Water power engine

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A Water power engine includes prime movers driven by water and which may be classified under 3 categories.[1]

  • Water pressure motors, having a piston and cylinder with inlet and outlet valves: their action is that analogous of a steam- or gas-engine with water as the working fluid - see water engine;
  • Water-wheels;[2]
  • Turbines, deriving their energy from high velocity jet of jets (the impulse machine), or from water supplied under pressure and passing through the vanes of a runner which is thereby caused to rotate (the reaction type).

To continue, Hydro Power is generated by using electricity generators to extract energy from moving water. Also, today it is used to produce energy from something as simple as streams or rivers. The are pros and cons along with this creation as well. A small-scale Micro Hydro Power a reliable and long lasting piece of technology. Cons would be just general limitations. The technology hasn't gone that far just yet basically. It is a key to renewable and clean energy.[3]

See also

Renewable energy

References

  1. ↑ Singer, Charles Joseph; Raper, Richard. A history of technology : edited by Charles Singer ... [et al.]. Clarendon Press, 1954-1978. History e-book project.. ACLS Humanities E-book. Vol 5. p.527
  2. ↑ Singer, Charles Joseph. Ibid. and at Volume 2. Chap. 17. and Volume 4. Chap. 7.
  3. ↑ http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/micro-hydro-power-pros-and-cons/


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