Why two watertanks? - How we installed a pelton wheel for hydro power

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @runs_through_the_forest
    @runs_through_the_forest 6 месяцев назад +21

    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!!!

    • @kdenyer1
      @kdenyer1 6 месяцев назад

      Good idea to. Prototype with plastic but as others have mentioned I would monitor for brake down of the plastic into micro-plastics.😊

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  5 месяцев назад +2

      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!

    • @jasonkirkham3153
      @jasonkirkham3153 2 месяца назад

      @@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.

  • @josemanueldacostadiogo5574
    @josemanueldacostadiogo5574 Месяц назад

    Nice work mate carry on with the good work all the best for you all.

  • @D-B-Cooper
    @D-B-Cooper 5 месяцев назад +6

    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.

  • @ujjawaltyagi8540
    @ujjawaltyagi8540 5 месяцев назад +2

    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 ❤

  • @bethintexas9678
    @bethintexas9678 4 месяца назад

    Beautiful! I had never heard of levadas until now and enjoyed looking up their history.

  • @marivilas801
    @marivilas801 6 месяцев назад +2

    What a beautiful place! 💚

  • @franksmodels29
    @franksmodels29 6 месяцев назад +2

    Looks fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @mr.shannon6137
    @mr.shannon6137 5 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @AlK-t4x
    @AlK-t4x 5 месяцев назад

    70 W! Silly in the extreme !

  • @LVH994
    @LVH994 5 месяцев назад

    Great work!!!

  • @raymann4027
    @raymann4027 6 месяцев назад

    Love your work!

  • @MrTench8
    @MrTench8 3 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @lorraineelderhurst4199
    @lorraineelderhurst4199 5 месяцев назад

    Love your videos. How is the stone house progressing.

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  5 месяцев назад

      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!

  • @thaiexodus2916
    @thaiexodus2916 6 месяцев назад

    And a back up water reservoir. And the first can be a sediment settling pond.

  • @IrenESorius
    @IrenESorius 6 месяцев назад +10

    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,, 🍻😎👍‍

  • @HannaZiadeh
    @HannaZiadeh 6 месяцев назад

    We waited very long
    But it is worth it
    Thx

    • @HannaZiadeh
      @HannaZiadeh 5 месяцев назад

      I hope to see some work on the house. All the best

    • @HannaZiadeh
      @HannaZiadeh 5 месяцев назад

      Try to activate the Thank you function so we your fans can buy you some coffee

  • @mp7986
    @mp7986 6 месяцев назад +11

    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

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  5 месяцев назад +2

      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.

    • @mp7986
      @mp7986 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@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🤙

  • @quikoucat
    @quikoucat 4 месяца назад

    🤘🤘

  • @portugaloutwest
    @portugaloutwest 6 месяцев назад

    💚

  • @alexeiouspenski5302
    @alexeiouspenski5302 4 месяца назад

    All this work for 70w !!!???

    • @vale.do.salgueiro
      @vale.do.salgueiro  4 месяца назад

      Also to take a swim ;)
      But suggestions are welcome on how to improve the power output of our system.

  • @stephencrowther524
    @stephencrowther524 5 месяцев назад

    Very inefficient way of mounting the the pelton wheel.