Meltham Micro Hydro, UK By 350 Energy Ltd

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  • Опубліковано 17 лис 2024

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  • @benlawton5420
    @benlawton5420 7 років тому +7

    Recently a hydro has been installed in my town, I done calculations should make approximately 16KW. 140x20x9.81=26,468 with %60 efficiency = 15880 rounded to 16000 = 16KW

    • @uriahcamdyn1234
      @uriahcamdyn1234 3 роки тому +1

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      @ryderjulien1557 3 роки тому +1

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      @uriahcamdyn1234 3 роки тому +1

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    • @uriahcamdyn1234
      @uriahcamdyn1234 3 роки тому +1

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    • @ryderjulien1557
      @ryderjulien1557 3 роки тому +1

      @Uriah Camdyn Glad I could help =)

  • @1956vern
    @1956vern 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome
    Cost a lot but return over a few years will pay for the investment!
    Hope you lock tighted the threads on spoons on water wheels!

  • @HybridKoy
    @HybridKoy 3 роки тому +3

    Are you able to offer an update as to how the total system is performing 6 years later?

  • @stollo770
    @stollo770 7 років тому +14

    Why wouldn't you just run the back pipe into the mill pond? Like have it draw from maybe a foot or two off the bottom of the pond. There would be no air bubbles, no debris, and you would benefit from a lot more pressure.

  • @scottfoster2487
    @scottfoster2487 7 років тому +1

    The lousy in feed to the pen stock is the reducer of psi, a solid head of water would not have air and provide a smother and stronger psi to the turbines.

  • @martym.7700
    @martym.7700 8 років тому +9

    that is awesome... wonder whats the price tag on that project all together and what you think is the life span of it?
    So far, I seen hundreds of nice videos with Turgo and Pelton turbines... just wondering, how long it goes until the bearings are burned out, any idea? I mean, the rpm's are incredible...

    • @350energylimited8
      @350energylimited8  8 років тому +10

      +Marty M. Hi, This project has now been running for a year and we may replace the bearings as part of its annual maintenance regime, depending on how they are doing. The main bearings are standard cartridge bearings available for a few pounds. The turbines also have an automated grease lubrication system that needs an annual recharge.
      Typical project costs depend hugely on site specific factors but might typically cost >£20k

    • @damirserban
      @damirserban 2 роки тому

      @@350energylimited8 is it still operational?

  • @darrenjlobb
    @darrenjlobb 9 років тому +3

    Do you have a rough idea of the head in meters on this setup? Very neat setup !

    • @350energylimited8
      @350energylimited8  8 років тому +2

      +Darren Lobb Apologies that I've just seen this post. It was just under 10m.

  • @curtnicholson7771
    @curtnicholson7771 5 років тому +1

    Very nice!

  • @eyezonmy6
    @eyezonmy6 5 років тому +4

    I wouldn't be able to avoid the temptation to use solenoids to control flow

  • @daviddavids2884
    @daviddavids2884 7 років тому +2

    thanks for posting. some very late thoughts for you and your subs. this installation is great, except . . . the MANIFOLD for the jet delivery piping is a disaster. a LOT of energy is being lost in that manifold. and wouldn't three jets per be as good. hope there was a discount on this installation. 350el, you may have followed powerspout's model, this time. next time, use a more efficient plumbing design. cheers

    • @davey2k12
      @davey2k12 4 роки тому +1

      Why them ribbed pipes I'd expect smooth pipe inside pipe so water doesn't hit a edge 🙂

  • @ChileExpatFamily
    @ChileExpatFamily 7 років тому +1

    Very nice for a low head solution to power needs. Are you satisfied with the Power Spout turbines so far? I have considered buying them for when I do my project but have not got enough data on them yet. It looks like the more the merrier? Jim

    • @350energylimited8
      @350energylimited8  4 роки тому +3

      Hi Its 2020, so 5 years on and the system is still running well.

  • @e-dizzy
    @e-dizzy 7 років тому +1

    What are the dimensions for your generator room?

    • @JohnSmith-yv6eq
      @JohnSmith-yv6eq 2 роки тому

      Just big enough to hold what's in there....

  • @robjus1601
    @robjus1601 7 місяців тому

    So can you purchase this system?

    • @UKsystems
      @UKsystems 6 місяців тому

      All systems have a custom manufacturing element

  • @jonnychooch6624
    @jonnychooch6624 5 років тому +3

    seems an expensive installation for a relatively low power generation.

    • @mattwoodproperty
      @mattwoodproperty 5 років тому +1

      Did he state the cost? If it’s supplying 100% of the house power and particularly if it’s under a generation tariff, then seems to be exactly what I’d want. I’m quite jealous as it happens

  • @350pauli
    @350pauli Рік тому

    670watts per turgo not bad

  • @leonvdm
    @leonvdm 8 років тому +2

    3:07 .... psi? couldnt hear what the number was. eight.. something?

    • @350energylimited8
      @350energylimited8  8 років тому +3

      yes eight. dynamic head is quite low with all valves open.

    • @leonvdm
      @leonvdm 8 років тому +2

      thanks for such a quick answer. what would the static pressure be. what is the head of this installation?

    • @350energylimited8
      @350energylimited8  8 років тому +3

      the head on this project was a little under 10m, So about 1bar.

    • @DiverJames
      @DiverJames 6 років тому +5

      1bar = ~14psi in case anyone reading this later is curious about the sudden change in units ;)

  • @pedroloayza9042
    @pedroloayza9042 2 роки тому

    Buen día, puedo obtener información en español. Gracias

  • @romeliadarosa4180
    @romeliadarosa4180 8 років тому +1

    If you want to make it too just use InpliX handbooks.

  • @UKsystems
    @UKsystems 6 місяців тому

    A much simpler system going over the weir could have been used

  • @tokeintuckz
    @tokeintuckz 7 років тому +1

    U could run one of them bad boys off a gravity bottom drained koi pond would provide enough power to run an aerator 😂😂

  • @arthurbradford
    @arthurbradford 4 роки тому +1

    NOTE: Take dramamine before watching!
    This guy has no filming skills whatsoever!
    Really nice system. Well thought out.

  • @HarryL2020
    @HarryL2020 7 років тому +2

    8psi? why bother with a hydro XD

    • @davey2k12
      @davey2k12 4 роки тому +1

      Ha ha ha

    • @thepvporg
      @thepvporg 4 роки тому +1

      8 PSI when running fully open...
      Do you know the head pressure when not producing power?
      No, then shut up.

    • @HarryL2020
      @HarryL2020 4 роки тому +1

      @@thepvporg with the amount this would cost it isn't worth it... Better off with a low head generator.
      Sorry I melted you snowflake.

    • @thepvporg
      @thepvporg 4 роки тому +2

      @@HarryL2020 Still haven't got a clue have you?
      If you has an electric bill of say £1,000 a year, which is close to what mine is.
      For the investment of say a few hundred pounds, time, effort and then parts investment of a few thousand to offset a supply by 2 Kw per hour, or 48Kwh a day potential... "do the math" how much is that in domestic supply that you can offset? The average household pulls 14 Kw per day off the grid, if you are producing 48 Kw a day, then your pumping in to the grid and going to get money back off the utilities.
      In a couple of years, its paid for itself, the maintenance of the system, PART OF THE DEAL you idiot, so that cost HAS to be built in and most reasonable people would buy what they need and then spares on top so that they are able to effect repairs, only twats build a system that uses up all the parts, leaves a unit on back up, etc, sizing of systems, poor utilisation of resources and too many people not taking advantage of things like tesla turbines that require very little input energy to get spinning up to 200,000 rpm or something silly. The amount of energy and torque you can pull from a boundary layer method is possibly a better way to go.
      High torque means you can spin up a fly wheel which means you can then use inertial on a generator or the set up designed so that the energy is used to pump the water up to a higher elevation.
      Gravity can be utilised in many ways and energy extracted at various points. I have looked at all sorts of methods of energy recovery and hydro is just one area that can be improved upon through people experimenting and also applying, so fucking what if the set up is a low yield, so friggin what, whats your beef with it? Not good enough? Overly opinionated aren't we... One mans goose and all that buddy.
      So what part of cretin are you? The butt hole or the bellend?
      Snowflake, ffs, go blow your penstock...