The energy available in the air in our atmosphere is awesome.  Just witness the severe temperature changes and build up of energy on a sunny, peaceful day when a thunderstorm starts to form. 

For many millennia people have been harnessing this power.  Most in the form of gravitational energy by capturing the fallen rain and turning water wheels or generators.   Others use the energy of the wind generated by these storms.  Some are trying to capture the random lightning strikes as a renewable energy source.

The Maisotsenko Cycle captures the atmospheric energy (also known as Psychrometric Energy) that drives all of these processes.  The atmospheric air energy that is always around us, but is rarely thought about as energy.

Atmospheric energy is always available and is calculated from a Psychrometric Chart (a thermodynamic chart that plots available energy, moisture, volume, density, sensible temperature, pressure, dew point, and other characteristics of air).  Atmospheric energy varies in the amount of power that is present just like rain, wind and lightning.  However, atmospheric energy is at its maximum on the abundant hot, dry days when it is not storming.

A Marriage Made in Heaven

The fact that atmospheric energy is at its peak when wind and rain energy are at their valley means there is a constant flow of renewable energy that mankind can now capture.  In addition, when the Maisotsenko Cycle is combined with solar and geothermal sources, power output and efficiency is dramatically increased by making them more efficient and capturing psychrometric energy as well.

All Pressures

Atmospheric energy is generally thought of in terms of atmospheric pressure, or the air pressure that we live in on the surface of the earth.  However, the Maisotsenko Cycle works at sub-atmospheric and very high pressures as well.  You can learn more about these high and low psychrometric energy applications and the power applications of the Maisotsenko Cycle by clicking here.