Now, all that remains is to get the capacity factor for the 2014 / 15 "water year" above the 59% recorded for last year.
...experience gained from the operation of a microhydro plant, probably of interest mostly to other Powerspout owners. At the start, in 2014, it was new and there was much to write about but as time has passed there is less. So new posts will only be written if something interesting comes along, - look below to see if there is a new post.
6.48 mm diameter nozzle delivering 0.91 l/s to the runner which is rotating at 1084 rpm and generating 225 watts into the grid at an overall efficiency of 47%.
Thursday 6 November 2014
Happiness is...
... the start of a new generating year ! 11 am yesterday saw all systems go, and so far everything is performing exactly as it should, right down to the in-house monitoring and on-line visibility of live-power (see link to right).
Now, all that remains is to get the capacity factor for the 2014 / 15 "water year" above the 59% recorded for last year.
Now, all that remains is to get the capacity factor for the 2014 / 15 "water year" above the 59% recorded for last year.
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