...a good example. Thanks. Unfortenately in Germany, most of those "little hydro" powerplants have been shut off. Shut off by the utilities, as they did not want to be tackled on their monopolies!!!! What a shame. We need strong people to come back to such decentralized solutions!
These are the small plants that are much needed in Zambia , Africa. I hope, as African Civil Engineer, to take it up and design my small hydro power. I will post it also. Please thanx for the exposure.
So what size and how much does a unit cost? Does it have the ability to keep a refrigerator, hot water tank, and the occasional use of a washing machine, close dryer, lights and electric heat, for a 900 square foot home, year round? Understanding that the unit will not have to power much more than the hot water tank and refrigerator at any given time. But needs to be able to power either a washing machine, clothes dryer, or electric in-wall 220v heater, on top of keeping the hot water tank and refrigerator going(ex. Continuously having power to the hot water tank and refrigerator, while running "one" of these other units at the same time via clothes dryer washing machine or in-wall heater)
Was the condensation on the turbine housing due to cooler water temperature going through the turbine from a higher altitude and the relatively higher humidity which I assume is at sea level? If so do you have a condensation drain? Also what do you do in winter, does the flow slow down due to ice? Do you have to keep a certain constant flow to avoid freezing of the equipment?
Is that a PURE SINE AC inverter? When the batteries are charged fully and you don't have a load on the turbines, will they self destruct? I saw a guy that had a heater as a "dummy load" so when there is no power, it dissipates the unused power as heat. Do you have any way of connecting to the grid? So you can sell the unused power instead?
240v * 100A = 24kW. 6kW/24kW = 1/4 (minus loss), so it would provide about a quarter of what you use (if you don't have electric or stove - this would be enough for your lights, TV, and water heater occasionally. The only thing that is a problem is the storage of energy. When your not using 6kW, your not drawing a load, and the turbines will self-destruct. You can store the energy in batteries but if you don't drain them, you will need a dummy load (heater) which just wastes energy :( Let's get the US to develop the energy storage. It can be us, Germany, or Japan - who wants the economy?
filter4now Your calculation is the assumption they were using 100 amps all the time! Hense the battery banks come into play when? The simple idea is to have a battery bank to supply when under severe loads.
+filter4now I don't understand your power calculation? the average home uses an average of 2KW, I know the US will use slightly more but I doubt it's 12 times higher. also, would it not be possible to fit it with some sort of RPM regulator? by adjusting the flow dependant on the RPM you could keep the RPM constant regardless of the load, preventing wear and potential for overspeeding
***** I got the land with flow-age rights from an 1800's saw mill close to 200 feet of head haven't got that far but yeah I want to go big enough to heat my house with electricity and possibly sell to the grid.
Did you have any trouble with state and/or federal government with regard to using the water? Also, why are you generating DC rather than uploading to the grid and hopefully making some money?
...a good example. Thanks. Unfortenately in Germany, most of those "little hydro" powerplants have been shut off. Shut off by the utilities, as they did not want to be tackled on their monopolies!!!! What a shame. We need strong people to come back to such decentralized solutions!
I have watched this several times. Very nice. Ciao from Chile. Jim
These are the small plants that are much needed in Zambia , Africa. I hope, as African Civil Engineer, to take it up and design my small hydro power. I will post it also. Please thanx for the exposure.
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great video, thanks for sharing this information..
nice set up!
So what size and how much does a unit cost? Does it have the ability to keep a refrigerator, hot water tank, and the occasional use of a washing machine, close dryer, lights and electric heat, for a 900 square foot home, year round? Understanding that the unit will not have to power much more than the hot water tank and refrigerator at any given time. But needs to be able to power either a washing machine, clothes dryer, or electric in-wall 220v heater, on top of keeping the hot water tank and refrigerator going(ex. Continuously having power to the hot water tank and refrigerator, while running "one" of these other units at the same time via clothes dryer washing machine or in-wall heater)
Awesome little set up! I'd love to see the intake structure was well.
Where is this located? Looks like SE Alaska or BC Canada to me.
Was the condensation on the turbine housing due to cooler water temperature going through the turbine from a higher altitude and the relatively higher humidity which I assume is at sea level? If so do you have a condensation drain?
Also what do you do in winter, does the flow slow down due to ice? Do you have to keep a certain constant flow to avoid freezing of the equipment?
lol @ Buddy. Looks like he found the perfect spot. Great power source you have there. Does your family have a background in engineering?
Can you give the component costs and total cost? Do you have 2 turbines and 2 generators there?
Whats the name of the company that supplied the parts, info, and tech support?
we too can supply hydro speed governor or electronic load controller
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Is that a PURE SINE AC inverter? When the batteries are charged fully and you don't have a load on the turbines, will they self destruct? I saw a guy that had a heater as a "dummy load" so when there is no power, it dissipates the unused power as heat. Do you have any way of connecting to the grid? So you can sell the unused power instead?
hi,. we make elc for it, with dump load as heater,. controlled by electronic load controller,.
mail me for details dhavamanitechnologies@gmail.com
What company makes those and what part of the country are you in?
What is the specific product name/brand of the hydro turbine used?
how many homes with 100 amp service panels can this provide for?
240v * 100A = 24kW. 6kW/24kW = 1/4 (minus loss), so it would provide about a quarter of what you use (if you don't have electric or stove - this would be enough for your lights, TV, and water heater occasionally. The only thing that is a problem is the storage of energy. When your not using 6kW, your not drawing a load, and the turbines will self-destruct. You can store the energy in batteries but if you don't drain them, you will need a dummy load (heater) which just wastes energy :( Let's get the US to develop the energy storage. It can be us, Germany, or Japan - who wants the economy?
filter4now Your calculation is the assumption they were using 100 amps all the time! Hense the battery banks come into play when? The simple idea is to have a battery bank to supply when under severe loads.
+filter4now I don't understand your power calculation? the average home uses an average of 2KW, I know the US will use slightly more but I doubt it's 12 times higher. also, would it not be possible to fit it with some sort of RPM regulator? by adjusting the flow dependant on the RPM you could keep the RPM constant regardless of the load, preventing wear and potential for overspeeding
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how much does this cost you in pipe and do they break sumtimes
ohhhh and im not sure i heard whats the head?
How many KW the system is?
how much $ for the gear
***** I got the land with flow-age rights from an 1800's saw mill close to 200 feet of head haven't got that far but yeah I want to go big enough to heat my house with electricity and possibly sell to the grid.
Did you have any trouble with state and/or federal government with regard to using the water? Also, why are you generating DC rather than uploading to the grid and hopefully making some money?
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