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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Sun Feb 22, 2015, 04:59 PM Feb 2015

Portland to generate electricity within its own water pipes

Portland to generate electricity within its own water pipes

gizmag.com - There's a lot of water constantly moving through the municipal pipelines of most major cities. While the water itself is already destined for various uses, why not harness its flow to produce hydro...

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Portland to generate electricity within its own water pipes (Original Post) Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

Excellent! Sherman A1 Feb 2015 #1

All the work will generate 274 dollars a day???? BlueJazz Feb 2015 #2

tulsa has a huge water pipe that runs from lake spavinaw madokie Feb 2015 #3

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

1. Excellent!

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 05:02 PM

Feb 2015

A marvelous concept!

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

2. All the work will generate 274 dollars a day????

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 05:11 PM

Feb 2015

For a city ?

What is the point ? You could get a penny per day per user and generate more $$$
I must be missing something.

madokie

(51,076 posts)

3. tulsa has a huge water pipe that runs from lake spavinaw

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 07:32 PM

Feb 2015

to lake yahola and it has an 80 foot drop over a 50 mile run. From pictures of the inside of the pipe it looks as if it is about 8 ft in diameter. Almost a straight line too, very little variance from that. I'd think that this would be an excellent candidate for a system like this

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