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66 feet

04/22/2008 12:45 PM

hi anyone thought much about compressed air from water drive to save to 'fuel' high pressure fluid drive"micro hydro" battery charger?
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04/22/2008 1:31 PM

gravity,

A little more info plleeaasse.

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04/22/2008 1:57 PM

water turbine drive to compressed air to long distance 0 loss reuse as push in fluid drive power station winter summer high flow no flow
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04/22/2008 2:09 PM

I almost think I understand what you are trying so crypticaly to say. If you could spend just a little more time on the keys we might actually be able to communicate.

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04/22/2008 2:52 PM

do you think compressed air has the potential to be the greenest of power sources?
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04/22/2008 3:41 PM

Greenest maybe efficient no.

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04/22/2008 4:01 PM

what does efficient really mean here, wasted what?
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04/22/2008 10:31 PM

How do you propose to compress this air? You have to get the power from somewhere.

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04/25/2008 10:19 AM

check out norton energy , seems other folks find it useful.
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04/22/2008 11:41 PM

Are you thinking of using a hydraulic ram to drive a water-turbine?

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04/23/2008 3:13 AM

It's very difficult to tell what this poster is thinking.

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04/23/2008 6:23 PM

low head pelton turgo or francis trubine or ???? medium water wheel to compress air to use later at distant location for pressurized fluid drive power device IN SUMMER

pelton ,turgo ,francis, or high head system?
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