> Refrigeration directly
> driven by microhydro turbines
>
> Microhydro turbines would be a practical means to
> directly drive mid-size refrigeration compressors
for
> walk-in refrigerators in remote areas, especially
> where there is no electricity.
> This would be a way to keep local food and produce
> fresh until it could be used or taken to market,
such
> as fish. It would also upgrade the local diet.
> It would mean that local people wouldn't have to eat
a
> whole cow a day or two after it is killed, as now
must
> be done in warmer areas. I think that from one to
2.5
> h.p. would be sufficient for this.
> A turbine has very high start-up torque--good for
> running compressors. The refrigeration box could be
a
> prefab made from styrofoam blocks with galvanized
> sheet metal glued on the outside, and assembled on
> site.
> Inside lights and an air circulation fan could be
run
> by electricity from a car alternator.
> I think that such a unit could go a long way toward
> making some rural areas more self reliant and
> improving diet.
> Anyone interested?
>
> Ron Davis, watermotor.net
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