Hydroelectirc wheel at Kuckucksmuehle
Description
This project is about researching and implementing an hydroelectric solution for the Kuckucksmühle (Kum).
Constraints
- Legal issues (the right to use the water)
- Water needs to continuously flowing (at the moment a beaver damn ensures that) but officially there is no creek on the map anymore
- foundation of the mill and structure of the building needs to be checked for suitability and/or restoration of it.
Goals
Produce electric energy for infrastructure or services of Kum.
Ideas for usage
Powering sets of small computers for providing dedicated servers for small applications 100% renewable.
Research needed
How much water do we have? How much energy can we harvest from that?
Measuring the water level over a year. Implementing a water flow meter that is non intrusive.
First Ideas:
A camera that makes photos every hour and calculates the amount of water flowing through by hight of the water level exiting the tunnel of the bridge.