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Power transmission
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By mechjackt, Section Hydro Posted on Thu May 28, 2009 at 02:59:53 AM MST
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Need a sanity check of an idea for transmitting power from alternator to batteries
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| I'm planning on building the 700 watt alternator according to the plans in the just published Homebrew book (GREAT BOOK!!!) and spinning it with a Banki turbine (although the problem I have would be the same with a wind turbine) . I've got plenty of water (~4cfs @ 20+ ft head)so getting 700 watts is within reason. My batteries are 450 feet from the stream though. Yeah, I could move them closer but then I'd have to run the AC from the inverter to the house that same 450 feet which would require lots of expensive copper.
My idea is to build a 12V 3 phase alternator, rectify to 12VDC, dump that into a 12VDC to 120VAC 1200 watt interter that I already have, run the 120VAC the 450 ft to the battery building over 10 gauge (probably overkill) copper and into a 120VAC to 12VDC charger. Not terribly efficient, but I don't see any really more efficient alternative either. I'm figuring that after all the gyrations I'll see about 400 watts into the batteries with a 700 watt alternator. Sound reasonable?
Any alternative ideas? (and no, I can't reroute the creek!)
Thanks.
Jack |
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