Summary table to determine the percentage of vegetable oil possible in industrial engines: trucks and heavy goods vehicles, tractors, generators, etc. To run at 100% vegetable oil, there are two types of adaptation: - equipped indirect injections Bosh or Japanese: supercharge the injectors to 185 bars, and in winter pre-wash pump and heater […]

Summary table to determine the percentage of vegetable oil possible in engines without risk All Diesel vehicles accept 30% vegetable oil mixed with conventional diesel, without engine modifications Indirect injection type vehicles equipped with a pump Bosh or Japanese injection (Diesel Kiki, Zexel…) can go up to […]

The water vapor pump technologies back in France Authors: Victoria Bogdanova, Joël Moreau and Rémi Guillet (Paper written in 2014, June) 7 June 2014, the first water vapor pump cycle of the new CIEC generation was publicly inaugurated in Goussainville, France. Its heating power of 2 MW answers the needs of heating and hot […]

The guide to the urban vegetable garden. 242 pages, 24.2 Mb in .pdf Preface Les Jardins, like many other good ideas elsewhere, have the gift of growing in the most unexpected places. My first experience as an urban gardener was in Brussels, Belgium, on a rooftop without security barriers. Although […]

ADEME Guide to Wind Energy, June 2013 version. For centuries, man has used the energy of the wind to move boats, grind grain or pump water. This source of energy is now used to generate electricity. In recent years, wind power generation has been in full industrial development. It has indeed […]

Archive: Négawatt 2006 scenario, summary Since the end of 2002 the association has embarked on the development of a prospective energy transition scenario by 2050. Taking advantage of new data and greater experience, the members of negaWatt updated this prospective scenario in 2005 and 2006. It was then supported by a number of proposals from […]

Video conference presentation of the Négawatt 2011 Scenario This new scenario meets several objectives: - to show that a so-called “developed” society can meet its needs by considerably reducing the use of fossil and nuclear energies. - propose concrete measures allowing a real energy transition - make a technical contribution to the debate on […]

Négawatt 2011 scenario. This new scenario meets several objectives: - show that a so-called "developed" society can meet its needs by considerably reducing the use of fossil and nuclear energies. - propose concrete measures allowing a real energy transition - make a technical contribution to the debate on the energy policy of the […]

Download the summary of the socio-economic study of the negaWatt scenario. Summary: Publication of the socio-economic study of the negaWatt 2011 scenario Eighteen months after the publication of its “energy scenario 2011-2050” and a little over a year after the publication of its Manifesto, the negaWatt association wishes bring a new contribution to the National Debate on the Transition […]

Analogy between nuclear risk (radiation) and financial risk (crash) in public opinion document in English. Parallels of Radiation- and Financial-Risk Management on Public Acceptance Mark Hogue * Abstract - The financial collapse of 2007 provides an opportunity for a cross-discipline comparison of risk assessments. Flaws in financial risk assessments bear part of the blame […]

Confirmatory experiments for nuclear emissions during acoustic cavitation Sonoluminesence: confirmation of nuclear phenomena (cold fusion type) by Purdue University Confirmatory experiments were conducted to assess the potential for nuclear fusion related emissions of neutrons and tritium during neutron-seeded acoustic cavitation of deuterated acetone. Corresponding control experiments were conducted with normal acetone. Statistically significant (5-11 […]

Patent of 1923 on the improvement of combustion by humidification of the combustion air More information: forum on water injection in engines Download the file (newsletter subscription may be required): Wet combustion, 1923 patent on air humidification

What should I know about oil nozzles? 44-page Danfoss document on the operation, problems and maintenance of oil-fired boiler nozzles Contents: The oil nozzle and the complete oil-fired heating system What should I know about oil-fired nozzles? What is a Danfoss oil nozzle? About what […]

Intensive cultures of microalgae on pig slurry: performance, constraints, use of biomass. 125-page thesis by Lionel DABBADIE This thesis concerns the depollution of pig manure not microalgae but contains information on the culture of microalgae for other applications, in particular 3rd generation biofuel. See the example of BFS Summary The […]