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Number of times entering contest previously: 1
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Design Tools:
Pencil and Paper
Image rendering software
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Software used:
Cinema4D
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Metin's favorite design tool:
Cinema4D, very easy usage
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Metin's hobbies and activities:
inventing not working machines
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What role does Metin believe product design plays in creating a better future?
good design is always a strong argument to sell products, s. Apple :-)
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Hardware used for design:
Hewlett Packard
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