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Posted by Joel Koltner on April 9, 2010, 8:08 pm
Could you post the URL to your web site again please, Zach?
Posted by z on April 10, 2010, 8:34 pm
$Up1.127589@en-nntp-09.dc1.easynews.com:
> Could you post the URL to your web site again please, Zach? >
http://www.homebrewhydro.com
But it's a bit outdated. IF it ever gets sunny i'll get some more pics of
the new plumbing at the turbine
thanks man
-z
Posted by z on April 10, 2010, 9:23 pm
> >> Could you post the URL to your web site again please, Zach? >> > > http://www.homebrewhydro.com > > But it's a bit outdated. IF it ever gets sunny i'll get some more > pics of the new plumbing at the turbine > > thanks man > > -z >
Okay i ran out and took some pics. It was just drizzling. Just changed
how the water gets to the turbine a bit, now its over the top witha true
wye.
On the front page.
But that's all i've done in a whole year!
cheers
-zachary
Posted by Morris Dovey on April 10, 2010, 10:59 pm
On 4/10/2010 7:47 PM, z wrote:
> nice one man.. let us know how it goes. I really need to see that in > action to really understand what's going on.
I'm pretty eager to see it go, myself. Today I assembled, cleaned off
the shipping goo, and powered up a little mini-lathe from HF so I can
turn regenerators. I've never turned anything on a lathe before so this
should be "interesting". Obviously, I survived the power-up test. :)
Fluidynes are hateful because when you do see one in action, you can't
really see what's going on - only the displacement (or, too often, none)
at the output piston. The short video of the tiny engine on the web page at
do the best job of explaining what's really going on - almost all of
which (pressure, temperature, airflow, air viscosity) is invisible to
human eyes.
There's a page with a white paper written for Oak Ridge National Labs
that's worth skimming (so you can tell people "Oh yeah, I've read that")
and then forgetting because it's incomplete, misleading, and doesn't
answer the questions that would-be designers ask. It's been the starting
point for far too many abandoned eforts. :(
My most recent design was inspired by a non-fluidyne. :) Next time you
have a chance, take a look at this short YouTube video of a toy engine:
and imagine replacing the solid piston with a liquid piston. Pretty
fascinating stuff!
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
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