How do Waterwheels Work?

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  • Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
  • How can we harness water power to... move water? Can water really create electricity? And does (wheel) size really matter?
    Three parts science, one part history, join me as I teach you everything about waterwheels you never realised you needed to know. Very handy for physics teachers, students and off-grid living enthusiasts.
    Huge thanks to the folks at Manx heritage for letting us film at their wonderful Laxey Wheel. For further reading: manxnationalhe...
    Written, and Presented by Liv Boeree: / liv_boeree
    Videography and Editing by www.cooledit.c...
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    This video was an episode of "Amazing Science Adventures with Liv Boeree" - where Liv explores various scientific wonders on her poker travels.
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    Live Curiously with Liv Boeree is a series of videos exploring the fringes of science, philosophy and futurism. In other words, all the stuff that keeps me up at night!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @ariel_alves_dutra
    @ariel_alves_dutra 8 місяців тому +2

    Perfect explanation! Thanks

  • @gavinsullivan9015
    @gavinsullivan9015 3 роки тому +5

    I am so going to drag my kids to see that one day - I’d never heard of it! Love it 👏

  • @j2kerrigan
    @j2kerrigan Рік тому +1

    How am I only just now finding your channel? Instant subscribe.

  • @vikranttyagiRN
    @vikranttyagiRN 4 роки тому +6

    I don't understand why she doesn't have more subscribers

  • @marwansallouta2101
    @marwansallouta2101 4 роки тому +3

    Amazing and well explained, thank you.

  • @ItsATimelapse
    @ItsATimelapse 6 років тому +6

    I love the timelapse in this. ;)

  • @ErikGsson
    @ErikGsson 6 років тому +6

    Well made and explained video as allways!, I saw you randomly in a pokerstars twitch stream where you went pretty far on a few weeks ago, cool to see you there. The reason I follow you is because I saw you stream poker one time and you and the chat had some really interesting topics, i also see you host others on twitch, and i wish you started streaming again, last time I saw you stream was when you were on a hotel a year ago or so :)

  • @aishaexo-l611
    @aishaexo-l611 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you, this was the video I was looking for.

  • @danielroy8232
    @danielroy8232 2 роки тому +2

    but what's pulling the water up to the top of the wheel? is it a siphon? is it just pressure from the flow of the aqueduct?

    • @YukamsGaming
      @YukamsGaming 2 роки тому

      Yup sounds weird. You cannot create energy, I don’t get how they get water up there 🧐

    • @danielroy8232
      @danielroy8232 2 роки тому

      @@YukamsGaming whatever it was, it worked. so there must be a major feature they didn't show in the video.

  • @gyshalom
    @gyshalom 3 роки тому +5

    But how are the water from the streams lifted up?

    • @boomfly9543
      @boomfly9543 3 роки тому +2

      The water from the streams are probably sourced from higher elevation

    • @sambradley6548
      @sambradley6548 2 роки тому

      Dam it up

  • @tinybetron8701
    @tinybetron8701 4 роки тому +1

    Very inspirational. I Thought of a method of a totally self contained water wheel approximately 6Ft. 6" diameter with a width of 12ft. that can turn a standard 22hp. whole house 200 amp generator . Get this, you don't need a running stream, river, or flowing creek to make it work. I'll get back with you all with some drawings and video of this recently inspired concept. Once I put this concept out there its yours to do with what you want.

  • @skippityblippity8656
    @skippityblippity8656 2 роки тому

    She has no business being this good at videos

  • @fire1777
    @fire1777 6 років тому +5

    Way to go Liv !

  • @truthisbeautiful7492
    @truthisbeautiful7492 6 місяців тому

    Reminds me of the ATP Synthase motor in your cells that makes ATP, the energy molecule that you just used to read this.

  • @HouseOfBlaze01
    @HouseOfBlaze01 3 роки тому +2

    They did this but if they was to do this same thing to produce electrical 🔋 on a higher speed with stronger spin this can be a far more cleaner source of power and in doing so should be able to produce enough energy to support towns and who knows maybe more

  • @sonydavid5152
    @sonydavid5152 10 місяців тому

    You have more vedio this project?

  • @sonydavid5152
    @sonydavid5152 10 місяців тому

    Where is this location

  • @darrelldammen5967
    @darrelldammen5967 5 років тому +1

    Thank You ! I love the Big, Waterwheel though !

  • @0MoTheG
    @0MoTheG 4 роки тому +1

    I guess it wouldn't be as efficient had they made it smaller but faster.
    This reminds me of the discontinuous shock pump that also increases pressure.

  • @HouseOfBlaze01
    @HouseOfBlaze01 3 роки тому +2

    I was thinking about this same solution but instead of using water I would use a different material one that won't create pollution or harmful gases

  • @admiralpercy
    @admiralpercy 4 роки тому +6

    Why do they pump water to the top instead of running the water along the bottom of the wheel

    • @boomfly9543
      @boomfly9543 3 роки тому +4

      The potential energy of the water is greater at higher heights, therefor you can extract more energy. If the water flows underneath the wheel, you can only extract the kinetic energy of the water. If you let the water fall you can extract the kinetic and potiential energy, producing more power and increasing efficiency.

    • @YukamsGaming
      @YukamsGaming 2 роки тому

      @@boomfly9543 though they need to pump the water up, so not much of an energy gain

    • @boomfly9543
      @boomfly9543 2 роки тому

      @@YukamsGaming yea ideally you just build it under water level but if it takes 5 MW to pump it up and you can extract 10 MW more out of the water then you still profit, although takes a economical analysis to see if its worth the capital cost of the pump

    • @charlo90952
      @charlo90952 Рік тому

      Check with Wikipedia. The source reservoir is above the top of the wheel. The water is conveyed in pressure pipes as a reverse syphon. Funny smarty pants didn't mention that. It's an obvious question.

    • @thesaintlcfr
      @thesaintlcfr 6 місяців тому

      @@boomfly9543at that point why didn’t they just use that pump to get the water out in first place. seems over engineered

  • @kinmyname
    @kinmyname Рік тому

    Very cool

  • @chaos_oblivion8952
    @chaos_oblivion8952 Рік тому

    The largest waterwheel measures 26.08 m (85 ft 6.77 in) in diameter and was created by Danzhai Wanda Town (China) in Danzhai, Guizhou, China, on 26 June 2017 so the lexi wheel isnt the largest in the world

  • @soulseek2
    @soulseek2 6 років тому +2

    wasnt this already uploaded before?

  • @sonydavid5152
    @sonydavid5152 10 місяців тому

    How much water put one time

  • @ketorolako72
    @ketorolako72 6 років тому

    so good to see you

  • @ianmurray246
    @ianmurray246 Місяць тому

    I love this lady Isabella I climbed it 3 times

  • @gogotravelreview
    @gogotravelreview 5 років тому

    Very good

  • @bottocreath7381
    @bottocreath7381 2 роки тому +2

    Water problems require water solutions

  • @eriwidianto8215
    @eriwidianto8215 2 роки тому

    As nya di beri kabel yg menyambung ke aki. Buat listrik cadangan sekitar ribuan watt

  • @LoV3R9
    @LoV3R9 6 років тому +5

    High af, don’t understand shit, but watched it nonetheless for LIV!!!

  • @millholmehouse
    @millholmehouse 5 років тому +3

    clever and pretty

  • @yuliapratiwi-iu6bv
    @yuliapratiwi-iu6bv 6 місяців тому

    Ondeh.. gadang kincia Lai

  • @ivocapella4541
    @ivocapella4541 4 роки тому

    Very good explanation, Liv.

  • @Krewella234
    @Krewella234 Рік тому

    First motor

  • @-paul-2191
    @-paul-2191 11 місяців тому

    And you want me to believe some farmers in the 17/8th century created something like this and somehow made it work
    Like HOW DO YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT THIS?

  • @Vriel659
    @Vriel659 5 місяців тому

    NUH UH, BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER!!! Sometimes there is too big

  • @StephRivera
    @StephRivera 4 роки тому

    100-1=99

  • @abdulmalikishakbinmadihi2171
    @abdulmalikishakbinmadihi2171 2 роки тому

    Anno 1404 and it's expansion, Venice brought me here.

  • @crackedemerald4930
    @crackedemerald4930 3 роки тому

    180 metric horsepower equals to 132.3 even more metric kW

  • @charlespascua9740
    @charlespascua9740 3 роки тому

    The water wheel has more hp than my miata

  • @markopolo5597
    @markopolo5597 6 років тому

    Tickle boo x

  • @nestordavidsanchezrodrigue5461
    @nestordavidsanchezrodrigue5461 2 роки тому

    WOTAAAH

  • @ctmhcoloradotreasureminehu8385
    @ctmhcoloradotreasureminehu8385 3 роки тому

    Very nice, you might make a good poker player with your brain power. I had no idea!

  • @michaelwolfe1450
    @michaelwolfe1450 5 років тому

    What?!

  • @jasonclapp2323
    @jasonclapp2323 2 роки тому

    Pyramid power nexgen

  • @izzaghaida5750
    @izzaghaida5750 3 роки тому

    Ada cap kaki tiga😶

  • @blurr_343
    @blurr_343 2 роки тому

    why did my teacher give me this to learn about like tf

  • @ericdelapena1770
    @ericdelapena1770 2 роки тому

    The subliminal messages from 4:00-4:10...

  • @tnekkc
    @tnekkc 5 років тому +3

    I designed power conversion for 30 years. I don't need any more engineering. I am just here to see the girl.

    • @kahramanseker6030
      @kahramanseker6030 3 роки тому

      Please give me calculate formul my friend

    • @tnekkc
      @tnekkc 3 роки тому

      @@kahramanseker6030 90% of the work is defining the problem. Then you can have an engineering student in India for cheap. No one does that because the engineering is so hard to define the problem.

    • @kahramanseker6030
      @kahramanseker6030 2 роки тому

      Just a formul dear :))

  • @Dyils
    @Dyils 2 роки тому +1

    Why bother though? You're pumping the water up anyway so you're wasting energy. Surely, there's a more straightforward approach to achieve whatever the wheel is used for by just using the energy you're spending on the pump instead of the energy you're producing with the wheel.

  • @sandramilenabonillarojas5410
    @sandramilenabonillarojas5410 3 роки тому

    No entendí nada de lo q explico ella y de ese paso de chatarra Xd

  • @tonilee1742
    @tonilee1742 3 роки тому

    The girl version of Einstein

  • @SNM2958
    @SNM2958 3 роки тому

    love from🇵🇰

  • @KelpFries
    @KelpFries 2 роки тому

    Cool but whoever wrote this script needs to be fired

  • @camzcabyo2617
    @camzcabyo2617 6 років тому +1

    OMG you're a goddess 👀😜💕💕💕

  • @martinlintzgy1361
    @martinlintzgy1361 4 роки тому

    Girls who appreciate and understand engineering I find irresistible.. always attractive.

  • @riotpolice4444
    @riotpolice4444 4 роки тому +1

    Did she really just say ‘bigger is better’ 🤣 Ha, cringe 😬. Still I’ll show you better ;)

  • @pepperroni4016
    @pepperroni4016 3 роки тому +1

    I love her tiny waist and skinny legs