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are you asking how many gallons of water are required to produce one amp of electricity?

2006-09-04 04:19:56 · answer #1 · answered by fungal_gourmet 3 · 0 2

There's no simple answer to this question. The water would drive a wheel or turbine. The mechanical power input from the water is the product of the rate of water flow (gallons/sec) and either the pressure, the head (amount of change in height the water goes through in passing through the wheel/turbine), or the square of the velocity. The wheel/turbine converts the water's own power to mechanical power in the form of a rotating shaft, which then drives an electrical generator. The electric power is the product of the mechanical power of the water, and the efficiencies of the wheel/turbine and the generator. The current (amps) produced depend on the electric power and the design voltage of the generator.

2006-09-04 11:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by kirchwey 7 · 0 1

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