Whirlpool Turbines Can Provide 24/7 Renewable Energy For Dozens Of Homes
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- This whirlpool turbine can power dozens of homes, providing energy 24 hours a day. Belgian company Turbulent have possibly come up with a solution to generate energy for small-scale rural areas. Using the power of water, the turbine can be installed to most river and canals, using the current to produce energy - which the creators claim is enough to power up to 60 homes.
Could this be the future for all energy production?
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That one fish that went through the turbine has a story to tell his grandchildren.
But fish can't talk in water
@@mzimy4468 they can,actually
@@mzimy4468 umm yes they can , watch finding nemo and finding dory and many more .😁😁
Fish can’t talk. Some can make grunting noises when out of water to scare off predators. but they can’t talk
@@captaincrunch8464
They use aquatic sign language lol
Probably get clogged with garbage in about 10 seconds in my county (India)
Nachiket Pusalkar your entire country is Philthy
Ali N ok.
Isaac Espinal the filter will need to be cleaned too often
Stop littering?
Brai Ns I did man, I did.
The turbine hole seems to be where fish enter as boys and emerge, men
just put a chain link fence not all fish would be saves but most would
GhostViper 95 the problem is they might be forced and pressed against the fence until they get their flesh wrenched into the fence or die of starvation
@@proon. unless you put the fence before the entrance of the dam so when the water first enters the start of the design the fish get pushed down stream before getting caught.
PS Trondheim lol
I guess not.
What I really find interesting is that you have utilized the kinetic energy of the water to create spin before it ever reaches the turbine. From the video, I can see that this also virtually eliminates turbulence and air pockets that would make the conversion less efficient. I really am impressed.
You should check this video out. It's old but informative.
czcams.com/video/-mKRbViKXoU/video.html
Can’t all river-based generators give power 24/7 ?
well yes, but this specific model is meant for rural locales where a large river dam isn't practical or needed...
Yes, and a normal turbine has the benefit of not getting clogged every 30 seconds.
Not in California at least. Get it ? They have no water.
always ferda We have water now, but we may run into a drought again in the future
Logic Check yeah, rich people aren't exactly conservative avout the water here...
for people wondering: its about 15kW with about 1.7m head and 1.8m3/s flow.
its not much, but considering it is relatively small and doesn't require a retaining basin (dam) it is a good idea.
i live in the country of water, we have hundreds of lake and thousands of rivers, and my gouverment made it illegal to build dams and hydro electricity plants. in the past they destroyed thousands of hydro plants in order to force people into using theirs. it is a very sad story. and this is why we are still living in shit condition in 2019. people must be free to better their condition and bring society to new high. we must stop having corporate greed as leaders.
Which is the country of water?
Yeah man, what country?
Sounds like Puerto Rico. There's only 2 or 3 Hydrodams in P.R. They all belong to the government. To my understanding, is illegal for citizens to build dams let alone any kind of structure on a river. 🤷♂️
If any one find information on this allegation let me know. Thank you.
That's why you need a 2and amendment. Overthrow that government.
@@izzykazoo7569 And then your neighbor builds a dam which fails and your house is washed away.
In 1948-50 people of my city (Torino) made something like into river Po.
Police with the national Elettric company seized and destroyed those turbines.
If you want Electricity you have to pay the government.
Nn lo sapevo.... Mi sembrava strano che nn ci sia nessuna qua attorno... Con tt questi fiumi
does this still happen?
if so then home-use solar panels would be banned unless you use those invisible ones
d'you have more information about this turbine, photos or any other historical proof? would be interesting. Viktor Schauberger in Austria was building these types of vortex technologies from the 1910s to the 1950s.
Punch them in the mouth dude.
LacklusterOfficial no nothing
I m sorry
This is amazing, I was looking into spiral generator designs and found this video. I love it, this is exactly what liberty and eco minded communities need to get off the grid and get away from our sick top down multinational corporate money sucking system we live in.
easiest way to do it is to find any blender like equipments and modify them upside down
Total great design but its not new, just re-born. I found your closing statement very point on Joshin ; ) ✌
I am going to steal this, "our sick top down multinational corporate money sucking system we live in."
A similar thought process lead me here as well
Did I miss the part that showed how much energy it currently produces?
It neither have any appreciable water head difference nor any kinetic energy given the low fluid velocity. Makes one wonder what is the purpose of this device.
They said it can power up dozens of houses
Those shots were taken during the safe startup of the turbine. It ran at half flow and produced 8kW. With a normal flow of 1.8m3/s and a height difference of 1.7m it produces 15kW.
Turbulent Hydro kW per hour? If so the average American home uses 30 kWh per day. So two of these and you’re set haha
One of these could power multiple American households, since the average household doesn't exactly have a peak energy consumption anywhere as high as 15kW.
I’ve always wondered why hydroelectricity isn’t taken advantage of more.. well because gas and oil companies but still, this is awesome!
Countries like Japan or India could do something
Don't expect innovation from western countries
I hate big projects on water energy, but these are perfect!!
Well... Gas and oil companies do what they do. It's up to the rest of the population to come up with alternatives and implement them.
Blaming "big coorporations" is always a little too convenient.
@@KanishQQuotes Yeah western countries haven't invented any renewable energy technology...
@@spikedmo
Invention and large scale implementation are two different things.
I mean cars were invented in the west and well look at Toyota
Fish : "What a ride!"
Morris arboretum in the outskirts of Philadelphia was restoring a grist mill on the property. .I was doing a small project on the exterior doors for said mill and I was able to get a tour of the inner workings and an incredible respect for the engineering. .. I was blown away by the fact that it used a turbine type impeller rather than the usual water wheel arrangements seen here in eastern U.S. and, it used to be retro fitted with a generator prior to ww2 I believe and would provide electric to the property . Sometimes new is just the newest version. .
- " the turbine is the only moving part "
Oh, guess I'm stupid I thought all the concrete and the surrounding landscape moved as well.
Ppl still watching this video lol
Sam Madsen the water doesn’t move
Technically, they do
we're constantly moving...
As in the only bit in the generator that moves.
Maybe the turbine is stationery and everything is moving around it
Why the hell doesn’t this technology get the recognition it deserves? In my eyes it’s mass production immediately
That's because you're uneducated on the topic. This is no novelty, just a small scale variant of traditional hydropower.
Mainly because it is not efficient nor is it a new concept. The energy output is dependent upon the height difference and on flat land (like the kind around areas where rivers flow) the height difference is very low. So unless the mass of water that is being moved is very large, this wouldn’t produce much energy. This doesn’t take into account the energy that is lost to friction and heat.
this video is basically whats inside a water turbine, but a basic version. Ofc the water turbine you see in hydro powerplant are much bigger and much much efficient than this
Or we can simply install a water wheel on the river. No need to dig out the soil.
Liam Barrington Because it has limit application and only as the video stated for small scale.
A positive approach can bring positive results. Indeed it is a very good productive idea. Salute to inventors. I remember old flour mills installed on the river bank.
This would be very great to the rural areas of the North of Brazil (where I live). There are thousands of rivers and canals, and the homes around them literally have no energy
It looks like turbocharger
Mat Yaqin true
Mat Yaqin ayy woots goin on gearhead?
Yaaasssss
The turbo part literally means turbine, and it's the same concept, but with a different fluid.
Caleb The Burden different state of matter, turbochargers use air
In the aquaculture industry, we often use large impeller pumps to pump fish around. A lot of 1.5 foot trout get moved around this way. So, yes it would be relatively safe, especially on small fish bearing streams.
This would be ideal for Canada. We have over 2,000,000 lakes and over 8,500 rivers, all freshwater. Our hydro potential is essentially limitless.
We need a couple of these turbines in Huigra, Chimborazo, Ecuador. Great solution.
good damn work Turbulent.
Way to find innovative renewable solutions.
I love how simple this idea is and yet it can save lives of people who need electricity
Smart way to reduce energy costs for workshops and small factories I'd say. Reminds me of how some factories were built near bodies of water because their power requirements were too great for the grid of back then to sustain, so they had their own dams.
As long as part of the maintenance is making sure those turbine water seals and bearing seals hold up, this can be a 24 hour seven day a week power generation. And of course, as long as the river flows with water. There is a lot of common-sense protection of the overall environment as well.
A few weeks back I flew down to Arizona to visit family, and one thing I noticed is that there are a LOT of canals there. This technology could most likely be used there to generate a lot of power.
This seems like an amazing thing for preppers
Absolutely fantastic. Huge demand in US for this.
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Ryyan Khan what?
@@peterGu895 time to explain for non intellectuals
i cant play music on youtube, close my phone, and have it play
its a meme
Ryyan Khan dude you’re so intellectual omg I’m so sorry I apologize I didn’t realize.
Peter you better apologize to us, the intellectuals
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To keep fish and floating stuff from getting in you can literally just put a screen at the mouth of the little entry
yes
What kind of screen would you use? If its like a net the fish could get trapped, theoretical the fish should get spun around but come out okay, I had the same thought of the screen but it seems unpractical plus you would have to clear the net after x amount of time
@@jakewillis2719 the screen would be a metallic mesh screen pulled tightly so fish could not get caught in it and holes too small for fish to get through
not a net
a screen
if you put a screen at the entrance of the divergence the fish would not be spun around in the turbine because the would never reach the turbine
the screen would prevent them from entering the divergence completely
There are ways to disperse trash and debris before the water enters the turbine. They don't show it here, but a wide shallow chute for the water to be channeled through, going over a spinning tube that collects and redirects the water, while debris goes on over and on down the stream.
@@sterlingprice5100 or put a mesh screen at point where the water is directed toward the turbine
i also think the vortex turbine should be replaced with the type that's in the Hoover dam
they produce more electricity
The dislikes are coming from energy companies
natthawut intharson that's true and those people cares about money will dislike it!
natthawut intharson *fossil fuel energy companies
Or from people who know this is total BS and does not power 60 homes, like said in the description.
Don't get me wrong, hydropower is great, but really cost-i inefficient in most rivers.
Zombiesize Hi I'm interested in learning more about those would you be able to share more information about them please?
The dislikes come from people who knows people shouldn't invest on this bull
Well done my friend, i also have mine @ 60W but with lesser blades compared to yours and blades are located at the bottom of cone, get updated of my scale up version soon
Imagine this basic design at a smaller level. I live in WA and am envisioning this design at the downspouts on the corners of the house. Awesome for power generation during the plentiful rainy days up here.
I might do a project on this, since im also from WA, we have a lot of water over here
This is a tubwheel, and has been around for at least 2000 years!
Joseph Swan had a 12Kw hydro pland in his house (Cragside House) in 1878
Joseph Swan did not own or live in Cragside house - that was built by Lord Armstrong = ship and armaments manufacturer of Newcastle.
If it doesn't harm fish what about driftwood?
CobaltFox Plays... Driftwood doesn't just turn, it will flow straight with the river's direction
A metal grate cost like $10
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Greg Caesar what?
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best way of harvesting energy without damaging the ecosystem..
This concept has been in use around Asia from some time now to power small off grid homes. And they build them out of scrap car alternators so its not an expensive thing. Why hasn't the concepts been taken advantage of more is beyond me. If i was near a stream, I'd build my own 😉
I love this concept. There are so many rivers and streams around this could be utilized for. It's so great they produce clean energy. Just a thought... You could Daisy chain these down a section of the river for more power and mate them to an array of Tesla power walls for longer term power storage. 👍🏻
Won't work. Each one leeches the speed from the water which is what it takes its energy from.
@@randomname4726 Looks to me like they are driven by gravity. It's the weight of the watter turning the turbine. As long as the next one was lower and a substantial amount of water could build up behind it it could work.
@@Kevin_MK7RSR It requires a fast high flow and the vortex effect. Without the speed you won't get the vortex or enough "push" on the turbine blades.
After the first one the water will basically just be falling down so it will not work.
You could put an old school water wheel underneath it to catch the falling water but this would all be pointless, because if you have the extra height neccessary to do that then you would be far better off utilizing that extra head to create faster flow for the turbine.
Finally, this device is designed for and intended to be used in low head situations.
@@randomname4726 Gotcha, thanks for the detailed info! 👍🏻
I'm just point out the obvious, there is something called a water wheel. People have been doing it for centuries. Also depending on the design, don't have to excavate the land or worry about harming wildlife.
Darknightx33x Good point. Years ago I saw a squirrle cage water wheel generator that just needed a moving stream. It floated on the surface, so most depth fluctuations were minimal effect. The key thing in a generator is speed control. Hence the gates for when the river rises. Of course you can always add storage and conditioning circuits. Normal grids are adjusted every minute for loads.
Redesigning the whole system makes all remote generators obsolete. Home non-polluting self-powered generators are easily built. The problem is free power would turn the economy upside down and destroy the only leverage the world governments have to control their populations. Only Germany seems to be sanctioning the development, but their are elements seeking to block them. Their home bubbler power plant is a proven, self-powered generator that uses standard, proven tech. Even comes with power conditioning circuits for when you turn on too many inductive loads.
Highly relevant to where the area I am based. In this demo it appears that large part of civil structure has been minimized and that will reduce the cost . I am serious about getting in contact with the company to learn more including establishing partnership for scaling up the into large part of mountainous area where I could see great potential
Regardless of how much energy it actually produces, it contributes to the stability of renewable energy production (it will be decentralized and stored anyway) and is not as intrusive as some other technologies. I simply adds another usage to what we already have
See it as a specific tool for a specific problem rather than that one solution to save the world
Thank you! The shift from fossil fuels to sustainable renewables will require a "smart grid" capable of shifting between intermittent inputs provided by a mix of solar-, thermal-, water- and wind-based generators.
There is no "silver bullet".
@@ernestinebass4371 there sure are much more effective and generally "better" ways to store energy but this one is certainly easier to install so it may speeds up the process in areas where we need many small sources
Ernestine Bass
and nuclear
@@ernestinebass4371 I'm just looking at it as a way to augment my own offgrid homestead's power.
Wonderful i hope this technology gets the traction it deserves! Good luck :-)
Frank Bass sub to me
It’s not that good of an idea. It’s not that robust
@@ryanmundell3504
Hence on small scale it can prove beneficial.
A bunch of these on a steam
Simply putting a fence where the river wall was would prevent big objects clogging the system and allow water to still pass quickly.
James Bell I would use a mesh but yeah
This is perfect for agricultural purposes in terms of irrigations. I mean you make irrigations for your plants to grow and at the same time you can also provide electricity. This is perfect for remote areas.
Thank you for reinventing a hydroelectric plant in small scale
I keep hearing about these innovative ideas for renewable energy, but then they are never heard of again.
Is _'big oil'_ going around putting the gun to the temple of all these projects? Wouldn't surprise me. I'd like some of this stuff to actually come through and change the world. We have wind turbines/windmills already, yet I still see coal and other crap, burning.
Go online and do some research. This company is at Turbulent.be (It's a Belgian company). They're still around. Eventually, there will be more of these installed and they will be widely used all over the globe when the first one starts to spin in the U.S. And as for the other solutions, look up. There are several homes now that have solar panels and there's even a wind turbine or two in a couple of states.
One problem with a lot of these is that they are really expensive to make. Not everything is a conspiracy.
They are really expensive and yield next to nothing. They are also extremely intermittant which means it can't be used in a large scale. We design a similar product and it doesn't sell well because they need tons of government funding to make it cost effective
Coal and oil makes big money. That's why. This world is full of greed and people only want money.
There's no conspiracy. Things like this take time to test, build and install, and then only produce power at certain times (in this case, when water is flowing) so it's not for everyone or everywhere. The ideal method of producing power would really be a highly diverse mix. We may not completely get away from using fossil fuels for a LONG time (possibly centuries) but it may very well end up being a huge mix of hydro, nuclear, solar, wind, piezo, gas and some oil and coal. Coal in particular tends to not scale down well, though...once demand drops below a certain point, it becomes tremendously unprofitable to operate a mine at industrial capacity.
2 concerns here, - there needs to be energy storage systems installed next to renewable energy generators because of downtimes.
2nd concern is that for this system, especially in poorer nations, there needs to be some "trash" filter installed. if you visited these countires, there is an insane amount of trash in their canals and rivers. it is very concerning that lots of them drink from these very unclean water resources too.
if only the whole world would forget about wars and pump all their defence budget into these innovative ideas that can actually bring society forwards.
Please explain why theres a need for energy storage, rivers flow 24x7x365 hence i dont see a need for storage of power like in battery banks
i'm pretty sure its connected to enough homes that they all use it up
This is a true ecological energy source. Great. 💯
I installed one in my toilet, now I generate power every time I urinate.
JASON'S WORLD underrated comment.
@@haoenlin5355 underrated toilet!
one of the few comments causing an explosion of laughter. :-)
I feel like you need to see a doctor.
Had this idea but from the flushing of it....I had an engineer calculate it out from a standard cistern.....worth pursuing to be honest.
oddly satisfying
These have already existed for years
Do your country already have this?
Slip Man Considering I live in Belgium, yeah I'm guessing we do.
BTW these are called gravitational vortex power plants
www.treehugger.com/renewable-energy/gravitational-vortex-power-plant-is-safe-for-fish.html
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation_water_vortex_power_plant
Sandeep Singh That amazing! , that blog has written since 2007 . Thank you for information!
May be may country need that because water here very flow but we still use electricity from coal 😭
Sandeep Singh hey alles goed
This is awesome. Great for rural areas without a hope in hell of getting onto the grid. Only question, how much does it cost?
wow this is such a great idea!!! How has no one thought of using the natural flow of water for energy???
Money
Simple yet efficient and green too
Christiyan Andriyanto it's not green whatsoever
Sam Madsen How is it not green?
DerpCookies12 it's gray isint it?
Haha
I W A N T T O D I E
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It’s not efficient either. Most river banks are almost completely flat making this as useful as a wind turbine in a cave. It would be more efficient to retrofit old river mills wilt electrical generators than to dig a moat on flat ground and wanting this to work
There should be a web under the door to make sure that nothing comes into the turbine
PRIME MINISTER GENERAL ADMIRAL PEPEEP DAFUQ then the finish would get trapped
PRIME MINISTER GENERAL ADMIRAL PEPEEP DAFUQ 1:30
@@O.M.96 you can harvest the fish. Two birds one stone
This has bin done on huge scales! On dams everywhere 👍🏻 Known as common inertia but we are NOT limited to just water ! The mass bulk could be anything with a non destructive tendencies... such as small beads made out of certain materials.
Lmao. No.
Yes, it could be the future of small scale energy !
Where are the wires ? The control panel ? It needs to make a lot of wattage to power a neighborhood or village
Would have a battery and control panel next to it. Not that hard to link up.
After reading through other comments, most don't get it.
The only limit is how much diverted flow your turbine can take.
Once the flow has been used, it's returned within 50-100 foot.(?)
Any downstream effects would be almost instantly negligible.
The flow resumes as before, courtesy of gravity.
If one fails, no mass evacuation. No draining the artificial lake.
Just using the power flowing by, that is unutilized and ignored.
So you conclude the idea is a good one with more advantages compared to its disadvantages?
that would be cool to see an entire neighborhood with those 😁
No Brasil seria uma grande proposta para gerar energia elétrica para comunidades do interior que possuem rios estão de parabéns pela ideia
Vamos ver quando isso acontece.
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remember when this was relevant
@@pcbv1 it isn't now?
Whenever we can use the perpetual forces and energy systems in nature, river flow, ocean current, solar, gravity, etc, we are on the right path, love this
Like destroying the last free rapids on earth...
@@aanomad The generators in this video don't destroy rapids.
WOW SUPER GREAT GOOD JOB
Been always thinking this whenever looking at drainage flowing
What a nice thought
There have been many other ideas and plans that are better than this that have been stopped by greed and corruption.
the truth hurts.
+StickGios. huh. what's your point?
Like what? It’s just a basic turbine generator. Water wheels, Air turbines, it’s old technology.
Tesla and the technology he discovered is occult. Gravity and electricity
What design is better? Add a link and why.
It's simple and reliable as long as someone or something doesn't get caught in it. Other that that the main concern would be its cost effectiveness compared to other hydro power structures.
FANTASTIC! ............ OUTSTANDING !!!!!!!!!
This looks like a requires a large drop in river height to work? I can't see how it would work with slower moving rivers with more gradual gradients, as the turbine outlet has to be higher than the point at which it rejoins the river.
scott lewis Yeah but then the canal has to be longer, therefore making it more expensive
I wonder how corrosion resistant it is. A lot of road salt gets into our water systems here
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I have got to have me one of these for my house it goes great with the bayou behind it
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This type of technology has existed for a very very long time.
Eterna Pesadilla yes but why this only now ?
90AlmostFamous well... I don't know. However I think it's logical that for the most reason its profit. A main source of money for the goverment is energy. Before electricity was "invented" and implanted into human culture as a usefull tool it was hardly used because electricity was only known by the wisest people, 99.9999% diddn't know it existed and even if they did i don't think they'd be interested back then.
I think if you own a piece of land with a river, it's ilegal to put up a waterwheel of any kind byyourself. You have to pay for a permit. So yeah, for the most part it's the goverment holding on to its assets. But energy from water has been around since the possibility of discovery of electricity which would be during the bronze age, since copper wire was available. A great wizzard would have had one of thease.
Energy nowadays could be free, by utilizing all rivers wind and sun. However why aren't we doing that? Most would say because of the goverment but I feel that the answer not only lies in the fact that the goverment wants to earn money but also that the goverment knows things that we don't. Like that everything has a balance and if the whole world were to use free energy tommorow I'm guessing chances are pretty high that we would all be using alot of energy, ten times more than what we usually use. How would that factor change the world? It might be a bad thing. Truthfully I don't know I haven't thought about the possible repercussions of free energy. But I do know myself and if it were free I would leave most lights on all the time and have cool electronic gadgets functioning constanly. So maybe the reason that thease Water Turbines aren't mass produced to create free energy for everyone isnt all because of greed, maybe it is also for our own good. Maybe we are simply not ready for it, which I think we aren't because most people are stupid. That is the truth, sad and sounds horrible but it's true. So maybe first we as a society need to become intelligent together and then I bet free energy will be available.
And don't worry the goverment will always find someway for you to pay them. Ha ha ha
Eterna Pesadilla yea I guess it's all about the greed. Because I don't think u will harm the Eco System if done correctly and besides pollution is itself bigger threat to wildlife anyways.
Alternative energy source can be a huge loss for those who profit from current dominant energy (oil), so yea it's in their interest for this type of technology to not exist.
Again I see huge benefit instead given we use this energy source to replace oil and other harmful source of energy
Eterna Pesadilla Of course!
imagine a place where thousands of residences living along the rivers and all of them have this. beautiful.
Smart invention. It is particularly useful for some remote area.
Being honest it seems like a simple concept. I’m surprised we havent seen it before
Cameron McLean Hydropower is being used for years.
Nyoob I think he was joking
Nyoob i was joking man jesus
Andrew Raynor thank you for understanding that I made a joke.
I thought you have powerspout in your place? Same concept but different design. It's Powerspout from New Zealand also run on streams...
what if it also water filter ?
Smart small hydro project, I love to work with this project, if I will get an opportunity.
What happens where there is a flood? Our local stream flooded because a tree got rammed into the sewer that it flowed through. I don’t see any protection to stop something like that happening. Not saying this is a bad idea. Actually it s a very good idea. It just needs protection from something like a a tree floating down stream from up to a mile or so away. Just saying. Great idea.
David Reece simply close the flood gates.
Gabriel Vasquez but you can't always spot a tree coming. Especially with water that brown.
Revi M Fadli ...
David Reece
Does it need protection? It is in a diversion. You can also put a grate across the diversion to keep objects out of the turbine.
A grate
At the low low cost of $500,000
Maybe??
MidwestHeady solar ALREADY employs more people in the United States than oil and natural gas, so those coal miners and oil workers can join the solar industry if they want a job. I'm sure horse buggy makers lost their jobs when cars became popular. It's called progress.
Amazing!
WOW! GREAT! GOD BLESS
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a regular dam just flat up more effecient? And you can still run a regular turbine on a low head source like this
DroneFragger Any power generation I can think of is more efficient on a larger scale. Large diesel generators are more efficient than small ones. Larger coal fired electric plants are also more efficient, along with larger hydroelectric dams.
efficiency versus cost. Traditional hydro dams cost about 12-15 cents/kwh to produce power with a 25-30 year payback. This unit is about 10 cents/kwh with a 6 year payback period.
Watch the video, + you don't just build a big dam in a small river.
Yes, but this looks less disruptive to the river ecosystem.
DroneFragger yes big dams are more efficient, but
-the total building cost is higher, thus higher entry cost
-the local community might not even need that much power anyway
-big dams have significant impacts on the environment, while these micro turbines simply runs alongside existing waterways
-due to geography and environmental considerations, you are much more limited in where you can build big dams
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Supreme leader knows all
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Perhaps a liftable concrete lattice at the gate where water is diverted from the river, to keep out detritus and marine animals. So no big fish will get chopped up in the turbine. Lift the lattice to inspect it once a week or if power generated is noticeably reduced to make sure it's not clogged.
Cool idea, I like the whirl and height differential to create more spin energy from a small flow. Areas without an appropriate descending river can use a simpler above-water more conventional water wheel (reminiscent of a traditional watermill). But where appropriate, this whirlpool turbine generates a lot of power while taking up little space and having little impact on the river.
I could see small systems like this becoming popular among descending urban rivers. They're putting anything in the water, as a water wheel would, just diverting a small flow for a few feet before returning it. So full-width river use is maintained, with flow negligibly impacted. Riverfront homes could be powered by these, and may already have a suitable artificial bank (concrete, etc.) for a relatively easy install. Municipal regulations might be a headache, but if there's demand they would eventually make it easy enough to allow these turbines to be built.
woderful.. go green and clean
Is this water proof..
Wth I'm asking
Yes, it is designed in such way
What about debris?
I don't think so
Yes this water is water proof !
no, water will get all in it
whats the advantage to regular, horizontal turbines? because we already have those on a big scale as powerplants. some countries even use more then 50% of their overall consumption by water energy.
Costs less, easier to maintain and you can use it on a small canal.. Where u can't create a freaking big ass water reservoir
It doesn't block fish migratory routes, is less expensive, easier and faster to build and can be built on practically any river
Shuvojit
im sorry, but i fail to imagine that. for centuries people used them on tiny canals to run a mill... the fact that you can shrink big francis turbines down to reduce the flow needed doesnt indicate any advantage in maintanance or cost. then again, im no engineere and if you happen to know more then me, im fine to accept if its more then just an assumption.
Aleph Kasai
big powerplants seperate the streams to allow fish to pass via own canals and i fail to see why shrinking a turbine down in size would cost less in relativity to its usage.
in this style, the maintenance would be way more, since the water isnt even filtered from debree and any treelog could damage it. if you are educated in engeneering, i certainly believe you, but if you just guess i have to contradict.
CHEAPER these people live on like 1 buck a day.
Love to have something like this for off grid living
So it's a miniature version of the hydroelectric plant. It's old technology, but I can see why this is a good idea. Most hydroelectric plants are considered by some to be major environmental hazards because of how the river water is diverted. The scale of construction, the natural sediment that's diverted away from the water channel and cloud seeding near channel feeders are said to be major contributors to large scale environmental damage. This one is kind of like the professional version of the home job hydroelectric system which can operate with minimal damage to the ecosystem's biodiversity. Perhaps ou'd they were placed in series along a river system, you could generate enough power for a town completely off grid whilst ever there's water to generate.
It’s just a form of hydroelectric power nothing new to the world
but this doesn't require a dam and can be built on small rivers (I know they existed even before this but making the water go in a vortex increases the efficiency)
Dams do spin water in vortex. This is nothing new. Commonly used turbines require this to be efficient enough to be profitable.
Future Hindsight
Turbines are selected carefully depending on expected water flow, and dam height.
Pelton wheel would be used on high dams with small flow.
Miniaturization man
It can be used in small rivers
Justin Winslow the new concept is about its small scale electricity generation and i really liked the ide
What's the cost of installation? How much energy does it produce?
Company: This does not harm fish.
Fish: PTSD 0_o
Yeah, lol. They showed a fish all chill like swimming out the turbine, but really the fish would come out spinning and going wtf!? 😀
Wonderful. Who is near a river. They should have this kind of power generator! It’s worth the investment !
I can just put a vertical turbine straight into the river and it works
+Wayne Clark. true but then you aren't capturing the full energy of the flow because only one part of the rotor is immersed in water and being driven. this way all of the rotor is underwater and being driven.
you could literally have 10 of these installed close to the ocean, use the tide water to run through it and have a power station close by to collect the energy.
Salt water use not desirable.
Something like the bladeless wind turbine might be ideal with the waves of the ocean. The blades would just wiggle back and forth with the waves of the ocean. www.upworthy.com/try-not-to-jiggle-while-watching-these-amazing-bladeless-wind-turbines
Nice it can also be used along underground sewage systems in street where the sewage flow could be used to spin the turbines.
ehhh.. no
1. the sewer systems are age old infrastructure, many built in the 19th-20th century.. adding something like this would be a real pain
2. who would want to go down in the sewers to build the thing and do constant maintenance on it?
3. have you ever seen the random crap you get in the sewers? the turbine would be clogged with toilet wipes, cooking fat and other things that had managed to get down there..
though I do like your Idea, a more practical solution would be to use the water outflow of a water treatment plant, as the sewage has to be treated and go back into the river, so why not use it to make electricity just before the river
This is so awesome omg
In Norway we have used hydropower plants for over 100 years
First Name Surname you have used hydropower plants since atleast 1918? Ok lol