Splash: 5 feet = 1.5 meter 100 gpm = 6.3 liter/sec
power available = 1.5 * 6.3 * 9.8= 92.6 watts At 50 % efficiency = let's say 46 watts You have not said your battery voltage, but at 26 volts?. you may have 46 watts /26 volts= 1.7 amps The battery if 28 volts is not getting a full charge, it should get to around 33 volts Doubling the head, doubling the power ( almost) so around 96-100 watts or around 3.4 Amps. The Fan Nozzle, you may have installed, may not give the right top energy output, I would need to see a good set of photos showing how you built and installed the nozzle to the "Banki" Also, indicate the diameter of the "blower= Banki" Regards Nando ----- Original Message ----- From: "splash081468" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:50 AM Subject: [microhydro] experiments with hydro > Just wondering if anybody can help. One year ago I started a mini hydro > experiment. The head is 5 feet and the flow is 100 gpm. I'm using my > old blower fan off my furnace as the turbine. I have 80 feet of 4" pvc > pipe going down to a 1 1/2 nozzle to strike the blades. My generator is > a old dc motor (90 volt 6.35 amp) with a blocking 6 amp diode. It's > putting out between 21-26 volts into my forklift batteries 100 ft away. > The wire I'm running to the batteries is 12/2. I have 2 problems. One > is it possible to increase production with crossflow and a different > generator. I can increase the head up to 10 feet by putting down 100 > more feet of pipe. And 2 can anybody tell me about how many watts and > amps I might be charging now? I'm guessing around 20-30 watts, pretty > low but nothing cost me anything. I'll have pictures soon. > > Thanks Splash > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/TzSHvD/SOnJAA/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/
