Sorry for the repeat, I screwed up my own web site address
Gentlemen,
After five years of hard work, I have finally come up with a really good,
new, form of hydroelectric power. I am only four years and six months behind
scheduleJ.
The problem with Hydropower as we know it is:
-To use small affordable turbines you need fairly high head
-There really is no cheap way to get power out of a river with hi flow but no
head, without resorting to a dam.
I think I have solved both of these problems. Now I know most of
you are turbine guys, and a few of you are waterwheel guys. Well now we can all
be part of the same happy family!
After creating two new forms of hydro, and having them both have "issues" (one
was to complex, the other to big) I was cruising the internet looking for
something that would make it all work. I found it at
http://aquamor.tripod.com/Wheel.htm<http://aquamor.tripod.com/Wheel.htm>
I had seen spiral wheels before, but they were all very small. I
had never thought about what they actually do. They change slow mechanical
movement into water pressure.
Now the basic principles of good technology have to meet these
criteria:
-Economy- the cost has to fit the application/market
-Simplicity- the less wearable/movable parts the better
the design
-Labor- the less skill intensive; specialty machine
intensive the product is the
better it is.
I feel my design meets all of these standards very well. The
Overshot/Breast/Undershot wheel that this system is attached to can be made
entirely of PVC pipe (except the axle). To build it you will need:
1. A saw (yes, even a hand one)
2. A drill
3. A local welder for the axle
The wheel harnesses the power of the high volume river. The plastic tubing
spiral pump, changes this movement into pressure. The pressure is dependant on:
-The inside diameter of the spiral pump tubing
-The number of spirals/height of the spirals
-The restriction
The pressure that is generated by the spiral pump is then run into a
turbine, which changes the pressure into electricity. A Water Motor could also
be used to change the pressure into mechanical work.
The water is then put back into the spiral pump by way of an
independent scoop. This makes the whole system enclosed, allowing for salt
water to be used for all of us that live in the cold areas.
If you have read this and still do not know what I am rambling on
about, please visit my web site and see a small, proof of concept model I have
built. A picture is worth a thousand words. Probably two thousand of mineJ.
http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]<http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/>
So where am I at in this project? Well I have made the small proof of concept
model, but with it I still have yet to make electricity, just pressure.
The next step is to build a large version, on a river. I am retrofitting my
overshot wheel to have this system, but few people have the head and volume of
water for an overshot. The undershot in the river is the future of this
technology.
The problem I do not have enough money to build it. I am looking for someone
who has a river, who would like to partner up with me to build it. I live in
Connecticut, so it must be somewhere I could drive to on Friday and then work
Saturday and Sunday. The whole project would cost about six thousand dollars, I
have three.
That includes: Floating wheel, Turbine (Harris or Turgo), and inverter.
Even if you have a river with a turbine, we can still make power
off that river below the dam.
So who wants to help me start the revolution?
You can contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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