Master Stark
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What if you we're to have a 3/4 inch pipe with water coming out at almost full blas 24/7 from a spring. How much electic could you. Generate?
Making electric using water???
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Green Troll
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about enough to power a calculator
Master Stark
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Toùche....
The amount of energy return is based off your system. I might be able to quite a bit with free flowing (non-pressure generated)
water from a pipe that diameter, but at the same time would be required to add large vertical changes in distances to the water flow so that it can gain more kinetic energy from an artificial increase in potential energy.
water from a pipe that diameter, but at the same time would be required to add large vertical changes in distances to the water flow so that it can gain more kinetic energy from an artificial increase in potential energy.
Green Troll
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sorry that sounded like i was being a smart ass about calculating it yourself mentioning a calculator. i actually meant probably the minute power needed to run a calculator, watch, small electronic device with minimal processing. lemme do a quick calc for you with some assumptions. guessing flow rates and being a little generous:
assuming using the most efficient turbine available, with a guestimate of max flow rate through a 20mm pipe of 1 cubic meter of water per hour, with an inlet to outlet drop of 1m through the turbine, you will generate 2.7 watts of power. ok that could run a lot of calculators since mine says on the back 0.0002 watts but yeah, that is enough power to run a single bright LED bulb.
assuming using the most efficient turbine available, with a guestimate of max flow rate through a 20mm pipe of 1 cubic meter of water per hour, with an inlet to outlet drop of 1m through the turbine, you will generate 2.7 watts of power. ok that could run a lot of calculators since mine says on the back 0.0002 watts but yeah, that is enough power to run a single bright LED bulb.