Dear Ron, While not having a formal Internet Cafe, we live in an isolated outpost with a satellite link, so we frequently operate like such. We have a battery...
Max Klohn
amk@...
Oct 1, 2005 1:56 pm
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Hi Max ... I am interested in your specs for a client of mine. Can you tell me the head, flow rate, penstock length and size of pipe you have? Thanks, Jen ... ...
Jennifer Stephenson
sustain_ability@...
Oct 2, 2005 10:10 am
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Martin, Have you seen this, <http://uekus.com/Clean_Energy.html>(large flows, incl. tidal) and this <http://althydrosolutions.com/background.html>(small...
Alastair: We need to get information about the generators as well as the excitation winding to define the type of circuitry needed to make the generator to ...
HYDRO
nando37@...
Oct 2, 2005 10:12 am
6268
Ed: Connect with me directly and I will assist you with your project. Send the photo of your stream to me, please. Regards Nando ... From: "Ed Dufort"...
HYDRO
nando37@...
Oct 2, 2005 10:13 am
6269
Zoro , is that your name ?? You can not do what you want, you either choose circulation of power generation, for each watt you want to generate a watt is...
HYDRO
nando37@...
Oct 2, 2005 10:14 am
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If you're looking to reduce power consumption on individuals' computing devices the following might be of interest. From MIT: http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ ...
ERIC: I need to contest your remark. It is quite practical and it is being done in several countries right now, Africa, South America ( Colombia), etc. Also...
HYDRO
nando37@...
Oct 2, 2005 10:15 am
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It seems that I living in a different planet, because in my Terra the Sun produces 1 KW/M^2, where are you located to produce 3 or 5 KWH/M^2 ? Nando. ... From:...
HYDRO
nando37@...
Oct 2, 2005 10:16 am
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Dear Nando, ... No, we actually live on the same planet... The problem is just that you didn't read the post carefully enough! I will repost the relevant ... ...
Dear all! Last weekend I spent a number of hours working through Dr. Donat Banki's original paper on the crossflow turbine, and reducing it all to a simple ...
I knew from the beginning and I had to play ignorance to set TERRA. It is best to use the standard value 1 KW/M^2 and not using the daily KWH because is not...
HYDRO
nando37@...
Oct 2, 2005 9:24 pm
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Hi, I'm looking at developing a micro hydro site adjacent to my house. I will be studying the site throught the next year and hope to begin building the...
This is probably a verys simple question, but here goes... Can electricity produced from a spinning wheel (a water wheel for example) via a generator go in...
Grease to your elbows! It works - the program - and agrees with manually calculated values. Every one should try it and give the author a helping hand. It will...
Hi Jen, Here's the specs: Head is about 120 meters. I measure 12 bar at the turbine. The tubing is 550 meters of 2-inch HDP (high pressure), should be good to...
Max Klohn
amk@...
Oct 3, 2005 5:10 pm
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Matt Fombong": Fantastic that it works !!! BUT, what are you talking about ?. When in a group like this, it is best to include the original message in your...
HYDRO
nando37@...
Oct 3, 2005 5:11 pm
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David, I read your e-mail and am just slightly more informed than you are. I know this because I understand your questions and your location issues. I...
Greenshaid@...
Oct 3, 2005 5:12 pm
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Don, I checked the site, but this manual is not listed anywhere. Do you have a copy? George ... -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use...
Some good chap has scanned quite a bunch of the old manuals from VITA and put them online here: http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/3wdev/VITAHTML/SUBLEV/EN1/ Quite a...
Max Klohn
amk@...
Oct 3, 2005 9:13 pm
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Hi, ... What do you mean by "going in reverse"? Turning in the sense opposite to the normal one? Most generators will work fine that way, but not all. ... This...
Hi Matt! ... Eeks! I don't like grease! :-) ... Fine. Now the big question is if it agrees with practical results from real life turbines! ... Any test results...
Hi Manfred, hi all Several years ago, a friend gave me a workpaper on how to build a crossflow, special written for third world. I don't know if the autors...
Dear microhydro members... I'm thinking to purchase a well made used pelton turbine from somebody who never installed it. Obviously, the problem is that the...
i live on little snow creek.ms. ihave crossties to build a dam i have a good water wheel 4 feet wide,8 feet tall ,12 volt altenater need to know what size...
Hi Thomas! Thanks for that link! ... I downloaded that manual and when I have the time (probably next weekend I will work through it and see what useful...
... high school textbooks of placer mining using water cannons. The pictures plainly showed the water line coming off the mountain, getting smaller as it came...
Hi (oviedomar@...) Quick answers to your questions: 1) Can I use it for my site with a reasonable efficience only reducing the jet size? Yes, I would...
... After years of manually doing the design calculations for our Banki-crossflow sites I developed my own software and have found it very useful especially in...
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