A revisit to the Hydro-Cyclone Generator.

[GordonJ]

Here are some of the mistakes other's have made regarding this project...

first, the shape of "water tower" ... they see Gilbert Grape climbing up to rescue his brother...

All water towers are round, or cylindrical...arent' they? Do they have to be? Can they be in a shape of a diamond?

Do they have to be totally vertical? Can they be different shapes? Do they have to be totally "fixed"? Can they have some motion to them?

How do you pressurize the water without expending a lot of energy?

How do you venturi the water in such way it builds significant pressure?

How do you "gear" the turbine to produce either a set output or variable output? For example, when charging batteries, a trickle charge, can you use less force?

Do you need batteries? What kind? What is the smallest scalable tower with sufficient output? Can a small backyard tower, sort of like a tree house, could that supply ONE 2400 square foot house, under normal uses? What about peak us...AC in Summer/heat in Winter?

How big could it be? What kind of generator is needed? Could existing motors be used?

And that just begins the QUESTIONING process. Rather than just hear an idea, without any information, without any knowledge of what has already been researched and established...I'd personally be hesitant about mocking anyone's ideas...

so, the ASSUMPTION that none of this has been thought through...well, it irks me. Especially when it comes from someone whom I respect.

I don't have a problem IF I had said it was some sort of "perpetual motion" type of thing...but it is a device, with solid mechanical and electrical principles behind it...I haven't discovered anything new...

which has a major problem...does it use more energy than it makes?

And for the record, these things don't need to be highly efficeint to be effective...a positive useful gain of energy might be all that is needed to keep the lights on.

But if an earthquake hit one directly, or a Tsunami, a drunk bus driver coming back from the casino...the worst thing that happens is some spilled water and cease in output.

No need for iodine pills.

Gordon Jay Alexander

PS. Although I was pretty much the "dumb cook" on the nuclear powered submarine...I did enlist as a nuclear power recruit and spent a lot of time in the reactor compartment learning how it worked...in case I needed to boil some beans...I knew where to find the steam to do so.

Originally Posted by Ankesh

Thanks Bozo and GJA.

My error in understanding.

This stuff seems interesting. Will read up further on it.