Micro hydro: how it works

[anakmudajaman]

Good, I like that you share this video, I wish success always Micro hydro uses diverted river water to local produce up to 100 KW of power. Very useful in water rich areas where access to other energy sources is difficul

[Ondelendo]

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[imegatrone]

I Really Like The Video From Your Micro hydro uses diverted river water to local produce up to 100 KW of power. Very useful in water rich areas where access to other energy sources is difficult

[bundawartini]

Your Video Is Very Useful Sharing Micro hydro uses diverted river water to local produce up to 100 KW of power. Very useful in water rich areas where access to other energy sources is difficult.

[Abhishek70480]

can i do this with a small motor

[makkool]

Can this be built over a network of hydrodams?Say one pipe source from the river then the excess water goes to a pumping station to be piped to other mini hydro dams?

[xhuljotelha]

hi, i am iterested about your work.. i wont to buy one of thees mictro turbins.. can u tell me how it cost and the parameters about this....

[heartlessvietboy]

I am not sure how Electricity Plants work, so far to my knowledge Hydro-Electric (using flow of water to create electricity) seems awesome!!!

[MotherOfAllBombs1]

@heartlessvietboy Its great in the ideal but Hydro electricity comes at a cost. The main issue is that it generally requires damming the river which would stagnate water flow. Water that is not really moving will support a large explosive growth of algae that will choke the river of its oxygen.

[heartlessvietboy]

The negatives of Turbine-Water Powered electricity to you is that it will support too much algae which will damage the river. What about using a Pool Type Design and create water flow inside there? What about taking the algae in that pool and using it for fuel?

[Thetrutv]

For how long can that generator run until tell it need replace meant?

[IdunCareLesSn00b]

There is much more efficient ones that cut out the belt have it all built into one with extremely efficient wheels electronic switching but you still need to be near a creek or water source its not the answer for most people.

[duckls3]

Look at this; production and development of water turbines:

TURBOINSTITUT (EUROPE-Slovenia-Ljubljana city)

[uhhyeahitsbrittney05]

borring....

[KnightsbridgeAce]

Great idea

[MrPivot9]

lolz

[esiosan]

I'm trying to figure out how to make one of these in my farm

[beltonloverz]

nice idea.

[DieselsAndDiodes]

at 0:22 the generator starts vibrating badly. maybe a bearing is going out or the mounting bushings are shot

[iamachine]

@DieselsAndDiodes Thanks for the laugh. That was one of the funniest comments I've ever seen on YouTube You must have a sharp eye to go with that keen wit. I didn't notice it shaking until 0:27. I saw a little at 0:22 but I thought that was from the zoom.

[OnEbayNow]

@DieselsAndDiodes

Yes, and the water flow seems to miss the turbine fins.

Must not be very efficient.

Lawl.

[MikeDial]

What a goofy scheme for generating electricity. Give me a nuclear power plant any day.

[mclarenf45]

say hello to cancer then !

[ishejeffwaters]

make your own electricity and detach from the new world order

[pidos847]

Stop the new world order!!!!!!!

[dando222]

hey mr. hewit you are watching this too

[samisazerahga]

that is o right made

[edstercw]

is this not run-of-river hydropower rather than micro-hydro which is about using lots of small turbines in the water?

[stanlopilolo911]

No, run-of -the water/river scheme is immersed IN the water instead.

[gsxjimg]

I believe run-of-river means that there is no head pressure from the height or water?

[mrhippo79]

No it has nothing to do with head or flow or type of turbine. Run of river means that the hydro scheme only operates on natural water availability in the river and that the flow downstream is unaltered. i.e there is no storage of water behind a dam.

[jickers2]

hey you drew a water wheel! All by yourself!

[haltomont]

pretty simplistic representation - bit more to it than that

[stanlopilolo911]

Actually, a lot more to it. Talk about the converter, battery, charge controller, PVC piping...hmm, I'm afraid there's a lil'  more . But I agree the video was decent for simplistic reasons.

[SteffenReichel]

What's new on this technology?

Many old mills operate this way, and modern studies, like studies of the University of Cambridge show that even waterwheels can deliver proper power for propelling a generator.. So what's realy new?

Keep the old mills running.... and U do not need something special.

[711shamn]

what's new is that people can buy small ones for not much money, that operate in small streams, to generate electricity for their homes.

[SteffenReichel]

Oh yes, how could I oversee that point...

Did u consider, that most turbines, even the cross flow turbines of ossberger or Banki have the same price, as a modern water wheel.

And modern waters wheels deal much better with leaves, small twigs and the abrasive power of sand and grid.. and water wheels won't harm fish, as many turbines act like fish mixers...

So if that's what one like, go run those fish mixers and see how fast they plug in winter or fall

[stanlopilolo911]

More especially , very slow-moving water bodies could be used. Nothing big, nothing too expensive. Plus excess energy could be sold back to your energy company.

[alexkvaskov]

How about the marine life in the river?

[GreenpeaceUK]

The ecological impact of small-scale hydro is minimal; but the low-level environmental effects must be taken into consideration before construction begins. Stream water will be diverted away from part of the stream, so proper caution must be exercised to ensure there is no damaging impact on the local ecology.

[alexkvaskov]

Okay, tell me about it - how can you build small scale hydro generation stations, what do you have to do to not harm the ecosystem?

[GreenpeaceUK]

sorry - this isn't the place to discuss this in detail, and I'm a web editor, not an alternative energy specialist. There's lots of good information on the Alternative Energy News site, though, if you Google it.

[patricklorio]

@alexkvaskov ok what you need to do is:

1- make a down slope for the water to go

2- make a paddle for the water to spit when flows by

Generator

3- attach this motion to spin several magnets

4- have the magnets spin over several copper coils (manually wind them up around 200 per coil) make all the coils attached to each other

5- the two ends from the copper coils give off power so attach it to a led or something

Note- you will not get that much energy with small torque and weak magnets

[boxa888]

EVERYONE GOOGLE"INCREASING HUMAN ENERGY"BY NIKOLA TESLA!he gives all of the energy resources that you can use without ruining the environment and how to build them! he wrote this article for people who care like you greenpeace! this was 100 yrs ago! the wireless power tower sends a form or radiowave that allows for industrial running of machinery and emits no pollution!please i put up a ton of information to show that it works, i also demonstrate a 20 ft wireless transmission with a small model!

[donsjuand]

@GreenpeaceUK I can respect your intentions. The sad thing is that corporations are allowed to do this by law and they in turn, sell the power to us. If I find out I'm not legally allowed to set up a micro hydro system on my land I'll backflip while vomitting and turn myself inside out to escape a world that allows turdness like this to exist in. In Ontario, Canada it's the Ministry of Natural Resources that sets law protecting waterways from the tools who don't know about responsibility.

[Spectrum345]

@alexkvaskov Do you even know what the word MARINE means??

[alexkvaskov]

@Spectrum345 fuck the river and you as well

[delcharo]

make your own power for more informatiom aske professor maroun nassif

[delcharo]

make your own power

[2giveup]

lol hence to own property with a stream is more money

[saadwsiddique]

Note Fahad...... This is very easy to make!.... and it is some thing new....

You don't need Dams for it!

[gmodesike]

same method a damn or waterfall generates power - no biggie folks!

[nowellian]

Renewable energy is limitless! This actually works, people just need to wise up before it is to late!

Support Nader for president!

[simonbasil]

this is a very good method of generating electricity however think about the knock on effect for the local ecosystem since you will be diverting large amounts of water.