LLW

8CG ACtion Project -Renewable Energy

What 8CG Has Done In

LLW 8CG have spent their time in LLW working on the different ways that we could make energy for the school, because we already use solar energyWe researched these methods:Geothermal Hydro Electric Biowaste Electric BikesKinetic Energy

Energy Costs of The School

We wrote a letter to the bursar asking how much the energy costs of the school were. She replied with these figures: Gas - £32,083.73Electric-£88,316.14Per Year

Geothermal Energy

How Geothermal Energy Works

The Advantages of Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy is very efficient and wastes almost none of the energy produced. This will help keep heating costs of the school low during winter.

It's very efficient!

The Disadvantages of Geothermal

EnergyAlthough this type of energy saves money, the initial installation is expensive. Another disadvantage is the generator may release harmful gases.

How Geothermal Energy can affect Running Costs

Geothermal Energy requires no fuel, only a pump is required. The cost of drilling however is expensive.

Where it Would be placed

The generator would in the grass area behind the tennis courts as this is not being used for anything else.

CreditsLewis Marks - Typer

Robbie McCartney - Animator

Amal Mathew- Final Drafter

Adam Mckee - Proofreader Calum Lyons - Editor

Google Slides + Mrs Forbes- For being awesome and allowing us to do this

Hydro Electric Energy

LLW PROJECT

The design:

Supreme Rain Gauge Info

This massive energy producer has a giant rain gauge which gathers water until it has been filled to its maximum capacity. After a button is pushed, a door under the water opens, releasing the water onto the wheel which will turn with the force of the water, creating energy. There is a pipe under the wheel which is where the water will go after flowing through it. The force of the piston pushes the water through the rubber tubes around and back up through another pipe dumping all the water back onto the wheel. Therefore, creating an energy circuit.

At night-time at the end of every week, the emergency gate is opened and releases the water out to the sea.

The Benefits

1. It would be self sufficient as it only needs to be filled up with rain to start producing energy.

2. There is plenty of rain in Northern Ireland so when we need to collect more it won’t be a problem!

3. The rain gauge will be cost effective to build, as it is made from rubber, glass and plastic.

4. Thanks to the rubber tubing the water can travel in a circuit and supply constant energy.

5. It uses a renewable source so once built does not need any more money spent on it ( unless damage occurs to the rubber tubing or rain gauge)The Disadvantages:

1. It could be blocked by snow or hail stones2. It will be less effective during Summer as there would a decreased amount of rain to power it.

The price the school is currently paying for gas and electricity:£32083.73-Gas£88316.14-Electricity

This device should produce an average of around 0.7 kwh.which means that it generates 6131.9 kilowatts per a year.

The cost of this is about one-third the cost of using fossil fuel or nuclear energy and one-sixth the cost of using natural gas, saving the school about £10,694.57 for gas and £29,438.71 for electricity.

The Energy and Money Saved

THANKS GO TO:HARVEY THOMSON = DEsiGning &

IMAGING GREGORY THOMSON = editing & writing MICHAEL TRESIDDER = designING CALLUM CULBERT = WRITING & co-ordinatorRyan cunningham = proof -reader AND CO-ANIMATOR

Bio-Waste .

By Jack, Johnny, Adam, Ben and Theo.

What is Bio-Waste Energy?

Bio-Waste energy is waste that comes out of your body and waste food formed into energy. It is useful as many people go to the toilet in school so often it will provide energy for the school just by taking the energy from your Body waste. It goes through a series of tubes to get to a plant which will turn the waste into energy.

How it gets to the plant. The body waste is transported through a pipe to the plant and is held from the liquid and is sent to be incinerated. A ton of bio waste is approximately

£51.

The plant

The plant burns the 19.87p per kWh

waste and generates energy. We save about £50 every month using bio-waste.

How we will use it!

We will use it as a backup power source for when the electric goes off.The energy created will be stored until it is needed.

Other uses for Bio-waste

Bio-waste will reduce…the school's carbon footprintwaste in landfillsfossil fuel energy

It will produce...organic fertiliser to farmscost saving for customers

There is even a bus in London that runs on bio-waste

How much electricity can we save?

Electricity Generating Bicycle

How much money will it cost?It will cost approximately £700 pounds per bike. We need 30 bikes to effectively produce electricity. 30*700=£21,000

How much electricity will be made?

The bikes cost £700 each and we want 30 which will cost £21,000 and the will pay for themselves in the first year with a total profit of £9,000.One bike generates 100 Watts an hour.100*5=500500*5=2,5002500*30=75,000 Watts per week from all 30 bikes put together.That means in a school year we would generate 3,000,000 Watts (3000 kW).This amount of electricity is worth approximately £30,000.

We created a short timetable to express what form class and year cycles to make electricity. it will be a period to cycle to create electricity to power the school. It can be found on the next slide

Timetable Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Period 1 8HMM YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 13 YEAR 14

Period 2 8STH YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 13 YEAR 14

Period 3 8DK YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 13 YEAR 14

Period 4 8MCA YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 13 YEAR 14

Period 5 8CG YEAR 9 YEAR 10 YEAR 13 YEAR 14

How playing sports can produce energy.

There is a school in Kent called Simon Langton. This School is floored with kinetic tiles.The students are encouraged to run and jump in the corridors, as this produces energy.

Kinetic Tiles

Where are they used?

The tiles have been used underneath a football pitch in Rio de Janeiro.

How much energy does a kinetic tile produce?

Kinetic tiles produce,● enough to be able to power 4 floodlights,● in a year, 12m of tiles can fully charge 853

mobile phones,● one hockey pitch floored with kinetic tiles

can produce 107520 watts of electricity per year, this is hopefully enough to power the school.

Even a football can generate energy

● The football only weighs 17 ounces,● It produces energy when it is kicked.

How much energy does the football produce?

The football produces,● enough energy to power an LED for three

hours from a 30 minute game, this is 1 hour of led light for a ten minute game, or one hour of playing to six hours of electricity.

Bangor Grammar

Bangor Grammar should put kinetic tiles underneath the hockey pitch it would cost £6,160,000. After 51 years the school would save a massive amount of money.