Comments on: New Microhydro Book is THE Microhydro Book

By: BrownellMicroHydro

BrownellMicroHydro — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:03:00 +0000

Although a bit dated, this is still a pretty solid book on micro hydro.

By: BrownellMicroHydro

BrownellMicroHydro — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:03:00 +0000

http://www.brownellmicrohydro.com

By: satya

satya — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:20:00 +0000

TRY microhydropower.net

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:11:00 +0000

Are you familiar with Home Power Magazine?

http://homepower.com/home/

Not the forum you’re seeking, but a great information source.

By: Leewatson007

Leewatson007 — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:29:00 +0000

I’m beginning to understand the term “Hobby Hydro”. It seems to mean that if you have a micro hydro that makes less than it costs to run, it’s a hobby.

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By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:55:42 +0000

@Lee Watson: I don’t know of any blogs on microhydro… haven’t searched for them, though… i’ll see if i can dig something up for you

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:54:02 +0000

@James Gerden, Jr.: wow, a lot of great extra comments. thank you

By: James Garden, Jr.

James Garden, Jr. — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:37:00 +0000

Although I thoroughly agree with promoting microhydro technology wherever possible to generate electricity, microhydro is a stationary source of power.
We also need to view water as a fuel–a portable source of power. We need to develop water dissociation [water splitting] units to be carried aboard motor vehicles. Photocatalyts in contact with water can use sunlight to take the place of the electricity that is used in the electrolysis method of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Internal combustion engines can be modified to run on hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen and oxygen fed through fuel cells on board motor vehicles generates electricity for the vehicles’ electric motors–no need to build a nationwide infrastructure of hydrogen re-fueling stations.
By producing more hydrogen than is needed during sunlight hours, that hydrogen can be stored on board and used at night. Alternatively, electric LED lighting can be used also to act on the photocatalysts to augment the stored hydrogen.
Non-soluble photocatalysts such as titanium dioxide can be deposited on a rigid foam, with light-carrying fibers interspersed within the foam, and with water running through the foam. A cubic foot of charcoal, for example, has a surface area of 12 square miles!
Water is our only source of portable fuel available in the quantities required to supplant gasoline.
Economically, water is practically free, and since it is recyclable, you pay for it only once!
Water requires no investment in exploration, drilling, refining, transportation, service stations, mining, farming, cooling towers, or disposal of coal fly ash and radioactive nuclear waste.
As a fuel, water would neither consume atmospheric oxygen, nor pollute the air and water environment with toxic byproducts.
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By: Lee Watson

Lee Watson — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:16:24 +0000

I’m trying to find a blog on microhydro to learn and share as I run two systems here on our ranch