Timeline for How to build a waterfall powered electric generator?
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| Mar 10, 2017 at 9:42 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Oct 1, 2013 at 10:06 | comment | added | Earthliŋ | @mart I don't have any such sources, unfortunately; I'm not even sure they exist. What I remember from my own calculations, though, is that the efficiency is practically identical to the "traditional" method. The idea is that the vortex forms naturally and the efficiency in the turbine is compensated essentially by the force from the rotation of the earth. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 8:59 | comment | added | mart | Also, fo fish there is an established technology with a small "stairwell", this is only relevant if all of the flow is used anyway. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 8:57 | comment | added | mart | Do you have any sources that do a side-by side comparision with otheer turbine builds? | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 18:56 | comment | added | Jordan Reiser | @Earthling vortex thing looks really cool - i know water wheels were around for much longer than the industrial revolution - just wasn't used to generate electricity - | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 15:01 | comment | added | Earthliŋ | @HighlyIrregular The water wheel has been around for much longer than the "start of the industrial revolution" (see the Wikipedia page you linked to). | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 14:37 | comment | added | Evan Johnson | @HighlyIrregular You're not alone. But the vortex solution seems more elegant and efficient. | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 11:06 | comment | added | Highly Irregular | I thought the asker was talking about one of these: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_wheel | |
| Sep 26, 2013 at 2:12 | history | edited | Nate | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
vertex -> vortex, minor grammar
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| Sep 25, 2013 at 22:42 | history | answered | Earthliŋ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |