for some top info on the turbine check kris harbour natural living, from what i saw in his experiments with optimizing such a generator the most serious "flaw" might be the material choice, metal is much more durable and the plastics from nozzle and scoops will get reduced into micro plastics in the water and cause serious contamination.. also horizontal setup makes for a batter drainage so the splashing water doesn't create unwanted drag slowing the turbine.. sorry for the lengthy remarks, at least you guys are doing it, trying and working towards a bright future in what looks like a very cool and wild place in nature... cheers and keep at it, all the best to you!!!
Thanks for the great suggestions, will experiment more with this wheel and try to learn what works best for our set up. Some time will consider to get a metal version!
@@vale.do.salgueiro I can concur with checking out kris Harbour's channel, he has certainly put in the time, effort, and research into doing his as well as others, and bonus is that he walks you through it all and even is open about any flaws or mistakes he's made and how he fixed them.
It would be interesting to see how much difference it would make to mount the wheel horizontally with a less turbulent exit. I didn’t get the details of the pump up to the house but seems like a ram pump might work that would get rid of the necessity for electricity.
Awsum video! Have you researched ram pumps? They are amazing wonders which require no electricity. They are low volume so you would need to place an elevated reservoir.
Each one of the tight 90 degree bends you have used on your water pipes will be reducing the flow, can you find less abrupt bends? And voltage is not a measure of power, you need to be measuring Watt's.
Serious stupid to house a Pelton-wheel in such a small box. Always mount the wheel horisontal, not vertical, so the "used" water does,nt hit the wheel and slows it down. Cheers from Sweden,, 🍻😎👍
If you increase the size of the hole the mass flow rate is not going to increase...it's always the same, because of the mass conservation law, greater area means lower exit speed but always the same mfr
Well probably you are right in theory, I can tell you though, that the generated power increased significantly when we increased the diameter of the opening. Probably the opening initially was simply too small. When the opening is fully closed, you get no water flowing, right? When the opening is a hair thin, then you will get some water sprinkling out, but it will not be as much as when the opening is the diameter of the pipe. So probably we were in this regime where the whole was almost "closed" in comparison to the pipe diameter and increasing the nozzle diameter helped quite a bit to reduce friction.
@@vale.do.salgueiro yes for sure there is a range of diameters in which the viscosity effect on the walls that appears as friction is predominant, what you say makes perfectly sense, thanks for sharing this example🤙
for some top info on the turbine check kris harbour natural living, from what i saw in his experiments with optimizing such a generator the most serious "flaw" might be the material choice, metal is much more durable and the plastics from nozzle and scoops will get reduced into micro plastics in the water and cause serious contamination.. also horizontal setup makes for a batter drainage so the splashing water doesn't create unwanted drag slowing the turbine.. sorry for the lengthy remarks, at least you guys are doing it, trying and working towards a bright future in what looks like a very cool and wild place in nature... cheers and keep at it, all the best to you!!!
Good idea to. Prototype with plastic but as others have mentioned I would monitor for brake down of the plastic into micro-plastics.😊
Thanks for the great suggestions, will experiment more with this wheel and try to learn what works best for our set up. Some time will consider to get a metal version!
@@vale.do.salgueiro I can concur with checking out kris Harbour's channel, he has certainly put in the time, effort, and research into doing his as well as others, and bonus is that he walks you through it all and even is open about any flaws or mistakes he's made and how he fixed them.
Nice work mate carry on with the good work all the best for you all.
It would be interesting to see how much difference it would make to mount the wheel horizontally with a less turbulent exit. I didn’t get the details of the pump up to the house but seems like a ram pump might work that would get rid of the necessity for electricity.
Just discovered you channel, and I have already binge watched your all videos, can't wait for the next one!
Watching your video from India ❤
Beautiful! I had never heard of levadas until now and enjoyed looking up their history.
What a beautiful place! 💚
Looks fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Awsum video! Have you researched ram pumps? They are amazing wonders which require no electricity. They are low volume so you would need to place an elevated reservoir.
70 W! Silly in the extreme !
Great work!!!
Love your work!
Each one of the tight 90 degree bends you have used on your water pipes will be reducing the flow, can you find less abrupt bends? And voltage is not a measure of power, you need to be measuring Watt's.
Love your videos. How is the stone house progressing.
Hi Lorraine,
thank you for your comment, its going well so far and we have just uploaded another video for you guys. Have a nice weekend!
And a back up water reservoir. And the first can be a sediment settling pond.
Serious stupid to house a Pelton-wheel in such a small box.
Always mount the wheel horisontal, not vertical,
so the "used" water does,nt hit the wheel and slows it down.
Cheers from Sweden,, 🍻😎👍
We waited very long
But it is worth it
Thx
I hope to see some work on the house. All the best
Try to activate the Thank you function so we your fans can buy you some coffee
If you increase the size of the hole the mass flow rate is not going to increase...it's always the same, because of the mass conservation law, greater area means lower exit speed but always the same mfr
Well probably you are right in theory, I can tell you though, that the generated power increased significantly when we increased the diameter of the opening. Probably the opening initially was simply too small. When the opening is fully closed, you get no water flowing, right? When the opening is a hair thin, then you will get some water sprinkling out, but it will not be as much as when the opening is the diameter of the pipe. So probably we were in this regime where the whole was almost "closed" in comparison to the pipe diameter and increasing the nozzle diameter helped quite a bit to reduce friction.
@@vale.do.salgueiro yes for sure there is a range of diameters in which the viscosity effect on the walls that appears as friction is predominant, what you say makes perfectly sense, thanks for sharing this example🤙
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All this work for 70w !!!???
Also to take a swim ;)
But suggestions are welcome on how to improve the power output of our system.
Very inefficient way of mounting the the pelton wheel.