November 7, 2005
TUBE
Thermal Underwater Buoyancy
Exchange
Gerald Barber
410 Hudson Road
Greenville, SC 29615
864 288-7521
864 640-0904 cell
Patent pending
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Bullet points---
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Very large diameter
steel tube
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Depth of tube often very
deep
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Collar is flotation
device and houses multiple very large pumps
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Tube above collar is
water tank to control depth of tube
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Very large volume of water
flows down tube below collar
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Propeller on side of collar
controls direction tube faces
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Propellers on sides of
tube moves tube thru ocean
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GPS on top of tube gives
location information to computer on boat
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Boat tied to tube holds
fuel, diesel generator and controls
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Pump head pressure a
function of the difference in density of warm surface water and deep cooler
water
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Surface is cooled by the
removal of surface water, but mainly by the upwelling created by the large
volume of warm water percolating upward
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Percolating warm water
creates an upward current carrying with it additional large volumes of cooler
water
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Historically, the
difference in an active hurricane season and a passive one has been only one or
two degrees Fahrenheit of surface temperature
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Many TUBES would be
placed in areas thru which hurricanes pass before and during hurricane season
to reduce temperature of large areas of surface water (Example: The Gulf of Mexico)
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Thermal Underwater Buoyancy
Exchange
(TUBE)
Current Situation: With the
loss of more that 70,000 lives worldwide in the last century and an estimated
5.5 trillion dollars’ worth of at-risk property in the U.S. in 2005, hurricanes
pose one of the greatest natural threats to human life and property today.
Since 1995 the Atlantic has
been producing powerful hurricanes at a hyperactive pace, doubling that of the
previous quarter century. Why? A recent study using the latest computer
climate models shows warming of the tropical sea surface has, and will continue
to, strengthen hurricanes.
A hurricane is essentially an
engine that runs on heat. The warmer
the sea-surface (it must be at lease 80°F for a hurricane to start) the
stronger a hurricane can become.
The difference between a
major and minor hurricane season is a very small difference in sea-surface
temperature, often less than one or two degrees.
Potential Solution: The Thermal Underwater Buoyancy Exchange
(TUBE) is a marine water conversion apparatus that provides a
method for reducing the sea-surface water temperature with the intention of
altering or preventing hurricane development.
The (TUBE) will pump very
large volumes of surface water to a predetermined ocean depth, often several
hundred feet below the ocean surface thereby creating a lava lamp effect (large
balloons) of warm water to rise to the surface, bringing with it large volumes
of cooler water. The (TUBE) will be equipped with remotely controllable
propulsion equipment and a global positioning system (GPS) allowing each unit
to roam a predetermined area of the ocean.
Strategic placement of many
tubes in the potential path will reduce both size and intensity or possibility
eliminates hurricanes.
Resources: National Geographic, Forecast: 30 Years of Fury, NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division – Miami, Fl. Page 4 of 4