Hello Pocobaya, My friend Dan New of Canyon Industries in Washington took a look at this Banki design and liked it. Carlos in Chile hasn't gotten back to me on this. I would still like more comments. I will send photos.
What we were trying to do was to create an adaptable Banki design which could be produced in a small shop from locally available materials and would produce enough power to light a village, or power a factory, at the lowest possible cost. In a few days we will be going over the Andes to a gold mine in a remote valley. The owner heard rumors of $100 a barrel oil (Goldman Sachs)and would like to see if he can use waterpower. Before, he would have carried in diesel. It might just be that a new Golden Age of Waterpower is starting. About time! Remember,waterpower is the only form of natural energy for which machines can be made locally. We patent some of our designs--like the Watermotor, Campo Nuevo Greenhouse, Ferroform wavy wire machine for ferrocement,our ram pump. Others are simply registered to prevent others from claiming the design as their own. By the way, anyone interested in ferrocement, there are a number of pictures of fc tankmaking and the wavy wire machine on Google Images. Search: "ron davis" watermotor Ferrocement and microhydro go together. The wavy wire makes ferrocement very easy. Ron Davis, watermotor.net --- poco baya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Have you had any more responses to your request > for comments regarding your Banki design? I saw the > photos of your design that you sent to Carlos > Bonifetti in Chile about two weeks ago. Did Carlos > respond? Have there been any more responses? Is > that design patented? > I think that your design can be adapted to a > variety of Banki turbines. > Pocobaya > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 4/20/2005 2:29:51 AM Eastern > Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > a wier with a screen where > the debris washed off the angled screen. Does anyone > have a good idea of > where and how I might search for these fotos and > drawings of the in-place > systems? > check this out: > > http://www.hydroscreen.com/applications/hydro_turbine_diversion/hydroscreen_bo > x.html > > is this what you are looking for? We purchased one > of these and installed it > in our stream as a first step in the process of > building a micro hydro > system. It works great! > > Our system will be built from an old, abandoned, > gravity fed spring water > system, with 300 feet of head, 35 gal/minute, and > 3/4 mile of pipe already in > place. > > Flavia in Massachusetts, USA > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > Does your company feature in the microhydro business > directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? > If not, please register free of charge and be > exposed to the microhydro community world wide! > > NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by > Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group > services. The microhydro-group does not endorse > products or support the advertisements in any way. > > More information on micro hydropower at > http://microhydropower.net > > To unsubscribe: send empty message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/RzSHvD/UOnJAA/79vVAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
