[RE-wrenches] Grid-tie hydro

[Randy Brooks]

Oops, the dump load water heater is at the turbine, not the  
inverter.  :)

Randy Brooks
Brooks Solar, Inc.
Solar Power for People
140 Columbia View
Chelan, WA  98816
509-682-9646
Randy at BrooksSolar.com
www.BrooksSolar.com

On Apr 22, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Randy Brooks wrote:

> Mark,
>
> PowerSpout, from New Zealand, (www.powerspout.com) makes a grid tie  
> version of their turbine that includes a dump load water heater at  
> the inverter and uses an SMA grid tie inverter.  Worth checking into.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Randy Brooks
> Brooks Solar, Inc.
> Solar Power for People
> 140 Columbia View
> Chelan, WA  98816
> 509-682-9646
> Randy at BrooksSolar.com
> www.BrooksSolar.com
>
> On Apr 22, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Mark Dickson wrote:
>
>> Hello Wrenches,
>>
>> Got one for you. . .
>>
>> We have a customer that has great potential for a micro-hydro  
>> system and already has the grid on his property.  The obvious way  
>> to tie the turbine unit in would be to go back through batteries  
>> and a GVFX or XW.  In trying to eliminate the batteries and the  
>> inefficiencies I want to look at using a battery-less grid-tie  
>> inverter.  I am assuming that I could use a small inverter such as  
>> the PVP 1100 and high-voltage Stream Engine.  The problem I am  
>> trying to work around is how to divert the ~240DC output of the  
>> turbine, if and when the grid goes down.  Would this be as simple  
>> a placing a relay on the AC side of the inverter and having it  
>> switch on/off a large diversion load?
>>
>> For the diversion load I was thinking I could just series up a set  
>> of water heater elements to get to the necessary voltage.
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anybody accomplished this before?  Jay?  Are there any other  
>> elegant solutions for this?
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anybody successfully used a WindyBoy with hydro?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Dickson,
>>
>> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer ™
>>
>> Oasis Montana Inc.
>>
>>
>>
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