January 17, 2009 08:20AM
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there was this topic along time ago about a strange device (invented way back in time, like hundreds of years). it looks like a big plum, has some ingenious things inside and is able to bring the water from a small river uphill. not too much, but still uphill.
does anybody remember it ? i have no idea what keywords to search for thanks -- A physics truck just turned over outside. There's physics everywhere! |
January 17, 2009 09:33AM
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January 17, 2009 11:06AM
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January 17, 2009 11:08AM
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c'mon, it's a real thing.
LE: ok, i found it. it's called hydraulic ram. [en.wikipedia.org] -- A physics truck just turned over outside. There's physics everywhere! Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2009 11:09AM by jaffar. |
January 17, 2009 01:28PM
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That's actually kind of cool I immediately started thinking of ways to harness the energy of the water that had been lifted. When enough has been lifter to a reservoir or storage tank, it could be released to power some sort of electric generator or even a water wheel. I didn't read anything about flow rates so don't know if it the throughput of the ram could be made efficient enough to lift the volume of water needed for any useful energy generation. Certainly if this device was tapped into the city water mains supplying your house, you could make use of the energy for free |
January 17, 2009 01:58PM
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[www.clemson.edu] -- A physics truck just turned over outside. There's physics everywhere! |
January 17, 2009 02:37PM
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Well then, in the absence of a fast flowing stream, the city water pipe sounds like the logical source |
January 17, 2009 02:39PM
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Well then, in the absence of a fast flowing stream, the city water pipe sounds like the logical source |