Hankinator wrote:
Laurent, Thank you for sharing. Very well documented. Great job and keep expanding.
I skimmed through most of your documentation. I am curious how much "flow" your current system uses. You mentioned that you have a 2500 liter storage tank. How high above your generator is this and how long will it last without the creek replenishing?
One tank of water can produce how much electricity?
Thanks again for sharing.
Hankinator
So for 2500 liters tank, I "burn" this battery water in 40 min. Fortunately, the small river where i take the water bring 3 or 4 l./sec. to the tank, so this one is always full.
The tank is 50 m above the turbine, verticaly, but the pipe longer is near 150 m, so slope is about 33 %. The pressure is 5 bars due to the 50 m but charge loss are high in my ideas (due small internal diameter of pipe and not really vertical slope ~ 33 %)
Today, with the poymotor washing machine motor mounted on the turbine I produced 150 Watts / hours => 3.6 Kwatts a day. I store this electricity in battery parc and transform it with an UPS to obtain 220 Volts alternative current before use it.
In the same time, I have photovoltaique systeme on the roof (300 Watts) which charge my battery in the same time but it's really not the same production ! Thus, solar panel are depending of sun, and in my country it's 5 or 6 hours in summer, and 3 or 4 in winter (when sky is blue ...) but the turbine, she's always on and produce 24 h/24h, not all the time, of course, only when I'm in the chalet, but I'm a little worries with bruschless and I know I will have to change it soon. It's why I'm searching for permanent magnet generator without bruschless.
All the best
Laurent