(Warning: Newbie questions follow) I recently acquired a small (2-acre) property bordered by two fast-moving streams, but not much fall (see photo links...
Based only on your photos: stream width = 2.5m depth of flow = 0.1m velocity of flow = 0.5m/s slope = 0.6 m over 20m gives So = 0.03 From this you can ask...
Chris: You may forget about the Ampair. first you need to measure the water volume during the dry season and wet season to determine the volume, also careful...
Nando
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Aug 2, 2008 9:48 pm
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First of all, thanks to those of you who responded to my naive questions on and off list. The responses were very enlightening and I appreciate your having...
Thanks all,, for all the input. Found the wheel I want to make, a 14ft overshot, I have a 26ft drop after the waterwheel so I'm going to do a turbine...
Fred: You are not clear, what do you mean by :do a turbine downstream of a water wheel ???? It is a water wheel or a turbine ?. or what please define clearly....
Nando
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Aug 5, 2008 6:25 am
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Hello to All, Ours is a thermal Power Plant. We are planning to go for installation. Can I get the Contact details from INDIA. Regds, Rajendra Darade ... ...
Chris, As photos said, water depth is too low and you have very low head at the river (about 6 feet?), so it's very difficult and expensive to try harness...
If you do have excess load and I doubt it, feed it to your battery bank and hotwater as overload, and increase the size of your hot water cylinder. You need...
Chris: topo map needs to really be checked well and the stream measured well to determine the head . Since the streams meet at the end of the property, it...
Nando
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Aug 6, 2008 6:38 am
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Have a look at these: Barge mounted water wheels, for use on large rivers, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/riverats/ I have a comprehensive recent paper on this...
Fred, You are implying the head at the site is 14 feet plus another 26feet (further downstream). If these two are close enough, you would get a much more...
ian benson
iandesignandbuild@...
Aug 8, 2008 3:08 pm
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The site is an old saw mill that has a 'mill pond' just before the old barn, from 15 ft down the side of the barn I have clearance to place a 14ft waterwheel...
Hi Fred........where are you? what state? a friend of mine has a water wheel over in Newbury VT.......maybe we could compare notes.......Mark in NH ... old...
FRED: You said: I think it would work if ........ It is an indication that you should learn more about the hydro principles to make sure you obtain the highest...
Nando
nando37@...
Aug 11, 2008 6:19 am
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Hi: I think that would be a neat project also? Lots of luck with your waterwheel. I think you will have the best of both worlds, so to speak. Chuck CO, USA ......
Fred, This sounds like an excellent project. I, and surely others here, would love to see pictures of the barn and old mill power shafts, as well as the ...
Fred, You said 7cft/s is an average for the last few years, does this mean you have some proper streamflow data? If so, my first step would be to look hard at...
ian benson
iandesignandbuild@...
Aug 12, 2008 7:02 am
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My family has a 70 acre mill pond, and I'd love to use micro hydro to tap all of that potential. Most of the information I can find seems to be for stream...
Bill: A rough estimate or about is not good enough. 100 GPM = 6.3 liter/second and 12 feet = 3.6 meter may produce 6.3 * 3.6 * 9.81 = 222.4 GROSS watts that...
Nando
nando37@...
Aug 12, 2008 2:05 pm
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Can anyone give me the addressses of other e-groups which discuss microhydro??...
We have an artisian well that flows 15 gallons per minute year round. The well goes down 350 feet. It flows all the time. We get only 5 gallons per minute out...
Karl, 15 gpm is a very small amount of water and you have no pressure, little flow means littler power maybe 50 watts. Issue 2: velocity is not the same as...
Hi Mike, There's as excellent article in Home Power magazine #96 which is featured on the cover about Crown Hill Farms. Lucien was the only small hydro to go...
An application for internship Dear Sir, I am a young Cameroonian working in an NGO (ADEID) Bafoussam, Cameroon. We are providing micro hydro solutions to the...
Hi All, First timer here,of course with a problem.... We have been running a micro hydro system in the mountains of BC,Canada for 10 years now. The problem we...
Guus: If you have removed all the loads and still the batteries do not float charge, you need to check current and the charge controller, if the batteries are...
Nando
nando37@...
Aug 15, 2008 7:04 am
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we call it stoarge type.your head is about 3.60 m.u can use portable type turbine + gen set.it will help in giving u ample of energy for your common use but...
If they are all 6.2 volts, then there isn't a particular shorted cell, but did you add non distilled water to bring water up to the proper level? Sounds like...
Hi Gus We'll need a bit more information... What kind of charge controller are you using, what's it set for. What kind of turbine are you using, what is the...
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