Our Goals - Water wheel project

Our project is to build a hydroelectric system as part of our sustainability issue.

PLAN:
Our final goal is to complete this build and have it running efficiently - we will avoid power loss and waste by making adjustments and tweaks along the way.

Our steps so far:

- Investigated the stream

 - Collected the SmartDrive motor

- Began to research parts in a hydroelectric system

- Began to design then started building the water wheel

 - Ordered online necessary parts



Our steps for the future:

- Finish building water wheel

- Rewire SmartDrive

- Setup water wheel with SmartDrive, adjust for peak performance and test on load

- Wait for parts to arrive 

- Install ordered parts

- Lead wires to house/Caravan



- Test our system along the way, there will most likely be failures so we will have to try fix them as best as possible, and this will take time. Depending on the issues, such as the electrical parts or the spinning of the water wheel, our project may take shorter or longer


Other People's Water Wheels:
https://wonderopolis.org/wp-content/uploads//2014/11/dreamstime_xl_32887999-Custom.jpg
Overshot Water Wheel

Waterwheel, Wood, Bach, Model, Bastelset, Waterfall
https://pixabay.com/p-778801/?no_redirect
Undershot Water Wheel

http://cdntct.com/tct/pic/city/lanzhou/attractions/Waterwheel-Park-4.jpg
Overshot Water Wheel

http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Hydro/FlowOfRiver/img46.jpg
Undershot Water Wheel


Possible rewiring for the SmartDrive motor:
Since our SmartDrive motor is 36 poles, I have found some rewiring diagrams that may work for us. There are more out there but these may be ideal. Rewiring like this will lower the voltage and increase the amps.





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