We design solar hot air balloons that will sail between the currents with the aim of facing two great challenges of the contemporary era: reducing pollution in our metropolises and bringing broadband internet to everyone.
CLEAN AIR ON OUR METROPOLIS
The environmental alarm is now one of the great priorities: our cities are literally suffocated by fine dust caused by the pollution of industry, cars and heating. The problems spill over into very high social and environmental costs.
The Flying Forest, made up of Mini o-boots, will clean the skies of fine dust by flying between 200 m and 800 m above ground level, exactly where these dust settles, creating the now characteristic cloud of smog.
The air inside the balloon is heated by sunlight and escapes from a vent, located at the top of the balloon, creating a vacuum effect that sucks cold air from an inlet vent, located in the lower part where it is placed a filter.
FASTER INTERNET FOR OUR CITIES
All the big names in the aerospace and telecommunications sector have been investing large capital in recent years in a new generation of ecological and non-orbital internet satellites, called HAPS (Hight Altitude Platform System).
The HAPS, however, need a lot of energy: both to fly in the stratosphere, and to send the WI-FI signal to the ground. The solar panels used are unable to create all the energy necessary to meet these functions.
The Maxi o-boots will instead be solar HAPS, without solar panels., Exploiting the heat of the sun both to fly and to create the energy necessary for the transmission of the WI FI.
CLEAN AIR ON OUR METROPOLIS
The environmental alarm is now one of the great priorities: our cities are literally suffocated by fine dust caused by the pollution of industry, cars and heating. The problems spill over into very high social and environmental costs.
The Flying Forest, made up of Mini o-boots, will clean the skies of fine dust by flying between 200 m and 800 m above ground level, exactly where these dust settles, creating the now characteristic cloud of smog.
The air inside the balloon is heated by sunlight and escapes from a vent, located at the top of the balloon, creating a vacuum effect that sucks cold air from an inlet vent, located in the lower part where it is placed a filter.
MINI O-boot
Outlet air temperature:
from 200 C°
Inlet air temperature:
from – 50 C° a + 40 C°
The vacuum effect of the solar balloon will allow filtering of the air without having to resort to forced ventilation, otherwise always present in classic filtering systems. This solution will allow you to filter the air for the whole course of the day, without consuming energy.
FASTER INTERNET FOR OUR CITIES
All the big names in the aerospace and telecommunications sector have been investing large capital in recent years in a new generation of ecological and non-orbital internet satellites, called HAPS (Hight Altitude Platform System).
The HAPS, however, need a lot of energy: both to fly in the stratosphere, and to send the WI-FI signal to the ground. The solar panels used are unable to create all the energy necessary to meet these functions.
The Maxi o-boots will instead be solar HAPS, without solar panels., Exploiting the heat of the sun both to fly and to create the energy necessary for the transmission of the WI FI.
The vacuum effect of the solar balloon will allow filtering of the air without having to resort to forced ventilation, otherwise always present in classic filtering systems. This solution will allow you to filter the air for the whole course of the day, without consuming energy.
The Maxi o-boot will have, at the top vent, a turbine to generate electricity by exploiting the high pressure of the outgoing hot air.
MAXI O-boot
Outlet air temperature:
from 200 C°
Inlet air temperature:
from – 50 C° a + 40 C°
The Maxi o-boot will have, at the top vent, a turbine to generate electricity by exploiting the high pressure of the outgoing hot air.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY on the outside
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY on the outside
Outside the balls will be covered with a
PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIAL
able to transform NOx pollutants (nitrogen oxides) into harmless elements.
Outside the balls will be covered with a
PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIAL
able to transform NOx pollutants (nitrogen oxides) into harmless elements.
NEW EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY inside
NEW EXPERIMENTAL TECHNOLOGY inside
Thanks to sunlight and thanks to the use of special, ultra-light and highly insulating
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
the air inside the balloon
will have an average temperature of around 200 ° C all day and all night.
Thanks to sunlight and thanks to the use of special, ultra-light and highly insulating
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
the air inside the balloon
will have an average temperature of around 200 ° C all day and all night.
PATENT PENDING
The patent, which is based on the operation of the Maxi and Mini o-boot, was filed with the Ministry of Economic Development on 10/11/202, with application n ° 102021000028514.
USE OF NEW HIGHLY INSULATING MATERIAL
The material has been designed for ground-based solar installations and will be used for the first time in the aeronautical field by o-boot.
ALREADY TESTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR FLEET MANAGEMENT
Thanks to the international collaboration with the project manager of Loon di Google, o-boot will have further software development available, which will be created ad hoc for the management of its fleets.
FLEET MANAGEMENT with Loon software developmen
FLEET MANAGEMENT with Loon software developmen
The Flying Forest solar balloons will further develop Google’s existing software used by Loon,
in order to exchange information, rework them and create their own paths,
in order to guarantee coverage over a specific area without any human intervention.
The Flying Forest solar balloons will further develop Google’s existing software used by Loon,
in order to exchange information, rework them and create their own paths,
in order to guarantee coverage over a specific area without any human intervention.
The development of the Maxi o-boot, like all HAPS, will require very important investments, difficult to obtain in a short time for a Start Up.
Therefore our project is to initially start with the Mini o-boot to clean up the city skies
A GREEN ECONOMY FROM THE BOTTOM
The development of the Maxi o-boot, like all HAPS, will require very important investments, difficult to obtain in a short time for a Start Up.
Therefore our project is to initially start with the Mini o-boot to clean up the city skies
A GREEN ECONOMY FROM THE BOTTOM
The Mini o-boot, which will clear the skies at low altitudes, will allow to experiment and test the technology in view of the realization of the Maxi o-boots, which will instead operate at high altitude to provide broadband internet connection.
This will allow a high scalability of the project.
The Mini o-boot, which will clear the skies at low altitudes, will allow to experiment and test the technology in view of the realization of the Maxi o-boots, which will instead operate at high altitude to provide broadband internet connection.
This will allow a high scalability of the project.
TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVANTAGES
OF THE FLYING FOREST o-boot
KINETIC ENERGY
SOLAR WITHOUT PANELS
The o-boots will create energy by exploiting the kinetic thrust of the outgoing hot air, so they will not need solar panels, whose production and dismantling are highly polluting.
PHOTOCATALYSIS:
THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNIQUE
It is a technique already currently used to clean the air in city centers, simply by exploiting the sunlight. But there is much more light in the sky than there is in cities, so the photocatalysis on solar balloons will be much more efficient than it has been up to now.
VACUUM:
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
The vacuum effect created by the suction of hot air, which tends to rise, will allow you to filter and therefore clean several tons of air a day without any consumption of electricity.
SOLAR AIR BALLOON:
FLYING WITH THE HEAT OF THE SUN
This solution, only possible today thanks to the latest generation materials, will allow o-boats to fly, simply by exploiting the heat of the sun, without the need for natural gas, fuel or even solar panels.
WIDEBAND Wi-Fi:
WITHOUT PARABLES AND READY FOR 5G AND ITS EVOLUTIONS
Unlike Elon Musk’s satellites, o-boats will not need any type of dish to communicate with users on the ground, connecting directly to mobile phones. Furthermore, they will already be able to work immediately with the latest generation 5G, which the Elon Musk satellites are not able to support. Finally, the latter can never be updated, being in orbit: the o-boats can instead land at any time to be converted to 6G, 7G and so on.
KINETIC ENERGY:
SOLAR WITHOUT PANELS
The o-boots will create energy by exploiting the kinetic thrust of the outgoing hot air, so they will not need solar panels, whose production and dismantling are highly polluting.
PHOTOCATALYSIS:
THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNIQUE
THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNIQUE
It is a technique already currently used to clean the air in city centers, simply by exploiting the sunlight. But there is much more light in the sky than there is in cities, so the photocatalysis on solar balloons will be much more efficient than it has been up to now.
VACUUM:
WITHOUT ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION
The vacuum effect created by the suction of hot air, which tends to rise, will allow you to filter and therefore clean several tons of air a day without any consumption of electricity.
SOLAR AIR BALLOON:
FLYING WITH THE HEAT OF THE SUN
This solution, only possible today thanks to the latest generation materials, will allow o-boats to fly, simply by exploiting the heat of the sun, without the need for natural gas, fuel or even solar panels.
WIDEBAND Wi-Fi:
WITHOUT PARABLES AND READY FOR 5G AND ITS EVOLUTIONS
Unlike Elon Musk’s satellites, o-boats will not need any type of dish to communicate with users on the ground, connecting directly to mobile phones. Furthermore, they will already be able to work immediately with the latest generation 5G, which the Elon Musk satellites are not able to support. Finally, the latter can never be updated, being in orbit: the o-boats can instead land at any time to be converted to 6G, 7G and so on.
o-boot S.R.L.
Registered in the Turin Chamber of Commerce
Tax code and registration number: 12283820012
Registration date: 24/03/2020
Registered office address:
TURIN (TO) VIA SALUZZO 8 CAP 10125
Delivery:
TURIN (TO) VIA BARBAROUX 25 CAP 10122