Unique ideas of green power generation

We get many good ideas daily. So do I, and when I try to remember them on a later date I keep forgetting the details. We forget our best ideas and no one will ever benefit from them.

So when the ideas below came to my mind this time I decided to 1st make a very rough sketch of my idea and so that I can later on develop on it in detail when needed, with comments and suggestions from experts all over the globe now that I have posted it on Blogger.com, and then with detail drawings and specifications it can be put to good use for man-kind freely by whomsoever it may concern, so keep looking my for updates on this blog.

and don't forget to comment.

here come the sketches :-

1. River Weir Power Generator (We will refer to this as RWPG-Power Plant in our discussions later on)

A weir of suitable height is made in rivers along its flow direction with proper calculation to allow as well as store water this wear will have flood gates and also turbine generators to generate electricity.

The weirs will be built as per the reduced levels of the bottom of river bed as it slopes down towards the sea. The idea is not to make a dam to store water , it is just to regulate water by training the river to spin the turbine generators at required speed range under all conditions of volume of flow of water.

The weir will also keep water level at required level and save the water from free flow into oceans. These rives full of weirs along their course maybe miles apart depending on how the level of the river bed slopes itself toward the sea.

As the flow of river is being slowed down the water will remain for a longer period at a higher flood level and recharge the ground water in a better way leading to greener fields along the river, improving agricultural quality of soil.

Agriculture is main occupation of majority Indians, so from these weirs canals / pipelines can be made / laid to divert water to longer distances from where people can harness , excess water during monsoon and floods.

here's the sketch (oops a bit smudgy)

here comes the second one -

2. Railway Steel Bridge Under-Deck Power Generator (we will call it RUB-Power Plant in short)

Now that the infrastructure is already there, a sturdy and strong steel bridge built by the railways on the river for passenger and goods train to cross at high speeds. Why not place a electric turbine generator below this bridge.

her comes the sketch - again i am sorry its very roughly made but it will give you a very good idea of the arrangement. (Note ....i am a construction engineer and i dont know what time ill be back from site to make the study deeper and sketches better!!!!)

Here we have to put a sensor so that the turbine can be kept at required level for it to function properly.

For this the turbine shall be lowered by a sturdy telescopic column so that it can be lowered or raised automatically by the energy generated by flowing river itself by mechanical arrangement.

I have a feeling again that since we require flow of water, for the flowing water to remain in river all through the year, weirs will still be required along the river route in steps, if the river is of type that dries out. These weirs must have gates to control the flow. Such type of river training is must nowadays. Weir will be so useful also to divert the water into meandering canals all around its catchment area.

3. Power Flotilla (we will call it PF- Hydro Power Plant in short)

This will not only cost very low but will also not require any calculation to be done for floods, foundations, structures etc.

see my sketch below:- i have tried to make it a bit better than the ones above.

In all the above cases and in this case also we will need a good sensitive turbine generator. Now thats because we need to generate enough power to sustain the operation and maintenance of such plants. Distribution may not be a problem as power grid in our country is fabulously arranged so far.

There's more to come depends on when the lightning will strike in my mind (lol) !!!!