I think I get it, seems to be more like a music video than informative. I get it though, one exercises, generating power and pumping water to drop from top of building running turbine, creating more energy...right?
Human legs on can produce about 100 watts continuous,... arms, 50 watts. The more people the more power. To offset coal or other non-reneawable source is possible.
the question is: what is the objective? is it energy conservation/saving? pipe, pumps and reservoirs seem to require major investment and take large amount of space.
retrofitting the building for hybrid lighting (solar+electric) would give several times the saving for much lower cost and non-obstructive installment.
The objective first, is to capture energy usually wasted during exercise with typical machines. Also, it is to be as environmentally compatible (green) as possible. Compared to batteries and photovoltaic material, tubing and turbines are inert. Water is the energy storage medium, and people just move it around. The video is only a montage of an emotional quality I was experimenting with. Actual dimensions and hardware could be bolted on, and not as extreme as the video expresses.
Commpressed air is fine. I don't know of any air turbines or storage systems avaialable off-the-shelf with the safety or effiecency of water turbines. Also, everytime you change from one energy form to another, your system becomes more inefficient. If your exercise machine is already set up to produce electicity, then yes, tie it to a battery for storage of power you don't need at the moment.
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huihui099 4 years ago
I think I get it, seems to be more like a music video than informative. I get it though, one exercises, generating power and pumping water to drop from top of building running turbine, creating more energy...right?
Ratboy2004 4 years ago
Correct. Also, Decentralized energy production is more efficient, clean, and fun!
mattbakerdesign 4 years ago
What amount of energy do you expect to create any given day?
Ratboy2004 4 years ago
Human legs on can produce about 100 watts continuous,... arms, 50 watts. The more people the more power. To offset coal or other non-reneawable source is possible.
mattbakerdesign 4 years ago
the question is: what is the objective? is it energy conservation/saving? pipe, pumps and reservoirs seem to require major investment and take large amount of space.
retrofitting the building for hybrid lighting (solar+electric) would give several times the saving for much lower cost and non-obstructive installment.
agungk 5 years ago
The objective first, is to capture energy usually wasted during exercise with typical machines. Also, it is to be as environmentally compatible (green) as possible. Compared to batteries and photovoltaic material, tubing and turbines are inert. Water is the energy storage medium, and people just move it around. The video is only a montage of an emotional quality I was experimenting with. Actual dimensions and hardware could be bolted on, and not as extreme as the video expresses.
Thanks
mattbakerdesign 4 years ago
why not use compressed air instead? or flywheels?
drive compressors from electricity already generated by many stationary exercise machines.
agungk 4 years ago
Commpressed air is fine. I don't know of any air turbines or storage systems avaialable off-the-shelf with the safety or effiecency of water turbines. Also, everytime you change from one energy form to another, your system becomes more inefficient. If your exercise machine is already set up to produce electicity, then yes, tie it to a battery for storage of power you don't need at the moment.
mattbakerdesign 4 years ago