... modern ... supply is ... in cases ... (somewhat ... woodworking ... tank can ... during dry ... required ... a vastly ... river) ... turbine as a ... ...
If you have high enough head you can use the pressure in the penstock to operate a 1/4 turn actuator controlled by a small solenoid valve with needle valves to...
Hi, I am preparing to build a hydel project with a very difficult terrain. The pictures are in Photo archive under folder name "Mulli". The flow from this site...
I would consider an automatic siphon valve. These are trouble and power free and are commonly used on septic systems, do some research in that direction ...
Richard Raucina
raucina@...
Mar 5, 2004 12:45 am
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... Hi Rob, If you would, please send me the same basic information and I will try to answer some of your questions. I have attached 2 pictures. One is a...
This year the HIDROENERGIA International Conference and Exhibition on Small Hydropower is held in Falkenberg, Sweden in June 17-19. A website has recently been...
Ola Tambour
ola_tambour@...
Mar 5, 2004 12:47 am
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There is an example of using stored water to run a table saw on watermotor.net Under the heading "demos" and then "waterstorage for microhydro". Note that the...
Ron and Diane
cnsorata@...
Mar 5, 2004 12:50 am
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There is an example of using stored water to run a table saw on watermotor.net Under the heading "demos" and then "waterstorage for microhydro". Note that the...
Ron and Diane
cnsorata@...
Mar 5, 2004 12:50 am
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I made a new section on our site about depletion, Fossil energy depletion and emission. ...
I'm french, live in France and am interesting about building a little hydropower machine with a pump. So, I seek experiences about it. My site parameters are :...
Dear Azam Khan, Your pictures are beautiful, but even so I am having a difficult time visualizing the project - the type of water source (spring or river), ...
This is a fairly big and expensive project (at least around 2 million USD). Hardly microhydro !! My suggestion would be to get professional help unless you...
Girish Kharel
girish@...
Mar 6, 2004 10:12 pm
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Dear group, See messasge below. Answers to Eleiwat directly at eleiwat@..., c.c. to the group when relevant. Kind regards, WIm Klunne group moderator ...
Dear Stefan, I would like to suggest that unless you can obtain a free pump of the right size, it is better to build a simple turbine rather than use a 'pump...
Evans Engineering
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Mar 10, 2004 12:04 pm
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Dear Marc de Piolenc, This is a spring water the picture shows the minimum flow at site during the year anyhow it increases during summer. This will basically...
Howdy all, My first post to this group. I joined as i am currently an engineering student and we are facing our design project. The task is to produce a...
Young, Robin W
robin.young@...
Mar 10, 2004 12:04 pm
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... Ask Arthur Williams. he can help you. "Williams, Arthur" <arthur.williams@...> -- Hugh in Edinburgh http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk/...
You might check into the 'Lil Otto' from Electron Connection. www.electronconnection.com SUNcerely, Frank Fowler Crystal Pines Alternative Energy 4408 Pine...
Frank Fowler
cpae1@...
Mar 10, 2004 2:59 pm
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I am preparing an article about general energy storages and wonder if anyone have calculated the costs for the battery storage part of small energy generation....
Hi Robin, For something with a power requirement this small I suggest you mount a bicycle dynamo (or perhaps a pair of them for 12 V) on a tethered floating ...
Beeuwkes
beeuwkes@...
Mar 10, 2004 2:59 pm
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Greetings, zero head ideas have just been coming to the fore in the last generation as other power production avenues become scarcer and more cost prohibitive....
Steve Gregory
sdgregory@...
Mar 10, 2004 4:17 pm
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Young: I have attached a couple of articles that go to you but filtered OUT by the micro-hydro group server. It is the use of a Banki turbine, in one case the...
Nando
nando37@...
Mar 10, 2004 9:24 pm
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Young: Coming back to you: Though you say ZERO HEAD you will have a HEAD for a flow to occur, so the water will is energy to give out. The power available...
Nando
nando37@...
Mar 10, 2004 9:24 pm
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Hello, I 'm a French student in Electronic Engineering, I'm doing a final project in Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland, I have to design a electronic...
Rémy Noël
remynoel88@...
Mar 10, 2004 9:25 pm
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1) I'm looking for printed material or references about the crossflow turbine research done a Clemson Univ some time ago by Aziz I believe. 2) I'm also looking...
Remy: Please tell me the DC generator parameters and what the voltage output is, the wattage peak , minimum and maximum, expected RPM and any other parameters...
Nando
nando37@...
Mar 11, 2004 11:02 am
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Hello Robin: I have had lots of experience building, designing, repairing, using and generally fooling around with microhydro technology and even electric...
Scotty
scottldavis@...
Mar 11, 2004 11:03 am
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There's a book by Dan Curtis, put out by ccat, called "Going With The Flow" that has interesting sites in it.... You might also want to check out my book,...
Scotty
scottldavis@...
Mar 11, 2004 11:03 am
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Just for grins & academic exercise, I realize that most folks referring to "zero head" are talking about paddle wheels. I helped an uncle build a paddle wheel...
Hi Joe, The "Neue Wasserturbine" should be available at "Technisches Museum" or "Deutsches Museum" in Munich (Muenchen). I heard rumors that the original...