alanh_27, This has come up before on the list. Try a keyword search of the archives on the website.
The feeling last time was that the best way would be to drive the shaft of a compressor coupled to a heat pump. That will give you much higher efficiency than making electricity and burning it off as heat. Of course, you will not be able to transmit that heat energy very far from the turbine location, although I suppose buried insulated pipes on a pumped loop could be an option if you can get the heat into a fluid. Most heat pumps are central air heaters, using air ducts to move the heat around the building. Good luck, and keep us posted of what you come up with. Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "alanh_27" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:18 AM Subject: [microhydro] have shaft-torque; need heatflow, not electricity. >I don't want electricity. I want heatpower. > > A microhydro shaft is delivering kinetic energy; and heat is kinetic > energy. I'll be darned if I'm going to suffer conversion > inefficiencies with an electrical intermediary. > > Most facile way to turn shaftpower into heat? > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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/
