I am currently tryong to convert my entire household to energy independence. I live near a running water source, a creek. Is it legal for me to build a hydroelectric generator to exploit it? I wouldn't be interrupting the ecology, just a series of small propellers on the surface.
2007-03-04 20:29:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
A series of propellers on the surface will likely be totally ineffective. In order to harness the power of the water there must be a vertical distance through which the water can fall to rotate a turbine. Without this head there is no energy. Do a web search for micro hydro electric turbines for more information. There are systems which use a large diameter pipe to carry water from a higher elevation water reservior to a turbine beneath. Perhaps something like this could help with your project.
2007-03-05 09:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by Warren914 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
particularly ordinary. Take a motor, those utilized in toy autos could do. i might use a 3v DC motor. it is going to do the component of the generator. Then identity' get 4 products of a cutter's blade and a cork from a bottle of wine. Then might insert the products of steel (cutting border interior) interior the cork , each and each at ninety° (relative to the radius) alongside the cork's facet. like the propellers interior the previous Mississippi boats. it somewhat is our propeller. Then the cork's axis is inserted into the motor's axis. Exposing the propeller to the faucet (bypass downwards) to the fringe of the blades (do not submerge the ensemble down the water), electrical energy is generated interior the motor's electrodes on an analogous time as there is rotation. you are able to simulate load with any little lamp of a million,5 volt, or maybe an LED. Care the LED's polarity. it is going to gentle basically whilst the generator is popping to one facet and not different. Cable the lamp or led to the motor's terminals. attempt it. Son says it works, has assembled it on an analogous time as i replaced into writing And it works. yet could be too lots ordinary to your expectancies.
2016-10-17 07:32:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the propellers would probably be ineffective.
you would do better with a water wheel.
You can contact the Army Corps of engineers and get them to tell you (at no cost) what you can and can not do in trying to tap power from that stream.
This assumes the stream is ON your property... If its not on your property you can do nothing to try to gain power from it.
2007-03-04 20:37:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋