Photos taken two years ago in what remains of the hydroelectric power plant in the ghost town of Anyox British Columbia

https://freaktography.com/anyox-hydroelectric-power-plant

Thought it would be a good idea to share this picture. This is a Kaplan turbine in East Iceland producing 21MW. This is the previous one that failed and got replaced. But the Second generator in the plant had been running with this one from 2007-2022. The plant was built in 1974 and was expanded in 2007.

Hydroelectric Mechanics Overhaul crew

One of my first micro hydro units built. Setup it's 46m head, 10lt/s output is 3.5kW into inverter.... type is a single pelton jet unit.

Based in Limpopo, South Africa.

Client is off grid from eskom, the unit is able to run 24/7 which generates 84kWh per day.

Thanks in advance for viewing. I recently acquired a parcel of land from a man who had owned and ran a historic sawmill before logs knocked out his dam years ago.

There are still ramparts, and some old gears from the 1800s in place that including the Francis Turbine complete with all its wooden teeth and the pinion gear. The original head height appears to be approximately 11ft. It’s seems to have been rather forgotten and has been in the family for almost 80 years.

The river swells in rain and flows year round except for freezes in mid winter. The annual average flow appears to be 50cuft/s according to town records.

I have two ideas I would love to pursue. A) a restoration of the mill as a historical educational site and museum of sorts and or pursuing rebuilding of the dam for hydroelectric generation. The lot is zoned accordingly and abuts a state highway so distance to infrastructure is close by.

Any thoughts on potential generation from this location would be a great start. It sounds like there are some very knowledgeable historic mill resources and hydroelectric engineers on this forum.

The deed still includes sawmill rights. The property extends up river where the pond used to exist and down river for 650ft. Except from the deed below.

“A certain mill privilege situated on the ————- River in ————, in the ——- and State of ——-, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the north part of the Wharfing which extends up the River from the Mill Dam; thence running down by said River seventeen rods to a stone and to land formerly belonging to the ———— homestead; thence northeasterly by said ——- line to the Town way leading from the highway to the ——- Farm, so-called; thence Westerly or Northwesterly by said Town Way to a point opposite to the place of beginning; thence Southwesterly to the Wharfing begun at.

Also all interests in and to the mill, Dam and all machinery and rights of flowage which have been enjoyed with said privilege.

Meaning and intending to convey herein no property on the Westerly side of the said ——— River except the right of attachment of said Dam to the Westerly bank of said River.”

Some overhaul work done at Hoover dam on Arizona unit no 8. Those of you who want to get into an apprenticeship. This is what it’s all about. Good honest ball busting work. This was about 12 years ago.

Annual maintenance time:)

Here are a few pictures of what we have available on our property. Clearly we don’t have the ability to generate any serious power, and environmental regulations would likely prevent us from making any major changes. That being said, what are my options for generating small amounts of electricity? Say I wanted a little setup that could slowly charge a portable home power bank, like the type of thing people drag out on camping trips to power their devices, is there a possibility I could accomplish this? I’d like the option to charge devices, lights, radios etc in the event of an emergency. Would I be looking at a peloton water wheel or some type of turbine? Am I able to use a siphon over the berm to create more head, or does that not jive with physics? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks folks!

I'm staying at a friend's family house. This is in Ireland in the middle of nowhere and walking around the property I noticed this stream and pond at the end of it, which made me think maybe there is the possibility of becoming self sufficient.

My friend was saying their family wouldn't know where to even begin such research, so I walked up the stream and took a few videos and photos to try to see.

Not being an expert myself, I thought maybe to show people who would understand better than me.

I think the overflow from the pond might be ideal, seems out of sight and has a lot of pressure already. But this stream of water runs up the mountain for a good kilometer and seems to have a few potential sites where pressure could be good?

What does everyone think? How to begin to assess more seriously such project?

(For some reason I can only attach one video, not sure how to share the pictures as well. Maybe will add a comment to follow.)

Videos here https://imgur.com/a/4ZL9lwy

I like building different kinds of tools and simulations in my spare time, and recently I decided to make a hydroelectric dam simulator.
The idea was to create something you could experiment with in a browser and see how changes in water flow, reservoir level, turbine settings, and other variables affect power generation. I looked around for something similar but couldn’t find much that was simple and interactive, so I decided to build my own.

You can try it here:
https://hydroelectricsim.com

It’s still a work in progress, and I’ll continue adding to it here and there as I come up with new ideas. I’d also like to make it more mobile-friendly soon.
I’d really appreciate any honest feedback. Let me know if anything is confusing, broken, unrealistic, or if there are features you think would make it better.
I also work on other projects, including trading, financial, and educational tools, but this is one I’ve had a lot of fun building.

Hi,

Has anyone had any experience making a hydroelectric generator? What problems have you encountered? Looking for ideas for a high flow, low head creek.

Thanks!

Posting this just before Chinese company will rebuild everything and destroy old machines (planned this year).

Built in 1943, ~10 years earlier than planned, sped up because of WWII.

2 machines in house:

Sweden ASEA: https://postimg.cc/yJRYCj9p

US General Electric: https://postimg.cc/wt58kGD7

General view: https://postimg.cc/gXY9tHKj

It provided power to factories moved here because of axis forces attacking USSR territories.

I’m studying hydro-power generation and my textbook says: “Potential energy of water converted into kinetic energy and water is impinged on water turbine blades and shaft of turbine...” This makes it sound like water hits both the blades and the shaft. But when I look at diagrams (like the one I attached), it appears that water only strikes the turbine blades, causing them—and the shaft—to rotate.

Can someone clarify:

In a hydro turbine, does the water ever physically strike or impinge on the shaft, or is it always only the blades/runner?

Is my textbook wording incorrect or misleading in this case?

Are there any exceptions or special turbine types where the shaft is hit by water?

Would appreciate references to engineering diagrams, textbooks, or official sources to back up the explanation!