Yash, economically? Definitively NO......It would be very, very expensive. Carlos Bonifetti ----------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Girish Kharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [microhydro] Re: Mini Hydro- Flow of 59 cub Mtr/ Sec & a head of 1.24 Mtrs
> Don't wish to discourage you but this hardly sounds like microhydro stuff. > At a flow of 1 metre per second and a depth of 1 metre we are talking of a > river/channel 59 metres wide. This is fairly heavy concrete work. > > Girish > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "peterevans_33" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 8:16 AM > Subject: [microhydro] Re: Mini Hydro- Flow of 59 cub Mtr/ Sec & a head of > 1.24 Mtrs > > >> 1.24m sounds like a very good height for an overshot waterwheel. >> >> Apparently those made of steel are better than wood. 59 m^3 and 1.24m >> head = 600W... no this does not sound right to me. That is about >> 60000 kg of water per second. Now PE = mgh = 60000 x 10 x 1.24=750000W >> = 750kw >> >> Now 750kw x effeficienty of wheel = about 600kw.. seems a huge amount. >> 59 cubice meters per second is huge. The waterwheel would have to be >> very wide I imagine to physically handle such an amount, thus kaplan >> may be better. Assume you want to harness all of it? Assume you have a >> weir built there already? >> >> The people that make waterwheels say that have very high effeciency, >> are often more cost effective for low head projects. Some wheels run >> for 60 to 80 years without trouble. But yes would have to be very wide >> wheel to harness this power. Undershot is an option too, also could be >> more cost effective than Kaplan.. >> >> As said before 600kW not 600W >> >> N. Peter Evans >> >> >> >> >> --- In [email protected], yash chawla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Dear Friends >> > >> > If we can find some Micro Hydel Turbine so as to get Electrical power >> > that can be generated economically out of Flow of 59 cub Mtr/ Sec & a >> > head of 1.24 Mtrs run of the river model. >> > >> > Yash >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/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/
