JP2023068724A - Balloon and global warming prevention system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a balloon and a global warming prevention system capable of efficiently suppressing global warming by blocking sunlight before reaching the earth.SOLUTION: Rays incident on balloons 100 among rays emitted from the sun 20 and reaching the earth 10, are reflected into outer space by reflectors 104 each provided on a top surface of a body 102 having an inverted cone shape. Thereby, an amount of light (in particular, an amount of infrared light) reaching the surface of the earth 10 is reduced, and global warming is reduced as a whole. On the other hand, radiant heat from the ground surface is reflected by side surfaces of the respective inverted cone-shaped bodies 102 and emitted into outer space. Therefore, the presence of the balloons 100 does not impede thermal radiation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a balloon and a global warming prevention system for preventing global warming of the earth and cities.

As a system for preventing warming of the earth and cities, for example, there is a "simple greening system for preventing global warming" described in Patent Document 1 below. This is intended to enable consumers to easily germinate plants, and for producers to manufacture them extremely easily and distribute them to the market at low cost. It is a germination ground that is covered with a laminate of natural fibers and molded three-dimensionally or two-dimensionally. By fitting the seeds into the seed, the seeds are respired, and the roots and shoots after germination are shaped so that they can pass through the openings of the holes and grow to the outside by elongation. In Patent Document 2 below, papyrus, reeds, rush, straw, etc. are used to float an evaporation floating body made of mats and tatami mats in a cold current to make it rain in the surrounding desert, thereby greening the desert, rivers, lakes, marshes, and so on. A global warming prevention system is disclosed that floats on the surface of the sea and generates clouds.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2020-099310 JP 2020-079546 A

By the way, it is known that when a volcano erupts, the volcanic plume covers the earth's sky and remains stagnant in the stratosphere for a long period of time, causing the earth's temperature to drop and cold weather damage to occur. If we can block sunlight like the smoke from a volcano, we can prevent global warming.

The present invention focuses on the above points, and provides a balloon and a global warming prevention system that can block sunlight before it reaches the earth and efficiently suppress global warming. That is the purpose.

The balloon of the present invention is formed in an inverted cone shape with a top surface and a side surface, the top surface is provided with a reflector for reflecting sunlight, and the side surface is used to reflect radiant heat from the earth's surface to space. It is characterized in that a reflective surface is provided, and a weight for floating in an inverted conical shape is provided at the tip of the reflective surface.

The balloon of another invention is formed in an inverted cone shape with a top surface and a side surface, the top surface is provided with a solar battery panel for generating electricity by sunlight, and the side surface is provided with a solar cell panel for generating electricity by sunlight, and the side surface is provided with radiant heat from the earth's surface. A reflecting surface is provided for reflecting on the surface of the solar panel, a weight is provided at the tip of the surface so as to float in the shape of an inverted weight, and a storage battery is provided to store the electric power generated by the solar panel.

According to one of the main modes, it is characterized in that the storage battery also serves as the weight. Alternatively, it is characterized by comprising at least one of propulsion means, imaging means, base means for broadcasting or communication, and weather observation means driven by electric power stored in the storage battery. Alternatively, a living space using power stored in the storage battery and a docking device are provided, and by docking a transportation balloon to the docking device, people can come and go to the living space and goods can be replenished. Characterized by Alternatively, the balloon is used as a relay station of a space elevator system, and the elevator is used as the transportation balloon.

According to still another aspect, the top portion on which the top surface is formed has a thickness. Alternatively, the portion of the inverted pyramid-shaped weight is a cone or polygonal pyramid. Furthermore, it is characterized by providing a decompression valve for decompressing the inside as it rises.

The global warming prevention system of the present invention is characterized in that a large number of the balloons are floated to reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface. According to one of the main forms, the reflective surface is characterized by reflecting radiant heat from the earth's surface to space. The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, sunlight is reflected by the reflector provided on the inverted cone-shaped balloon, or solar power is generated by the solar cell panel. warming will be suppressed.

It is a figure which shows Example 1 of this invention. (A) shows the whole system, and (B) shows an enlarged balloon. It is a figure which shows Example 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows Example 3 of this invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention;

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The best mode for carrying out the present invention will now be described in detail based on examples.

First, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1(A) shows the entirety of this embodiment, with a number of balloons 100 floating in the stratosphere 12 of the earth 10 . As shown in FIG. 1B, the balloon 100 has an inverted cone shape as a whole, and a gas such as helium that is lighter than air and has buoyancy is contained inside the main body 102 of the balloon 100 . filled. A reflector 104 is provided on the sunlight incident side (the side opposite to the earth 10). A weight 106 is provided on the top of the inverted cone of the main body 102 so that the reflecting plate 104 faces the space side. The inverted conical main body 102 is made of, for example, duralumin, and has a mirror surface. Furthermore, a pressure reducing valve 120 is provided at an appropriate position on the main body 102 so that the pressure of the gas inside is reduced as the altitude of the balloon 100 rises. As a result, the difference between the outside air and the internal air pressure is adjusted, and the expansion of the balloon 100 is prevented.

According to this embodiment, of the light emitted from the sun 20 and reaching the earth 10 , the light incident on the balloon 100 is reflected by the reflector 104 to outer space. As a result, the amount of light (in particular, the amount of infrared light) reaching the surface of the earth 10 is reduced, and global warming is reduced as a whole. On the other hand, the radiant heat from the ground surface is reflected by the side surface of the inverted conical main body 102 and emitted into outer space, as shown in FIG. Therefore, there is no danger that the presence of the balloon 100 will impede thermal radiation.

Next, Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The balloon 200 of this embodiment has an inverted cone-shaped main body 202 filled with floating gas, and a solar panel 204 is provided on the sunlight incident side. A weight 206 is provided on the top of the inverted cone of the main body 202 so that the solar cell panel 204 faces the space side. Furthermore, a pressure reducing valve 220 is provided at an appropriate position on the main body 202, as in the above embodiment.

A storage battery 208 and a storage circuit (not shown) are provided in the main body 202 so that the power generated by the solar panel 204 can be stored. Furthermore, a plurality of propellers 210 are provided on the main surface of the balloon 200 on which the solar panel 204 is installed, and are driven by the storage battery 208 . When the storage battery 208 does not store electricity well at a low temperature, the storage battery 208 should be covered with a heat insulating panel or placed in a constant temperature bath. The constant temperature bath is driven by the electric power of the storage battery 208 .

According to this embodiment, light emitted from the sun 20 is incident on the solar panel 204, where some is used to generate electricity and some is reflected back into space. Electric power generated by the solar panel 204 is stored in the storage battery 208 . As a result, the amount of light reaching the surface of the earth 10 is reduced as in the above-described embodiment, and global warming is reduced as a whole. Furthermore, according to this embodiment, by driving the propeller 210 with the electric power of the storage battery 208, the balloon 200 can move like a drone. , can effectively reduce the warming caused by sunlight.

Modifications of the above embodiment include the following.
a, the storage battery 208 is used instead of the weight 206;
b. Instead of the weight 206 (or together with the weight 206), a high-performance camera is mounted as an imaging means. A high-performance camera can be used for weather forecasting, crime prevention, and border monitoring through fixed-point observation.
c. Alternatively, by installing a mobile phone base station or a broadcasting base station for television or radio, a mobile phone relay function or broadcast wave relay function can be provided. Their drive power is supplied from the storage battery 208 .
d. Various weather information can be obtained by installing weather observation means such as weather radar and various observation equipment. In the above mode, if necessary, the propeller 210 is driven to move the balloon 200, and the photographing points, relay points, observation points, etc., taken by the high-performance camera are appropriately changed.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The balloon 300 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4A, is obtained by providing a living space 302 in the main body 202 of the balloon 200 of Embodiment 2 described above. The living space 302 is shielded with, for example, lead to avoid the influence of cosmic rays. A person can stay in the living space 302 using the power of the storage battery 208 . A docking device 304 is provided in the living space 302, and a transportation balloon 310 is docked to carry out the traffic of people and the replenishment of goods.

FIG. 4B shows an example using a balloon 300 as a relay station for the space elevator. The space elevator 400 connects a cable 404 from a ground station 402 to a counterweight 406, and the centrifugal force of the counterweight 406 extends the cable 404 from the ground toward space. The balloon 300 described above is provided at an appropriate intermediate position on the cable 404, and the elevator 408 is docked with the balloon 300 instead of the transportation balloon 310 described above to move people and replenish supplies.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example:
(1) In the above embodiments, an example of preventing global warming has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to a small-scale sunlight suppression system that suppresses the irradiation of sunlight. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, a balloon 200 may be placed only over urban areas, and sunlight irradiation may be suppressed intensively in urban areas. At this time, by driving the propeller 210 as necessary, the position of the balloon 200 is corrected according to the movement of the sun. FIG. 4B shows an example in which a balloon 200 is placed above a pond, dam, or the like, to prevent water from evaporating due to sunlight.
(2) The balloons of the above-described embodiments all have an inverted conical shape, but the shape may be appropriately changed, such as an inverted pyramidal shape in which a square pyramid or a triangular pyramid is reversed.
(3) Although the propeller 210 is used in the above embodiment, various propulsion means may be applied.
(4) You may make it combine the said Example. For example, an observer lives in the living space 302 and observes the weather using the weather observation means.
(5) In the above-described embodiment, the balloon body has an inverted cone shape, but it may have various shapes such as an inverted triangular pyramid shape. Also, the top portion may be thickened to improve the buoyancy of the balloon. The balloon 500 shown in FIG. 5A has a thicker top portion 502 than the balloon 200 of Example 2 described above, and the volume of the balloon 500 is increased, and the amount of gas filled therein is increased. Improves buoyancy. The balloon 510 shown in FIG. 4B has an inverted triangular pyramidal shape as shown in FIG. The balloon 520 shown in FIG. 4C has an inverted quadrangular pyramid shape as shown in FIG. Of course, the shape of FIG. 5 may be applied to the above-described FIG. 1, a polygonal pyramid other than triangular and square may be used, and there is no need to use a regular polygonal pyramid.

According to the present invention, sunlight is reflected by the reflector provided on the inverted cone-shaped balloon, or solar power is generated by the solar cell panel. warming will be suppressed.

10: Earth 12: Stratosphere 20: Sun 100: Balloon 102: Body 104: Reflector 106: Weight 120: Pressure reducing valve 200: Balloon 202: Body 204: Solar panel 206: Weight 208: Storage battery 210: Propeller 220: Pressure reducing valve 300: Balloon 302: Living Space 304: Docking Device 310: Transport Balloon 400: Space Elevator 402: Ground Station 404: Cable 406: Counterweight 408: Elevator 500, 510, 520: Balloon 502, 512, 522: Top 514, 524: body

Claims (11)

It is formed in an inverted cone shape by the top surface and the side surface,
A reflector for reflecting sunlight is provided on the top surface,
A reflective surface is provided on the side surface for reflecting radiant heat from the surface of the earth to space,
A balloon characterized by having a weight provided at its tip so as to float in an inverted weight shape. It is formed in an inverted cone shape by the top surface and the side surface,
A solar cell panel that generates electricity by sunlight is provided on the top surface,
A reflective surface is provided on the side surface for reflecting radiant heat from the surface of the earth to space,
A weight is provided at the tip to float in the shape of an inverted weight,
A balloon comprising a storage battery for storing electric power generated by the solar panel. 3. The balloon according to claim 2, wherein said storage battery also serves as said weight. 4. The balloon according to claim 2, further comprising at least one of propulsion means driven by power stored in said storage battery, imaging means, base means for broadcasting or communication, and weather observation means. It has a living space and a docking device using the power stored in the storage battery,
5. The balloon according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein a transportation balloon is docked to the docking device to carry people to and from the living space and to supply goods. 6. The balloon of claim 5, wherein said balloon is used as a staging station for a space elevator system and an elevator is used as said transport balloon. The balloon according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the top portion on which the top surface is formed has a thickness. The balloon according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the portion of the inverted pyramid-shaped weight is a cone or polygonal pyramid. The balloon according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a pressure reducing valve for reducing the pressure inside the balloon as it ascends. 10. A global warming prevention system comprising a plurality of balloons according to any one of claims 1 to 9 floated to reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the earth's surface. 11. The global warming prevention system according to claim 10, wherein the reflecting surface reflects radiant heat from the surface of the earth to outer space.

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