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Unusual design of a free-flow hydropower station

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ebastler:

--- Quote from: Hydro on January 03, 2024, 03:59:26 pm ---The fact of the matter is that it is without a dam

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Are you able to read more than one paragraph? I wrote another one. They are not that long.


--- Quote ---Does the guy’s contraption from this video also seem ineffective to you?

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I don't think I want to jump through every hoop you hold up, and I certainly don't want to download some surprise video. Unsubscribing from this thread now.

soldar:

--- Quote from: Hydro on January 03, 2024, 03:59:26 pm ---Does the guy’s contraption from this video also seem ineffective to you?
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soldar:

--- Quote from: ebastler on January 03, 2024, 03:13:37 pm --- Their contraption with the "blades on a belt" seems like a very inefficient way to create an obstruction in flowing water and extract some power from it.
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All the time we are faced in the news with inventions that will revolutionize the world... or so we are told. Young reporters, who do not know the difference between a V and a W or between their ass and a hole in the ground, report the new found miracle and the public mostly doesn't care much except for a few who really want to believe. The believe a loner in his home has come up with something which escaped the developers and investigators of companies who spend millions on R&D.

A few months back, in Spain, we had to hear the case of a young engineer inventor who had "invented" a reverse turbine for airplanes with the blades pointing inwards from a belt. The reporter did not feel the need to consult with anybody who actually works in this field, some jet engine builder, no, the young kid talking to her was totally convincing.

https://www.elespanol.com/omicrono/tecnologia/20230205/invento-espanol-revolucionara-aviones-gracias-ingeniero-cordobes/736176474_0.html

https://s1.eestatic.com/2023/01/31/omicrono/tecnologia/737936338_230530709_1706x960.jpg

langwadt:

--- Quote from: soldar on January 03, 2024, 07:49:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: ebastler on January 03, 2024, 03:13:37 pm --- Their contraption with the "blades on a belt" seems like a very inefficient way to create an obstruction in flowing water and extract some power from it.
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All the time we are faced in the news with inventions that will revolutionize the world... or so we are told. Young reporters, who do not know the difference between a V and a W or between their ass and a hole in the ground, report the new found miracle and the public mostly doesn't care much except for a few who really want to believe. The believe a loner in his home has come up with something which escaped the developers and investigators of companies who spend millions on R&D.

A few months back, in Spain, we had to hear the case of a young engineer inventor who had "invented" a reverse turbine for airplanes with the blades pointing inwards from a belt. The reporter did not feel the need to consult with anybody who actually works in this field, some jet engine builder, no, the young kid talking to her was totally convincing.

https://www.elespanol.com/omicrono/tecnologia/20230205/invento-espanol-revolucionara-aviones-gracias-ingeniero-cordobes/736176474_0.html

https://s1.eestatic.com/2023/01/31/omicrono/tecnologia/737936338_230530709_1706x960.jpg

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well it would "solve" the real problem of a fitting a bigger fans for more efficiency, under the wings of current plans, but at the cost of adding a bunch of unsolvable problems  making it totally pointless... Rube Goldberg would be proud

soldar:

--- Quote from: langwadt on January 03, 2024, 08:19:31 pm ---well it would "solve" the real problem of a fitting a bigger fans for more efficiency, under the wings of current plans, but at the cost of adding a bunch of unsolvable problems  making it totally pointless... Rube Goldberg would be proud

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I think some engineers, some people, fall in love with some idea they had and they just want to find the problem they could solve with this "solution" so they keep looking for the problem which would be solved by their solution which is no solution at all.

I admit I am somewhat guilty of it. Sometimes I am not really looking for a simple or practical solution but for an ingenious or elegant solution.

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