Posted by BobG on June 11, 2009, 1:24 pm
You guys read about petro algae in Fellsmere Florida?
Posted by RogerGibb on June 11, 2009, 5:45 pm
> When we go upstairs we spend a lot of energy that gets stored as potential
> energy. When we go downstairs we waste all the potential energy. Couldn't
> anyone invent a good way of coming down so the potential energy could be
> converted to other forms of energy that could be converted to electricity
> when needed??
Be sure to capture the energy from rain falling too. Especially
when it runs down the spout from your eavestrough.
Posted by Alistair Gunn on June 12, 2009, 4:04 am
In alt.energy.homepower RogerGibb twisted the electrons to say:
> Be sure to capture the energy from rain falling too. Especially
> when it runs down the spout from your eavestrough.
One of the micro-hydro places near me has it's gutters set to dump the
water into the mill-race it's on. Okay, I'm never going to claim it (or
the micro hydro plant further down said mill-race) generates significant
amounts of power due to this but I do think it's an elegant simple piece
of design.
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These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ...
Posted by z on June 12, 2009, 12:18 pm
> In alt.energy.homepower RogerGibb twisted the electrons to say:
>> Be sure to capture the energy from rain falling too. Especially
>> when it runs down the spout from your eavestrough.
>
> One of the micro-hydro places near me has it's gutters set to dump the
> water into the mill-race it's on. Okay, I'm never going to claim it (or
> the micro hydro plant further down said mill-race) generates significant
> amounts of power due to this but I do think it's an elegant simple piece
> of design.
cool.
I always wanted to design a micro-hydro turbine that fit in urinals .. so
you could piss on them at the bar and see how much power you could make.
A couple of LED's on the wall in front would let others in the bathroom see
just how powerful your stream is
and then you'd make some more power when you flush. I'm sure we could
recover several hundred miliamps that way!
Posted by aasberry on June 12, 2009, 2:29 pm
>> In alt.energy.homepower RogerGibb twisted the electrons to say:
>>> Be sure to capture the energy from rain falling too. Especially
>>> when it runs down the spout from your eavestrough.
>>
>> One of the micro-hydro places near me has it's gutters set to dump the
>> water into the mill-race it's on. Okay, I'm never going to claim it (or
>> the micro hydro plant further down said mill-race) generates significant
>> amounts of power due to this but I do think it's an elegant simple piece
>> of design.
>cool.
>I always wanted to design a micro-hydro turbine that fit in urinals .. so
>you could piss on them at the bar and see how much power you could make.
>A couple of LED's on the wall in front would let others in the bathroom see
>just how powerful your stream is
>and then you'd make some more power when you flush. I'm sure we could
>recover several hundred miliamps that way!
Good idea, wrong market.
In your use, someone would pop a kidney stone and jam the turbine or a
clap dripper would gum the works.
Medical field is where the money is. Anyone who has been to a
urologist with prostate problems will tell you how they get poured
full of saline and then have give back as much or more than they
received. Your turbine would measure the rate of return.
Andy
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> energy. When we go downstairs we waste all the potential energy. Couldn't
> anyone invent a good way of coming down so the potential energy could be
> converted to other forms of energy that could be converted to electricity
> when needed??