This is a wonderful invention. We really need this in Nigeria because, despite the abundant resources we have, our evil leaders deny us basic amenities.
Reminds me of a man who seemed deeper voice--but maybe it is the ACCENT--this seems like a slightly higher timbre/ pitch??? voice of man who narrated the God's Must Be Crazy movies??
@@rutger726 did you know that uhh, if you let water go downstream after going out of a generator. It will pick up speed again, hence, more energy. Fuck wit
Engineer Masaya Sumino, thank you for your noble and practical invention of the Ultra Small Water Electricity Generator , wish to be able to have some units to be used for lighting purposes!
I like how the kid at 3:40 looks afraid of being electrocuted. It reminds me of how I used to think touching a transformer box would literally kill me.
I saw a 100kw archimedes screw recently, it was very cool. Nice and quiet, slow moving and fed by s relatively small canal branched off a mid size river.
That's a very simple yet such an efficient solution. It works on the principle of Archimedes Screw . Most of the times your thinking is limited by simply imposing the condition that you need height(P.E=mgh=>K.E) to produce electricity from water. But having proper knowledge of working of turbines working ranges and a little bit of height can produce a very effective results as shown in the video (although you will produce only double figures of watts, considering the size).
This is awesome! These small units can make a big difference over time. He should also build larger models for more powerful streams or rivers. Also with a little engineering, he might be able to modify these to also convert to water pumps if electricity was put into it.
@@FixItFranc don't worry, the petrol traders are already starting to get into electric as well as petroleum. The ones who don't will end up like Blockbuster. Economic evolution.
Good old Archimedes screw, originally designed as a lift pump for all the reasons others have mentioned - simply design, isn't affected by small debris, sand, grit, etc like impeller pumps can be. Fitting a generator instead of a motor is also an old idea. Using it for small scale lighting can work, however that open trough under the screw is inefficient and is why it needs the angle to assist the water flow. The screw should be fully encased in a tube. That would greatly increase the efficiency, and it wouldn't need the angle, it would still work submerged, or in heavy flood flow, where excess water would simply flow over the top and not interfere with the screw operation
Great idea I enquired about the use of such generators to use in the river and was told NO so we need the governments to be on board too which is not happening as the big power companies are blocking such projects
to be frank, I'd do it anyway. I'm all about freedom, and am somewhat of a constitutionalist. Water doesn't belong to the government, also the government IS the people, i'm one of those people, this is OUR river/stream/creek. and i'm going to use it in a totally non-disruptive manner to create power.
Stupid conspiracy theories! The big power companies are not blocking small power projects! You want to build one, then do it. Don’t complain about non-existent opposition! The only thing that might cause trouble is environmental regulations which make difficult any changes to a waterway. For that we have Green Communism to blame.
@@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy Actually water does belong to individuals (water rights) but as long as you are not taking the water out of the stream and using it somewhere else, as long as you are allowing all the water to flow through, there should be no legal problem putting this generator into a stream on your property.
It depends on where you live, of course, but generally, if you own the land, and the rights to the river, it should be no problem. In any event, you could dig a private canal to run some water away from the river, and into a generator, for personal use. I think it will be more and more common for people wanting to settle more permanently in hard to reach places. My country of Norway has got plenty of those, and rivers and streams to glean electric power from.
Thank you Masaya! Keep up the great work, I hope to see many more of your inventions aimed at combining creativity, efficiency and cost-savings to keep our Earth clean. Outstanding!
I see this video was made 3 years ago so this is a long shot. is this being produced/sold? I live in Alaska and I have a constant source of flowing water. I'd love to have at least one of these to aid my solar panels.
For small scale hydro, I've always wondered about anchoring a similarly sized prop or paddle-wheel boat to the bottom of a river and driving generators with that. Perhaps on a larger model (small craft), even charging an onboard battery which could then move the boat via the same mechanism. as in, charging while anchored until it generates enough power to move.
@@michaelesposito2629 really I mean only the anchor being on the bottom with the rest floating very much at the surface. It might make a much quieter alternative to a generator on a camping raft, for example--though the point of those is as much fishing as camping, and the fish would likely not care for my idea. :)
This is actually illegal in many areas of the US. Disruptions to the flow of rivers and streams has a negative effect on the sediment and oxygenation levels, this is why so many don't like hydropower dams.
I need more videos on this generator so I could develop it and use it to teach students... Can you please upload some more videos on this type of generator including the water flow needed power created by water to the shaft and electricity power generated and even the process of making it. And thanks to you and your all members for this video that attracted my eye and brain.
Looks very cool. Would be great if a few more details were provided though such watts produced and cost. I couldn't find the cost anywhere but it seems this small version can generate 10W.
@You Know trust me, building it is not the problem, only if i have investors who can sponsor, in fact there so many forms of renewable energy that should be utilized in Nigeria of which people are not looking at, i just wish our govt. can promote technology like other countries
@@gbengaoyede2877 if you have moving water then i must tell you that flowing water has been used to mill grain without electricity since the beginning of time .... japan has been held captive by nuclear electricity problems for way too long!
@@drew1595 Those bars can go anywhere from 5 watts to 100 watts and more, depends on the type of led, that one of the video looked pretty brilliant even with the clarity of the day.
@@cheechchickens1854 This mini generators have great potential, imagine for example every house, building, etc. equiped with this things installed in the pipes of the roof drains, specially vertical pipes, you have a lot of electricity there.
What if reduction gear is added to this tech to generate double the power it's generating with current tech. And also it's better to provide a electricity storage instead of directly using electricity.
There are many clean water also. What your saying is applicable to illiterate states like UP, Bihar, Gujarath... There are other states with good literacy rate. I do agree that illiterate people voted and selected BJP government which is the reason for under development. Educated people are loosing value in India. Even Indian Prime minister is also an uneducated person who was selling tea.
What's with people saying this is the same thing as an Archimedes screw? Sure, the screw portion of the device has the same properties, but the Archimedes screw was a hand-cranked pump to bring liquids and grains to higher altitudes. Not so much hand-cranked nowadays but you get it. This is almost literally the opposite of an Archimedes screw. Not saying it's a brand new invention worthy of crazy award, but it's not what people here are saying. This guy imo does deserve an award, not for the invention, but for the effort he put into making use of it and making it more of a thing.
Not every, I'm sure. But given that a school that was built near me also has a river nearby, I think that we should be building our schools in a more natural way like that in general.
Awesome, would be great if you could use one connected to the city water connection on your house and have it generate power whenever you turn your faucets on, flush your toilet, take a shower, etc.. For those of us who don't live near a creek or stream source.
I was thinking the same thing. Or for anybody that has sump pumps, could they use one to charge a battery in a flood condition? So while your sump pump is running, pumping out the basement, it charges a battery so if the power from the street it lost, it will still continue running the pump. There will be some loss there as the pump would draw more than it generates, but it might work.
1ton or 1000liter of water per hour over 1 meter of hight difference equals about 2,8Wh mechanical energy. Efficiency can get up to about 85% on hydro-powerplants. So you can easily estimate the power of every water turbine... 15cm hight difference and assuming 80% efficiency leads to about 150mW Output per ton of water per hour.
if I well remember: flow 1m3/s from high 1m gives you ~1kW of power (981W). So, I think that this generator in sowed location is rather comparable to bicycle generator (if you know that little device).
Howie Feltersnatch You obviously love in a comfortable, modern house. Millions of people around the world do not even have electric light to read by, for doing homework, for example. A small number of these devices placed in small channels, like irrigation ditches (see the test in Myanmar) can be the catalyst for educating the next generation of poor children, and eliminating the need for kerosine lanterns which cause an enormous amount of respiratory disease in n poor rural areas. You should get out more often, mix with people outside your comfort zone, and don’t judge the utility of something according to whether it might benefit you personally.
@@digitplays4008 Naw, the idiot seems genuinely insulting the device, due to his lack of knowledge. Are you just looking for an opportunity to use a dated meme? Pathetic. As for Scott, Great reply. Very True.
These devices can produce enough electricity to power LED lights and charge mobile phones - and in poor communities in the 3rd world, that's really what they need. They don't use (or need) vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, electric stoves or other devices using high-wattage power. Light is key - and the growing ubiquity of cellphones enables communication. These two factors (light and communication) are fundamental to small business development, education and economic growth, so this idea is perfect for billions of people in the developing world.
@Some One In some countries, the term brownout refers not to a drop in voltage but to an intentional or unintentional power outage (or blackout).[3][4][5] Source:Wikipedia
Where we live, the brownout is very unpredictable and violent stream of brown substance. And when it happens, the last thing your gonna think of is charging your phone.
you can make one yourself ..or get it made assembled by some local workshop ...the frame can be easily fabricated...the spiral...guess will need to find some manufacturer or fabricator .. the dynamo can be ordered online..just that you need to have some basic understanding like an electrician
i saw the des moines river had a horizontal screw placed from bank to opposite bank near the middle of the city for power generation but i have not been there in years... i think you could have a local crafts person build such a small one for you in about a day and a half ...support your local economy first!
@@mabisfab77paintball creator? nobody creates energy... i like how he teaches his peoples children...might be different at the school you had but they should also have taught you to support your own local economy first
good idea yes. but there are much more efficient energy producing technology out there. like those that use water as a fuel source. what bugs me is that no body is pushing those like how they are pushing small scale renewables. its because renewable such as solar, wind and water will never be a competitive threat to big oil
@@raloed.363 Do you mean flowing water/ falling water as a fuel source? Yup there are more efficient things out there, I'm just amazed that is possible to produce useful power with such a small generator.
@@AvNotasian I am not talking about hydroelectricity. Im talking about a device that you put water in and it catalytically converts the water to high amount of oxygen and hydrogen gas that can be used to run an internal combustion engine or used in a hydrogen fuel cell to give a net energy gain. And im not talking about the method of using aluminum and a base/acid as a catalyst. Im talking devices that consume only water and its byproduct is still water. Infinite energy.
@@raloed.363 it takes energy to split water into H2 and 02.... So, not infinite energy, but infinite, reusable fuel... But we don't have very efficient ways of storing hydrogen or even environment friendly ways of mass producing it... It's more of a storage problem though, for Material scientists.
0:56 remarkable, but the construction charge and maintenance expenses would be further higher. Instead of it, they could go for use of solar energy through panels installed over street light.
@@nonstickmeat but it will be one time investment. In case of hydro power plant, you will have to change turbines often due to gradual damage by corrosion.
There seems to be 2 versions: PicoPica10 (this one) and PicoPica500. According to this website: www.unido.or.jp/en/technology_db/5276/, PicoPica10 enables around 10W generation by securing a flow 10L/sec and a head of 0.1m. PicoPica500 on the other hand, enables around 500W generation by securing a flow of 100L/sec and a head of 0.7m. Also the power generated by the bigger version adapts to various voltage/frequency through using a transformer.
@@grahambate3384 Watts is Amps multiplied by Volts, and so depends what you want your transformer/inverter to run at. 10W at household 250v is only 41 milliamps per hour, at 5v its 2amp/h, or just over enough to run 4 xbox 360 controllers and wish I had friends instead of looking up chinese micro water generators
Its great practical invention with a question mark How to deal with fishes and water animals And how to deal with debris? And how to deal with flooding
Actually debris, wild life, and flooding are areas where this design really shines. This type of turbine is relatively safe for fish. The fish don't have to spend a lot of time in the path of the turbine blade, and, even if they get near it, the blade probably isn't moving fast enough to cause injury to them. The Later parts of this turbine are not screened so debris and wild life shouldn't be a problem. Flooding might be a bit more worrisome, since this design looks like it might stop spinning if it's submerged, but it is based on low rotation speeds. Water depth might not matter, depending on geometry of the creek bed.
It so easy just make a filter screen before the unit and make a way for debris and fish,etc. behind screen.its not necessary to put at the center as along as theres a gravity of flowing water.
If this is a setup im just gonna go ahead and say Helix rocks and SpyroGyra is easy listening. But from the yelling at a bad Japanese translation, im gonna guess its a super important big difference
@@mrpoopo2320 HAVE YOU HEARD OF - GOOGLE? www.google.com/search?q=the+difference+between+a+spiral+and+a+helix&oq=the+difference+between+a+spiral+and+a+helix
@@LevAgency oh, you didn't know and had to google it. Sorry to call ya out and get you so angry. I didn't mean to make you yell more. I just thought you would be yelling about something you knew about and the yelling implies you need people to hear you and respond. Unless, you think the publisher of this video is gonna see this comment and republish it with that word edited out. Im not really sure why else you would leave a comment like that.
I mean... technically speaking (albeit a highly inefficient method) is to use the energy created by the device to heat water and create some distillation thing... It's efficient but I suppose it might be better than nothing
Easy enough run power to a 12 volt battery hook up a pump and plumb in a filter system self powered water system and some emergency power depending on how big of a battery.
Huh? Well you have one already, its called a coal filter, literally anyone can do it (cloth, crushed charcoal on top, then sand, then tiny rocks and gravel in an upright bottle). That still leaves microbes and stuff, but you can purify those by running a transparent tube in zigsags through a long bigger mirror tube with UV lights installed in there, it'll purify literally everything... Or just a long set of transparent tubes that run under the sun. Or just boil it.
Actually the typical home RO system will do that. They use DC power. I have some experiments using solar, but it's the same idea. If interest you can search youtube "tsbrownie solar ro water filter"
@@nevrens Wind turbines are good, but if you live somewhere with very little wind (for example like my village in a small valley between hills) they don't work. So I use solar, but water has the advantage it can deliver power constantly, even at night. But this device would have to be bigger to be able to power a household.
nevrens wind turbines don’t do shit, new solar tech and battery tech are paving the way for our future. This hydro system is okay, but I have family that uses other more efficient systems and they haven’t had a need for PGE in 15 years. Shhhhhhhh don’t tell the government that, they aren’t making any money.
10watt when the turbine Spinning very fast i think, bcz when spin slowly the led still blinking and not 100% Active 😂, But that's enough for the purpose of lighting the highway for a few meters, which should be in mind how to put it safely, may be stolen if without safety feature
I suppose the heavier the flow the more output. There is resistance when producing electricity which is why it is used in generating while braking in a car.
That is call criticism and freedom of speech. Without criticism, there will be no improvement. I agree some may make ridiculous comments but we should accept it as his/her opinion and not look at it as hate speech.
I tried to get micro-hydro going for my own neighborhood but we had a bunch of push back from the power company and the state officials even though our plans were sound .
floating dirt/debris can easily clog this. Also too much of the moving parts and electric components are in and close to the water. The good old paddle wheel might be less efficient but probably much more reliable on the long term.
This method is very effective because there are many small streams in Japan that flow fast. Unlike dams, it has little impact on the environment, so I hope it will become more widespread in the future.
"As Stanley gently placed the electric generator in the water, the children rejoiced that their school finally had power" *yeets it into river* "I'd be disappointed if I didn't know you so well at this point"
This is STILL a neat invention Regardless if it’s not a big powerhouse for making electricity The concept is sound and can be very beneficial if even it only produces enough power to charge a cell phone Or a single light Hundreds, and millions of people around the world do not have access to a reliable energy source. Such a device can be a game changer for those people or if anyone was paying After some sort of a natural disaster, where the first things to crumble are the infrastructure… like water, sewer, gas lines and yes, electricity transmission poles
@@ticktockbam you would think it had something todo with america bombing them during wwII and america rebuilding their country into 1 giant R&D facility, and along with there strict culture as well makes nice slaves for the banksters and politicians
Its not about efficiency, its about mobility and availability of use. If you could ditch this concept you could just put the Archimedes' screw in a pipe, that way it would be more efficient, but thats not the point.
@@oldbatwit5102 : do you know about Archimède , Bernouilli , Newton , Watt , Navier-Stokes , Reynolds , Laplace , fluid dynamics ? have you an ingeeneer degree ? I had in 1973 and I have worked on hydraulics and aerodynamics 1976 => 2008 ( heating , cooling systems + generating sets ) ( and I had my first visit of a water-mill was in 1961 - aged 6 ) the vidéo shows a " toy " that pedal through the semolina
Amazing new invention that was invented over 2000 years ago and it’s the first ever portable generator of it’s kind except for the thousands of other portable water-powered generators on RUclips. And this one is not safe for fish or other wildlife that may use that same water. XD unlike several on RUclips which are safer for the ecosystem.
Honestly im not mostly looking at the generator but admiring how their canal system is SO clean. No garbage just clear water.
coclea is an archimede invention . agree on japanese thay ara amazing takin care of theyr country . . in mine there a lot of garbage in river :P
Congratulations for the Engineering concept and promoting knowledge to elementary schools!
This is a wonderful invention. We really need this in Nigeria because, despite the abundant resources we have, our evil leaders deny us basic amenities.
this narrator's voice is super Nostalgic, I've been watching this JapanTV ever since I was a child maybe 20 years ago, on our local T.V. channel..
its the same narrator as in Japanology with Peter Barakan right?
sounds like Jeremy Clarkson
@Mick B It's not. Artificial voices can't do parodies of little girls like that... yet.
Reminds me of a man who seemed deeper voice--but maybe it is the ACCENT--this seems like a slightly higher timbre/ pitch??? voice of man who narrated the God's Must Be Crazy movies??
Thumbs up for this great work.
The world needs people like him.
The only problem is that a lot of governments would not make money from it.
many streams and rivers are used by animals, it wouldn't work without disrupting wildlife
@@MarmotStarpax stfu like it'll be place in a jungles
Joseph Smith 👍
Та без таких людей бюджет пилить вооще невозможно
Glad to finally see someone putting a turbine in series to re-use the water flow, we need more of this kind of thinking
You can't "re-use" the kinetic energy which is what generates the power so putting them in a series is pointless hence nobody doing it.
@@rutger726 did you know that uhh, if you let water go downstream after going out of a generator. It will pick up speed again, hence, more energy. Fuck wit
@@rutger726 But since it's flowing downstream it will gain energy again from gravity. Wont be a problem if you space them out right.
@@rutger726 Technically true, but the history of industrialization in the north eastern United States would like to disagree with you.
Video: "Amazing new invention!"
Me: "That's an Archimedes screw..."
No it's not. That was a pump. This is a turbine
@@mirror1675 Yeah, and what's the difference between an electric motor and a generator?
@@allahbole Archimedes Screw was neither
@@mirror1675 Oh hell, go back to your paste
Exactly, how revolutionary. -.-
Engineer Masaya Sumino, thank you for your noble and practical invention of the Ultra Small Water Electricity Generator , wish to be able to have some units to be used for lighting purposes!
Hi, is that the full name of the inventor and product? If so, thank you for saying that. I need to buy one of those...
archimedes' screw turbine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_turbine @@anonymousperson8259
I like how the kid at 3:40 looks afraid of being electrocuted. It reminds me of how I used to think touching a transformer box would literally kill me.
Nice. He took advantage of modern materials and techniques to update an old idea.
There are already loads of these on the market, you can buy them right now, but I haven't seen one recently that put out such a small amount of power.
i prefere the older materials but the technique is not modern
I got recommended this video after watching a video by an -australian man- New Zealander who did essentially the same thing with a washing machine
Post the link here
@@miranda9691 He was actually a New Zealander
ruclips.net/video/Xb6TIWub6KU/видео.html
@@Jacob-yg7lz thanks
Look up MartyT on RUclips - or follow the link
@@miranda9691 It does make more sense recycling old washing machines. At my local dump they don't care if you 'Pick-A-Part the ones they have there
I saw a 100kw archimedes screw recently, it was very cool. Nice and quiet, slow moving and fed by s relatively small canal branched off a mid size river.
That's a very simple yet such an efficient solution. It works on the principle of Archimedes Screw
. Most of the times your thinking is limited by simply imposing the condition that you need height(P.E=mgh=>K.E) to produce electricity from water. But having proper knowledge of working of turbines working ranges and a little bit of height can produce a very effective results as shown in the video (although you will produce only double figures of watts, considering the size).
This is awesome! These small units can make a big difference over time. He should also build larger models for more powerful streams or rivers. Also with a little engineering, he might be able to modify these to also convert to water pumps if electricity was put into it.
" big difference'' make them cheap then.
Hoover Dam
Už dávno to existuje... Říká se tomu přehrada "vodní elektrárna" s instalovaným výkonem i 2000MW a staví se to už desítky let po celé planetě 🤷♂️
And also be a target from the petrol traders if they manage to power everything from this
@@FixItFranc don't worry, the petrol traders are already starting to get into electric as well as petroleum. The ones who don't will end up like Blockbuster. Economic evolution.
I kinda appreciate the ancient style of narration and presentation used here.
Good old Archimedes screw, originally designed as a lift pump for all the reasons others have mentioned - simply design, isn't affected by small debris, sand, grit, etc like impeller pumps can be. Fitting a generator instead of a motor is also an old idea. Using it for small scale lighting can work, however that open trough under the screw is inefficient and is why it needs the angle to assist the water flow. The screw should be fully encased in a tube. That would greatly increase the efficiency, and it wouldn't need the angle, it would still work submerged, or in heavy flood flow, where excess water would simply flow over the top and not interfere with the screw operation
Make one
Great job. Remember... the Wright brothers didn't invent the Boeing. Keep up the good work.
Neither the airplane.
fseeletronicos © 1st Powered and controlled Flight and so far as their claim to the first airplane: “The late aviation historian Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith was a supporter of the Wrights' claim to primacy in flight. He wrote that a barn door can be made to "fly" for a short distance if enough energy is applied to it; he determined that the very limited flight experiments of Ader, Vuia and others were "powered hops" instead of fully controlled flights.”
Bad analogy
@elijah mikle Doesn't matter how you define "flying" the Wright brothers didn't invent it.
@@fseeletronicos More likely Santos Dumont
We need millions of such teachers.
Great idea I enquired about the use of such generators to use in the river and was told NO so we need the governments to be on board too which is not happening as the big power companies are blocking such projects
to be frank, I'd do it anyway. I'm all about freedom, and am somewhat of a constitutionalist. Water doesn't belong to the government, also the government IS the people, i'm one of those people, this is OUR river/stream/creek. and i'm going to use it in a totally non-disruptive manner to create power.
Stupid conspiracy theories! The big power companies are not blocking small power projects! You want to build one, then do it. Don’t complain about non-existent opposition!
The only thing that might cause trouble is environmental regulations which make difficult any changes to a waterway. For that we have Green Communism to blame.
@@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy Actually water does belong to individuals (water rights) but as long as you are not taking the water out of the stream and using it somewhere else, as long as you are allowing all the water to flow through, there should be no legal problem putting this generator into a stream on your property.
It depends on where you live, of course, but generally, if you own the land, and the rights to the river, it should be no problem. In any event, you could dig a private canal to run some water away from the river, and into a generator, for personal use. I think it will be more and more common for people wanting to settle more permanently in hard to reach places. My country of Norway has got plenty of those, and rivers and streams to glean electric power from.
In some EU countries government doesn’t allow to sell electricity. They are trying to safe their monopoly and worried electricity price drop
Thank you for making the world better, we need more people like us :)
Ah, the soothing narration of Stuart Varnam-Atkin's.
This is genius! It would be great for so many applications. It would be great for off grid camping or even homeless people.
03:48 is my favourite part - a really half arsed impression of a childs voice. Other than that 100percent awesome
It's not an impression. It is a translation from Japanese to English
Yes, he is a real voice actor!
Practical when your drains are not clogged with rubbish. Unfortunately many countries don't have this luxury of clean, rubbish free drains or river.
Thank you Masaya! Keep up the great work, I hope to see many more of your inventions aimed at combining creativity, efficiency and cost-savings to keep our Earth clean. Outstanding!
I would love to buy one of these!
Me too
I see this video was made 3 years ago so this is a long shot.
is this being produced/sold? I live in Alaska and I have a constant source of flowing water. I'd love to have at least one of these to aid my solar panels.
Gifu prefecture is such a wonderful part of Japan.
Has it been contaminated from Fukushima?
@@pickles9774 Nope
For small scale hydro, I've always wondered about anchoring a similarly sized prop or paddle-wheel boat to the bottom of a river and driving generators with that. Perhaps on a larger model (small craft), even charging an onboard battery which could then move the boat via the same mechanism. as in, charging while anchored until it generates enough power to move.
Bottom of a river? How would that move a paddle wheel? Prop. Yes. Paddle wheel would have to be half in and half out of the water
@@michaelesposito2629 really I mean only the anchor being on the bottom with the rest floating very much at the surface. It might make a much quieter alternative to a generator on a camping raft, for example--though the point of those is as much fishing as camping, and the fish would likely not care for my idea. :)
This is actually illegal in many areas of the US. Disruptions to the flow of rivers and streams has a negative effect on the sediment and oxygenation levels, this is why so many don't like hydropower dams.
This is basically how tidal generators work isn't it?
3:47 May I compliment the voice-over artist on this most charming bit of narration.
when the guy translated the little girl XD
I came to find this comment the moment I heard it lol.
Reminds me of the trains from Thomas the Tank
I shouted "what the hell" when he did that lool
@@Caleb-en5bo same
3:48 XD
Love this, you could even put them in series down the stream and generate more power.
I need more videos on this generator so I could develop it and use it to teach students...
Can you please upload some more videos on this type of generator including the water flow needed power created by water to the shaft and electricity power generated and even the process of making it.
And thanks to you and your all members for this video that attracted my eye and brain.
Looks very cool. Would be great if a few more details were provided though such watts produced and cost. I couldn't find the cost anywhere but it seems this small version can generate 10W.
So I need 5 just to power my TV.Its power rating is 50W last time I looked.?
@@eugeneoreilly9356 and you need only 200 of them to power an average electric cattle.
Excellent concept, we need this in nigeria
Imagine how many that rich Nigerian prince looking to move millions of naira could fund.....
@You Know thanks man.
@You Know trust me, building it is not the problem, only if i have investors who can sponsor, in fact there so many forms of renewable energy that should be utilized in Nigeria of which people are not looking at, i just wish our govt. can promote technology like other countries
@@warhound7781 i doubt that 🤔
@@gbengaoyede2877 if you have moving water then i must tell you that flowing water has been used to mill grain without electricity since the beginning of time .... japan has been held captive by nuclear electricity problems for way too long!
THE INTRUCTION OF VIDEO VERY CLEAR AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND IT.
I guess it makes about 10w to 20w or so!
Supplement it with solar panels! Could make a battery stay topped at all times.
10w? Are you nuts? It barely powered an LED bar
@@drew1595 it's plenty of power for the size of the install and the GPM of water that's moving.
@@drew1595 Those bars can go anywhere from 5 watts to 100 watts and more, depends on the type of led, that one of the video looked pretty brilliant even with the clarity of the day.
That thing couldn't power anything worth a damn. Took the whole under side of a bridge to power like 6 street lights
@@cheechchickens1854 This mini generators have great potential, imagine for example every house, building, etc. equiped with this things installed in the pipes of the roof drains, specially vertical pipes, you have a lot of electricity there.
Congratulations. God Bless you, Millions of Thanks.
I love it so much it just fits the rural areas of Papua New Guinea .it will benefit simple people
Archimedes screw -> Archimedes screw generator...nothing new...cool implementation though
I really like the gravitation vortex turbine ideas out there
The wheel reducing friction of stuff being pushed->the wheel doing the pushing
That's just how it works sometimes
What if reduction gear is added to this tech to generate double the power it's generating with current tech. And also it's better to provide a electricity storage instead of directly using electricity.
@@kiranvijaykumar5135 The total energy output will be the same.
Total output will not be same, just see wind turbine design
There are many clean water also. What your saying is applicable to illiterate states like UP, Bihar, Gujarath... There are other states with good literacy rate.
I do agree that illiterate people voted and selected BJP government which is the reason for under development. Educated people are loosing value in India. Even Indian Prime minister is also an uneducated person who was selling tea.
Japanese children becoming clever due to educated man like him passed on his scientific knowledge.
Definition of teaching?
@Kevo Heavo Nice counter-example, thanks ^^
No. Clever would be one of the kids asking, "How long until it pays for itself?"
GMA
Meanwhile in the USA 🇺🇸 we are learning to be cheerleaders. 🤦🏻♀️
What's with people saying this is the same thing as an Archimedes screw?
Sure, the screw portion of the device has the same properties, but the Archimedes screw was a hand-cranked pump to bring liquids and grains to higher altitudes.
Not so much hand-cranked nowadays but you get it.
This is almost literally the opposite of an Archimedes screw. Not saying it's a brand new invention worthy of crazy award, but it's not what people here are saying.
This guy imo does deserve an award, not for the invention, but for the effort he put into making use of it and making it more of a thing.
They literally show, multiple times, this being hand cranked.
Thanks for trail experiments in Myanmar. On behalf of all my countrymen, thank you very much.
XionHosana 😥
*Beautiful invention* that will help a lot of people on our planet.
Also, Japanese schools have rivers on the playground :-O
"School grounds" not playground, listen again.
@@harrygatto You think elementary school children don't play in that river whenever given the chance? ;)
Not every, I'm sure. But given that a school that was built near me also has a river nearby, I think that we should be building our schools in a more natural way like that in general.
Also act as a meat grinder for these fish, genius!
:P
@@Reth_Hard Well, yeah. It would take a 'genius' to link a pond full of expensive pet fish to a natural river.
Outstanding.we slapped a motor on an invention from several thousand years ago.we are really making progress here
Awesome, would be great if you could use one connected to the city water connection on your house and have it generate power whenever you turn your faucets on, flush your toilet, take a shower, etc.. For those of us who don't live near a creek or stream source.
I was thinking the same thing. Or for anybody that has sump pumps, could they use one to charge a battery in a flood condition? So while your sump pump is running, pumping out the basement, it charges a battery so if the power from the street it lost, it will still continue running the pump. There will be some loss there as the pump would draw more than it generates, but it might work.
I hope this piece of technology is already out in international market this could help a lot of people
This is honestly pretty incredible. I'm surprised I haven't heard of it earlier.
Hoover Dam
@@margaretbutler9864everyone knows about Hydro
They were impressed by the micro scale
what is efficiency of this generator and it's power output?
It doesn't seem to have any kind of regulation ? Would be curious to have the specs.
1ton or 1000liter of water per hour over 1 meter of hight difference equals about 2,8Wh mechanical energy. Efficiency can get up to about 85% on hydro-powerplants.
So you can easily estimate the power of every water turbine...
15cm hight difference and assuming 80% efficiency leads to about 150mW Output per ton of water per hour.
if I well remember: flow 1m3/s from high 1m gives you ~1kW of power
(981W). So, I think that this generator in sowed location is rather
comparable to bicycle generator (if you know that little device).
You can charge you phone. Stupid idea.
@Dave Zimmerman they just give you a solution.
WOW Japanese from Yemen i love you , I hope one day could visit your country or make my children study in your fantastic school .
I wish I had a school like that! these children will change the world with invention's like these
So how can I buy one?
Make it yourself
Sir very good video l am from India i am very impressed by your small project 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Great now we only need 50000 to power 6 homes. Awesome.
Howie Feltersnatch You obviously love in a comfortable, modern house. Millions of people around the world do not even have electric light to read by, for doing homework, for example. A small number of these devices placed in small channels, like irrigation ditches (see the test in Myanmar) can be the catalyst for educating the next generation of poor children, and eliminating the need for kerosine lanterns which cause an enormous amount of respiratory disease in n poor rural areas. You should get out more often, mix with people outside your comfort zone, and don’t judge the utility of something according to whether it might benefit you personally.
exactly.
@@CitizenAyellowblue I think he was being sarcastic r/whooosh
@@digitplays4008 Naw, the idiot seems genuinely insulting the device, due to his lack of knowledge.
Are you just looking for an opportunity to use a dated meme? Pathetic.
As for Scott, Great reply. Very True.
These devices can produce enough electricity to power LED lights and charge mobile phones - and in poor communities in the 3rd world, that's really what they need. They don't use (or need) vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, electric stoves or other devices using high-wattage power. Light is key - and the growing ubiquity of cellphones enables communication. These two factors (light and communication) are fundamental to small business development, education and economic growth, so this idea is perfect for billions of people in the developing world.
This is how you can charge your cellphone during brownout using nearby canals
@Some One u dont want to know what a brownout is......
@Some One In some countries, the term brownout refers not to a drop in voltage but to an intentional or unintentional power outage (or blackout).[3][4][5]
Source:Wikipedia
@Some One we called our power disappearance brown out in Philippines.
Where we live, the brownout is very unpredictable and violent stream of brown substance. And when it happens, the last thing your gonna think of is charging your phone.
I have brown outs all the time. Just ask my mum
It fits our slow moving creek during summer... I am confident it can run a 300 watt water pump to irrigate my small farm in Nasugbu, Batangas...
Looks promising - how do we buy, find a kit or build one in the U.S. ?
you can make one yourself ..or get it made assembled by some local workshop ...the frame can be easily fabricated...the spiral...guess will need to find some manufacturer or fabricator .. the dynamo can be ordered online..just that you need to have some basic understanding like an electrician
@@mayanktripathi8726 but would like to buy from creator of device as way of showing thanks
@@mabisfab77paintball you seems to be a environment concern person👍
i saw the des moines river had a horizontal screw placed from bank to opposite bank near the middle of the city for power generation but i have not been there in years... i think you could have a local crafts person build such a small one for you in about a day and a half ...support your local economy first!
@@mabisfab77paintball creator? nobody creates energy... i like how he teaches his peoples children...might be different at the school you had but they should also have taught you to support your own local economy first
Easily maintainable, low tech installation, mass producible seems like an all round good idea.
good idea yes. but there are much more efficient energy producing technology out there. like those that use water as a fuel source. what bugs me is that no body is pushing those like how they are pushing small scale renewables. its because renewable such as solar, wind and water will never be a competitive threat to big oil
@@raloed.363 Do you mean flowing water/ falling water as a fuel source? Yup there are more efficient things out there, I'm just amazed that is possible to produce useful power with such a small generator.
@@AvNotasian I am not talking about hydroelectricity. Im talking about a device that you put water in and it catalytically converts the water to high amount of oxygen and hydrogen gas that can be used to run an internal combustion engine or used in a hydrogen fuel cell to give a net energy gain. And im not talking about the method of using aluminum and a base/acid as a catalyst. Im talking devices that consume only water and its byproduct is still water. Infinite energy.
@@raloed.363 fuel cells. That's what they're called.
@@raloed.363 it takes energy to split water into H2 and 02.... So, not infinite energy, but infinite, reusable fuel...
But we don't have very efficient ways of storing hydrogen or even environment friendly ways of mass producing it...
It's more of a storage problem though, for Material scientists.
This man is a hero for saving the environment and producing electricity at the same time 😆
0:56 remarkable, but the construction charge and maintenance expenses would be further higher. Instead of it, they could go for use of solar energy through panels installed over street light.
Solar panels have more expensive parts
@@nonstickmeat but it will be one time investment. In case of hydro power plant, you will have to change turbines often due to gradual damage by corrosion.
LOL, sounds like Jeremy Clarkson from top gear
Bruh i thought the same thing when i first heard his voice
Thank you, brilliant invention. I'm inspired to harness my own stream near my caravan, as I need light... Tired of candles😉
Dutchies: *it's free real estate*
How many Watts it can produce?
How high Voltage?
@@zenshy2139 make sense
There seems to be 2 versions: PicoPica10 (this one) and PicoPica500. According to this website: www.unido.or.jp/en/technology_db/5276/, PicoPica10 enables around 10W generation by securing a flow 10L/sec and a head of 0.1m. PicoPica500 on the other hand, enables around 500W generation by securing a flow of 100L/sec and a head of 0.7m. Also the power generated by the bigger version adapts to various voltage/frequency through using a transformer.
@@shambalahabababa7514 volts?
@@grahambate3384 Watts is Amps multiplied by Volts, and so depends what you want your transformer/inverter to run at.
10W at household 250v is only 41 milliamps per hour, at 5v its 2amp/h, or just over enough to run 4 xbox 360 controllers and wish I had friends instead of looking up chinese micro water generators
@@grahambate3384 12v to 25v
Very informative video sir thanks & love from Punjab Amritsar India
Its great practical invention with a question mark
How to deal with fishes and water animals
And how to deal with debris?
And how to deal with flooding
Actually debris, wild life, and flooding are areas where this design really shines. This type of turbine is relatively safe for fish. The fish don't have to spend a lot of time in the path of the turbine blade, and, even if they get near it, the blade probably isn't moving fast enough to cause injury to them. The Later parts of this turbine are not screened so debris and wild life shouldn't be a problem.
Flooding might be a bit more worrisome, since this design looks like it might stop spinning if it's submerged, but it is based on low rotation speeds. Water depth might not matter, depending on geometry of the creek bed.
Is the generator submergable may be better question/more specific than asking about flooding.
Fish will
Easy swim through spiral turbine
@@maienduo maybe a goldfish but not a northern.
It so easy just make a filter screen before the unit and make a way for debris and fish,etc. behind screen.its not necessary to put at the center as along as theres a gravity of flowing water.
What an awesome and simple invention that could help many people , i love japaaaanne
zakaria belila I prefer their nuclear power that was provided by the US.
@@supe4701 You dull fuckwit !
It literally can't make enough power to light an led. I bet it makes around 500ma of current
@@supe4701 well , have it your way hhh
Wonderful.
And very much affordable and useful for needy people.
Oh I can use this to power a little light in the back yard. Now all I need is a stream in my back yard...
1:40 not a SPIRAL - a HELIX!!! - This is a HELIX Turbine
Ok ill bite. Tell me the difference between a spiral and a helix, please
If this is a setup im just gonna go ahead and say Helix rocks and SpyroGyra is easy listening. But from the yelling at a bad Japanese translation, im gonna guess its a super important big difference
the hero of this comment section.
@@mrpoopo2320 HAVE YOU HEARD OF - GOOGLE? www.google.com/search?q=the+difference+between+a+spiral+and+a+helix&oq=the+difference+between+a+spiral+and+a+helix
@@LevAgency oh, you didn't know and had to google it. Sorry to call ya out and get you so angry. I didn't mean to make you yell more. I just thought you would be yelling about something you knew about and the yelling implies you need people to hear you and respond. Unless, you think the publisher of this video is gonna see this comment and republish it with that word edited out. Im not really sure why else you would leave a comment like that.
Where can I buy the portable spiral type turbine generator? I am in Ireland, Europe. Thanks!
Damn RUclips recommendations, it knows what I want to watch and I don't even know what I want to watch lol
wanting is suffering and they are experts in suffering
This means YT own your brain now. Look at this video where machine shit bricks : ruclips.net/video/9RfJKNE-oLM/видео.html
purple shirt girl is the brightest in the class for sure, although wow, such a small class
Purple shirt girl is actually purple shirt boy and is deeply offended by your mistake.
Incredible, these days I was thinking how to enjoy water courses just like that! Congratulations Eng. Masaya Sumino !!! 🇧🇷🇯🇵
Now all we need is a battery powered water purifier/filtration/desalinization device that this generator can hook up to.
I mean... technically speaking (albeit a highly inefficient method) is to use the energy created by the device to heat water and create some distillation thing...
It's efficient but I suppose it might be better than nothing
Then we'd have enough salt to last us a lifetime!
Easy enough run power to a 12 volt battery hook up a pump and plumb in a filter system self powered water system and some emergency power depending on how big of a battery.
Huh? Well you have one already, its called a coal filter, literally anyone can do it (cloth, crushed charcoal on top, then sand, then tiny rocks and gravel in an upright bottle). That still leaves microbes and stuff, but you can purify those by running a transparent tube in zigsags through a long bigger mirror tube with UV lights installed in there, it'll purify literally everything... Or just a long set of transparent tubes that run under the sun. Or just boil it.
Actually the typical home RO system will do that. They use DC power. I have some experiments using solar, but it's the same idea. If interest you can search youtube "tsbrownie solar ro water filter"
Max wattage? AC/DC? Cost of materials? Jam statistics?
@madseh de you mean 500 watt right?
@madseh de jesus the model shown is 10watt. What a fucking joke of waste materials. 40 buck worth of solar panel on amazon does far more than that
@@meowmeowbobo not at night
western people ⬆️ 🤣
I'd say it produces aprox 12w DC or AC
First class video. Thank you.
those need to be commercially available at a lower cost so that all can afford to have these.
Supposing of course that there was a stream near your property. Small wind turbines may be a better choice.
@@nevrens Wind turbines are good, but if you live somewhere with very little wind (for example like my village in a small valley between hills) they don't work. So I use solar, but water has the advantage it can deliver power constantly, even at night.
But this device would have to be bigger to be able to power a household.
nevrens wind turbines don’t do shit, new solar tech and battery tech are paving the way for our future. This hydro system is okay, but I have family that uses other more efficient systems and they haven’t had a need for PGE in 15 years. Shhhhhhhh don’t tell the government that, they aren’t making any money.
@Nilmoni Sinha What does that have to do with it?
@@nevrens Donkeys walking in a circle might be a better choice. Hooking up to the mains might be a better choice. Hamsters...
interesting. power output seems really low though.
How many watts you think of the turbine, I'm also a little curious
@@yukkireina it's probably below 10 watts. barely enough to charge a smartphone
10watt when the turbine Spinning very fast i think, bcz when spin slowly the led still blinking and not 100% Active 😂, But that's enough for the purpose of lighting the highway for a few meters, which should be in mind how to put it safely, may be stolen if without safety feature
@@yukkireina Flickering is probably just strobing caused by the camera.
This is the screw we used in the windmills to create the Netherlands.
Excellent work. I am imprssed.
Wish there was a link to order one, i live near a stream
Just use a washer machine and cheaper
Well you could ask the inventor himself: www.unido.or.jp/en/technology_db/5276/
just go into town and locate the fabricator of metal works and tell em what you want
Very cool twist on an ancient idea.
Now let us know when it can produce 1.21 jigawatts of power...
Why? Did you break your clock tower?
I suppose the heavier the flow the more output. There is resistance when producing electricity which is why it is used in generating while braking in a car.
@@larrybe2900 7th
@@aungkohein2127
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Great work & helpful where not electricity available
I love how a lot smarth people just comment and debate about someone work without do anything real for neighborhood by themself..
That's not true. One time I cleaned up dog poopy in my neighborhood.
I life at midsommar
That is call criticism and freedom of speech. Without criticism, there will be no improvement. I agree some may make ridiculous comments but we should accept it as his/her opinion and not look at it as hate speech.
So let me get this, if you do something then you're good even if its pretty much useless? Gotcha.
I tried to get micro-hydro going for my own neighborhood but we had a bunch of push back from the power company and the state officials even though our plans were sound .
what happens when generator submerged inside the water flow, during high current. will it still generate Electricity?
pretty sure it will.
nope its completely unsealed and exposed to the water because the Japanese engineer doesn't know what a rubber seal is. (dumbass question)
@@TmanT321 pretty sure the question wasn't "will it survive" , it was more along the lines, of will the water flow still move the turbine.
@@smyteyouall8256 you can tell by looking at it that the answer is yes. you are also an idiot apparently.
@@TmanT321 wow. :|
good initiative, both for the education and inovation
3:50 lol I like how you didn't try to change your voice to a girly voice. Nice
floating dirt/debris can easily clog this. Also too much of the moving parts and electric components are in and close to the water. The good old paddle wheel might be less efficient but probably much more reliable on the long term.
You haven't considered the statics in order to position a paddle wheel, its this factor that makes the paddle wheel sub optimal.
block debris with grid, coat electric parts in plastic. problems solved.
A filter at one end solved or a mesh cage.
What about our feets accidentally caught in that.
@@newphone375 Its actually in a clear plastic tube if you look closely.
Holy shit, the narrator's still alive? Dude's been doing voiceovers for this since the 90s.
This method is very effective because there are many small streams in Japan that flow fast.
Unlike dams, it has little impact on the environment, so I hope it will become more widespread in the future.
Is this available to purchase?
actually, you would need to dam some of the stream where this is put otherwise the effectiveness is greatly diminished
"As Stanley gently placed the electric generator in the water, the children rejoiced that their school finally had power"
*yeets it into river*
"I'd be disappointed if I didn't know you so well at this point"
Hahaha 👌
What does 'yeets it' mean ? (sorry.. i have no idea!)
yes, now their microwave will cook the popped rice without the nuke power plant
@@wotcherfaz it's internet slang for "aggressive launching a projectile"
This is STILL a neat invention
Regardless if it’s not a big powerhouse for making electricity
The concept is sound and can be very beneficial if even it only produces enough power to charge a cell phone
Or a single light
Hundreds, and millions of people around the world do not have access to a reliable energy source.
Such a device can be a game changer for those people or if anyone was paying
After some sort of a natural disaster, where the first things to crumble are the infrastructure… like water, sewer, gas lines and yes, electricity transmission poles
Japanese are the best when it comes to technology.
They are years ahead of us. I guess it has something to do with their strict culture.
I think the Germans are better ingeneers but the japanese are Not bat to
NASA: are we a joke to you? We put men on the moon in the 60s
@@ticktockbam you would think it had something todo with america bombing them during wwII and america rebuilding their country into 1 giant R&D facility, and along with there strict culture as well makes nice slaves for the banksters and politicians
@Levi Sama or is it the truth that some people don't believe
All these amazing electricity generating innovations and the electric bill still keeps on getting high
This generator would be a failure 10-15 years ago, but now all the electronics are very power efficient, it becomes very useful
1:20 I thought he was the security guard
watermills exists from thousand years
the casing shape for this Archimède screw could be largely improve for efficienty
Go ahead and prove it.
Oldbatwit Why does he have too? I mean, it would be ideal, but he is a youtube commentator lol
Not a public engineer or figure.
Its not about efficiency, its about mobility and availability of use. If you could ditch this concept you could just put the Archimedes' screw in a pipe, that way it would be more efficient, but thats not the point.
@@oldbatwit5102 : do you know about Archimède , Bernouilli , Newton , Watt , Navier-Stokes , Reynolds , Laplace , fluid dynamics ? have you an ingeeneer degree ? I had in 1973 and I have worked on hydraulics and aerodynamics 1976 => 2008 ( heating , cooling systems + generating sets ) ( and I had my first visit of a water-mill was in 1961 - aged 6 )
the vidéo shows a " toy " that pedal through the semolina
@@ericdupont1326 Yes.
No (though it is actually spelled 'engineer')
So what?
So did I.
So what?
....What?
Hope this helps.
What is the generator's output and is it available to buy in the UK?
Amazing new invention that was invented over 2000 years ago and it’s the first ever portable generator of it’s kind except for the thousands of other portable water-powered generators on RUclips. And this one is not safe for fish or other wildlife that may use that same water. XD unlike several on RUclips which are safer for the ecosystem.
Would you mind sharing some of these superior contraptions.
It's an archimedean screw, it is thousands of years old.
I think they mean as a commercial product.
Ok let's see this small device power a water heater. Lol