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elevated weight as storage for generator? | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 editorial)
Re: elevated weight as storage for generator? (3.00 / 0) (#21)
by benjamindees (fieldBLAHlines@deesconsulting.com (remove BLAH)) on Tue Oct 25th, 2005 at 07:41:38 PM MST
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Welcome to the site! That's quite a setup you've got! 50,000 tons is almost 13 million gallons of water!

I don't understand your calculation, but you came to the right answer, which is all that's important. You can convert between any of these units at www.convertit.com. I get about 12974 kWh. Of course you will have conversion losses in making use of this energy, and water turbine efficiencies can range from 30%-90%. But even at 30% efficiency, that's enough storage to power an average home for 7.5 months! Good luck and I hope you keep us updated!

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elevated weight as storage for generator? | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 editorial)

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