Appropriate Technology Electricity Generation

= Electricity Generation =

This is a space to develop our explorations of small scale electricity generation for our Lemelson class, Appropriate Technology.

Our Team: Julian, David, Ariel, Cary, Aaron, Alex, Leah

= Hydro Electric Focus - Carry and Aaron =

Carry and Aaron will be focusing on small scale hydro electric power generation.

Links

 * Gives a good general outline of different techniques and technologies and some basic equations for making estimates.
 * Good design and history of banki turbines or another scan can be seen at
 * This is another paper on the design of banki turbines, it looks at optimizations in a lab setting (Aziz and Desai)
 * Web based book on general systems design of banki turbines

Links

 * A Masters thesis on solar steam

= Bike Powered Electronics - ???? =

Julian, Ariel and Leah are working on powering small electronic devices while on the road. Using a dynamo bike hub, we are going to test different electronics to see what we can power. We are going to try to hook up cell phone, ipod, and battery chargers to the 6 Volt 3 Watt hub. We may also try to make small bike powered lanterns made from glass bottles.

Links

 * This is a link to another battery charger we are using as inspiration.
 * This is a similar page that explored powering lights with the dyno hub.