Can I use Microhydro?

1 Posts

Sep 19, 2006 09:56 am

Can I use Microhydro?

OK, I am a complete and typical newbie. We have acreage that fronts a pretty decent size river. There is no falling water on our property, it is all relatively level. Is it possible to use microhydro without falling water and if so, how?
Thanks in advance!
Chris

27 Posts

Sep 20, 2006 10:43 pm

Re: Can I use Microhydro?

Hello Chris,
If you can get 2 ft of vertical drop and 500 gallons a minute, you can get a steady 100watt output from the LH1000 by ES&D. Click on the link below to view. ---Ben
http://store.altenergystore.com/Hydropower/Energy-Systems-And-Design-Hydroturbines/Lh1000-Low-Head-Microhydro-Turbine/p504/

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462 Posts

Sep 27, 2006 11:12 pm

Re: Can I use Microhydro?

How much of your land borders the river? If you can pick up a source upsteam and divert a flow further downstream, you may gain some head and then size the flow accordingly with piping to gain the combination of head and flow that you need.

Thomas Allen Schmidt

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Oct 1, 2006 05:42 am

Re: Can I use Microhydro?

I once kicked around the idea of a large paddlewheel driving a relatively small 3 phases 480 vac genny (because of wire run and voltage drop) all mounted on pontoons. The 480 vac would of course need to be reduced and rectified for battery charging.

At my place the drop in elevation is inches over acres and seasonal but a steady flow most of the year. It can sometimes be zero water during a drought in August to 8 foot above normal in September. This is an extreme. It happened only once during hurricanes; Dennis, and Floyd. http://www.waterwheelfactory.com/

I am still waiting for a free pair of salvage pontoons.

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