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| A basic explanation of Hydro Power devices | ||
| CREST's 'Small HydroPower Systems' overview - With info' on 40 MW installations, this is hardly small ! | ||
| Impulse Turbines - A basic introduction. | ||
| Small Hydro Installation - An Overview | ||
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| A Spiral Waterwheel Pump - Detailed in an article from ReNew magazine | ||
| Jemmett Engineering - Plans for various home built generators and 12V devices | ||
| Firefly Crossflow Turbine - A set of photos showing turbine construction. | ||
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| Oregon Waterwheels - These folks will manufacture a wooden water wheel to suit your site. | ||
| 'WaterWheel Factory' - Manufacturer of all metal waterwheels and turbines. | ||
| Wheel-Treater: Water-Powered Pump (for water, sludge, chemicals etc.) | ||
| Turbine Manufacturers | ||
| Almanor Machine Works | ||
| Amazon Aquacharger - Marlec Engineering | ||
| Burger -Wasserkraft
see also,
Wasserkraft Volk AG - Germany |
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| Canyon Industries Inc. - Deming, WA, USA | ||
| Cargo & Kraft TURBIN AB - Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. Maufacturers of semi Kaplan runners. | ||
| Energi-Teknikk - Micro and mini Hydro power plant | ||
| Evans Engineering - In the business (for many years) of consulting, manufacturing and installing small scale turbines and systems. Based in Launceston, Cornwall, UK | ||
| Gilkes Gordon - Kendal, Cumbria, UK. Been in the business longer than most. | ||
| GUGLER Water Turbines GmbH
Water Turbine Manufacturer, Small/Micro Hydro Specialist |
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| Gugler Gmbh - Turbine Manufacturer and Small/Micro Hydro Specialist | ||
| Hartvigsen-Hydro Utah, USA - Will sell an assembled Turgo Impulse runner, or just the individual 'spoons' to build your own. | ||
| http://www.hipowerhydro.com/ | ||
| HydroCink Praha, Czech Republic (See also) | ||
| Hydro Induction Power - Manufacturers of 'High Voltage Micro-hydro Units' | ||
| Leffel Hydraulic Turbine Co. | ||
| Platypus Power - Micro Hydro Turbines | ||
| TEIC inc. - Manufacturers of Axial Turbines/Power Generation Units up to 100kW | ||
| WaterTurbine.com - Manufacturers of the Nautilus and Neptune ultra low head micro hydro turbines | ||
| Waterpumps WP Oy - A most interesting Finnish turbine manufacturer | ||
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| The Water Ram - What it is and how it works, by WOT (Working Group on Development Techniques - Based in the Netherlands) - See also the The Breur ROC-ON Ram pump plus download 'Breurram' | ||
| The Complete Hydraulic Ram Manual | ||
| The Great Canadian Pump Company - Ram pump manufacturer | ||
| "How does a hydraulic ram pump work?" | ||
| Ram Pumps.com - Books, products and guidance on Ram Pump installation | ||
| The Ram Pump - Brief description of how one works | ||
| 'Disseminating ram-pump technology' - A paper by Dr Terry Thomas | ||
| The Glockemann Pump - A more recent design of a Ram Pump | ||
| Rife Hydraulic Engine Mfg. Co. Inc. - The manufacturer of the Davey Ram Pump | ||
| All About Hydraulic Ram Pumps - How and Where They Work - An excellent publication by Don. R. Wilson (ISBN 0-9631526-2-9). | ||
| Suppliers and Consultants | ||
| CES, Consulting Engineers Salzgitter - Salzgitter, Germany | ||
| Dulas Eng. Ltd. - Machynlleth, Wales, UK. The consulting arm of the Centre for Alternative Technology | ||
| FINESA, Inc. - Prague, Czech Republic | ||
| EcoWeb - Search for companies involved in Hydro Power | ||
| Jade Mountain - They have some useful technical info too. | ||
| Navitron - Supplier of affordable small scale water turbines (100W - 20kW) | ||
| Proven Engineering Products Ltd - Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||
| Power and Water Systems Consultants Ltd | ||
| Shawater - Hydro Power developers | ||
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| Centre for the Analysis and Dissemination of Demonstrated Energy Technologies (CADDET) - Has much useful info on-line. | ||
| CANMET Energy Diversification Laboratory - Contains some useful software for assessing various energy sources. | ||
| British Hydro Power Association | ||
| The International Network on Small Hydro Power (IN-SHP) - Based in China. | ||
| The International Association for Small Hydro (IASH) - Based in India | ||
| Pico Hydro - Small hydro systems, up to 5 kW | ||
| IT Power - Water Power. Check out their publications. | ||
| Volunteers In Technical Assistance (VITA) | ||
| Hydro Software | ||
| A DOS Based Program by John Q. McMillian which will calculate turbine dimensions from a given head and flow. | ||
| Jean-Luc Willot's Program which will determine flow rates over a weir and size power cables amongst other capabilities | ||
| Small Hydro model by the ministry of Natural Resources of Canada for evaluating micro-hydro installations. | ||
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| Joe Cole's Micro-Hydroelectric Power Web Site - Well worth a visit. | ||
| 'Hydro-Electric Chart' - Provided by Jade Mountain. A useful guide to indicate (roughly) how much power your river or stream will generate. | ||
| A Glossary of Micro-Hydro Terms - From 'Independent Light and Power' | ||
| Download Pico Hydro manuals and guidance documents from The Pico Hydro Web Site - recommended. | ||
| How a micro-hydro electric generating system works | ||
| Want to know a little about micro-hydro systems ? | ||
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| Renewable Energy Index - Links, Forums & Chat. | ||
| Home Power Magazine - An excellent publication, current edtion always available for download. | ||
| Home Power Generation WebRing - If you've an alternative energy web-site, then you must join this ! | ||
| Visit Wim Klunnes Microhydro Webportal | ||
| A few Micro Hydro publications - from Swansea Univerisity, Wales | ||
| Intermediate Technology Publications - Find details of some excellent publications, including "Induction Motors as Generators" by Nigel Smith and "Pumps as Turbines: a User's Guide" by Arthur Williams. | ||
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This page last updated : 26th
November 2007