yet another type of ener-gy turbine is one that sits in the water, like in a fast flowing river or one affected by the tides. even a river like the Mississippi flows with enough force that an in-stream water turbine :farm” could do very well (imagine the Gulf Stream current which flows up to 4 miles and hour in some places)
several weeks back i posted about a lift truss bridge i made inspired by a real one on Portsmouth, New Hampshire. that bridge spans the Piscataqua River which boasts some of the fastest tidal waters in the United States (around 4 miles per hour also). a river like that would be ideal for in-stream turbines
there are many ways to configure these and they can be anchored to the river bottom and below the surface, if deep enough to not conflict with boat traffic, or they can be floated on the surface like the one i made. i copied the concept from here and added a few of my own design ideas. this one is very small and could be installed much more easily than a floating wind turbine like i posted earlier this week
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23 Nov 10 at 9:45 pm
Jeeezzus u are creative! Where do u get all those awesome ideas?? =) This turbine may not require physics, but dont u miss physics?
Mera Kranfel
24 Nov 10 at 1:10 am
thank you and btw, perfect use of english! i almost peed myself when i read your comment! =)
i miss physics but that thing only needs to have a spinning blade and i have an omega script doing that =)
Ener Hax
24 Nov 10 at 9:56 am