HomeMy WebLinkAbout02.(Handout 1) Presentation by J. CumbelichHarnessing Water in Storm Drains By Johnny Cumbelich Item 2 (Handout 1) Main Purpose -Creating a turbine with maximum efficiency -Harnessing energy that would otherwise be wasted -Design goals -most revolutions per second -allow for debris to pass through easily -Lowest maintenance Rationale -Humanity’s Carbon footprint has greatly impacted the world, and continues to. -Water power is a clean, year-round energy source -Energy is constantly in demand -And demand is only growing -AI data centers, EVs, etc -Will provide small-scale hydro powered electricity without emitting carbon or methane. Background Research -Turbines were installed in 2018 by Lucid Motors in Portland. The downside to this design is that it needed manholes on the ground level to be installed for access to a walking space below ground. This was for the maintenance of the generators below ground and electrical systems. -The only turbines that were used thus far are small-scale turbines and even then, they are not used by commercial companies. -Attempts at creating turbines which harnessed water power were expensive, and had to have specialized piping to accommodate the turbine. Experimentation The mph of the rotating turbine was taken, and data was kept from 8 different trials, After which, I attained the mean of the mph of the turbine. Along with the mass of the turbine, about .50 lbs, I was able to calculate the Joules and Watts per second. Once I obtained the measure of Watts per second along with the Electron volts per second, I converted the eV to V by multiplying the Electron Volts per second by the conversion factor of 1.602176634 x 10^-19 V. My calculations didn’t come out as planned, because of malfunction with the app. Thai was not that big of a problem because the voltage was not my main concern for the experimentation this year. Future Research The results I came up with from my experiment are just estimates of electrical output from my turbines in the initial stages of the development of this idea. Design, functionality and installation will be ironed out in the years to come. Demand for clean energy will have this product installed in many cities and towns, once the design has been ironed out and declared able to harness the maximum energy available.