Hi newbie. 88 feet per secong is 60 Mph, so 24-41 fpm is 16-27 Mph, pretty fast flow. 2500cfs is 2500 cubic feet of water per second and that must be the total flow of the river, or is that the flow through the small section dividing the island from your house? Anyhow, I too am new to this so I will freelance it. You have to determine the farthest point upriver on your land and compare the gravitational drop to the lowest point you can access downriver. Maybe you could divert a small piece of the flow outside the river flow into a sealed pipe and reunite it to the river downstream. Then, you could use some kind of water motor or turbine at the downhill end to run a generator using the water energy . At 18-30 Mph water speed, there must be a significant drop of the water over a modest distance. Thats all I can think of with your limited information. At this point, I know nothing about microhydro power, but I could make it work. Tom Kasmer
--- Elizabeth Talmadge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Group Members, > I am a non-technical newbie to your group. Please > be patient with my ignorance. I have tried to read > past posts to deduce my answer, but think it best to > just ask my question. > I am purchasing a property on the French Broad River > in North Carolina, US. The only data I could fnd on > the River talks about kayaking,etc and suggests > something about of 24-41 fpm. The only other data I > found talks about flow at 2500 cfs. I don't even > really comprehend these numbers. > Anyway, we will own a small island and there is a > run of river between the island and our home on the > mainland. The island has a small fishing hut on it. > Historically, grid power was run from the mainland > to the hut. We'd first like to consider a > microhydro system to supply the island with just a > tiny bit of power (for a light or two and an > incinerating toilet). > We wanted to find a VERY simple system to try. We > found the Jack Rabbit on the web... considered that. > But I don't even know how to convert our cfs and > fpm to miles per hour to know if that will work. > But, if I'm guessing correctly, our river won't flow > that fast. > Along the lines of REALLY simple, idiot friendly, > easy to set up and maintain... what do you suggest > for us? > Thank you, > Liz > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > ------------------------ 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/
