Forum de la petite hydroélectricité

Hello Frenchriverland,

your posts in English are welcome !
vos commentaires en anglais sont les bienvenus !

I would have 2 questions for you (sorry if I do not employ the right technical english words):
J'aurais 2 questions (désolé pour la mauvaise traduction)

a) What is your feeling about wooden bearings, did you have good or bad experiences with them, would you rebuild a vintage wooden bearing like original, or would you replace wood with some modern material ?
Quel est votre sentiment à propos des paliers en bois, en avez-vous une bonne ou mauvaise impression, reconstruiriez-vous à l'original, ou utiliseriez-vous des matériaux modernes ?

b) How is hydroelectricity accepted in US, is there a tendancy to destroy vintage dams to facilitate fish travels for example (that's what we have in Europe) ?
Comment l'hydroélectricité est-elle acceptée aux USA, y a-t-il une tendance à détruire les anciens barrages pour faciliter la circulation des poissons (c'est ce qui se passe en Europe) ?

Here below a very modest turbine rebuild in a vintage mill of France (no heavy trucks or cranes here, just hoists, ropes, and time ...)
Ci-dessous la modeste réhabilitation d'une turbine dans un ancien moulin de France (pas de camions géants ou de grues ici, juste des palans, cordes, et du temps ...)

Best regards

didier Beaume

Hi!!

Its me again!! I thought you folks, over the other side of the ocean, would enjoy perusing an ancient Charmilles Catalouge. I have never encountered a Charmilles turbine in the US. They seem to be a high quality turbine that I would expect from famous French engineers. I have owned several Peugots. My favorite was a 505S with the leather seats and the high performance super charged engine!! It was a "chick magnet"!!!!!!

http://frenchriverland.com/charmilles_turbines.htm

Thanks for your interest!!! Je t'aime hydro. je t'aime France.

Swift River Hydro Company was the first to use ESAC turbines in the US. We installed 6 units at our Collins, Chicopee Falls and Sebec hydroelectric stations. I have a lot of information on Dumont-Schneider generators, Ropec Seals and Comelor speed increasers and ESAC turbines. Please see the following links:

http://frenchriverland.com/esac_works_july_1985.htm

http://frenchriverland.com/esac.htm

Enjoy!!!

Bill Fay

Hi Guys:

Thought you would be interested in perusing these 1930's vintage photos of the construction of Claytor Dam:

http://frenchriverland.com/claytor_dam.htm

Sincerely,

Bill fay

Magnifiques photos !!!
Vraiment très interessant .
Gilles

Dear Sirs:

My son and I needed to rebuild our wooden flood gate at our Tannery Pond Hydro Station. Please see the attached Picasa web album link to see how we did it with no crane:

http://picasaweb.google.com/frenchriver ... ITx2OuCmAE#

Sincerely,

Bill Fay

Bonsoir,

pour info je transmets ci-joint un exemple d'application de ces produits, reçu ce jour :
Cordialement

dB-)

Hi Guys:

We are furiously trying to make power for the first of the year. One of my two rebuilt generators arrived yesterday. Please see www.frenchriverland.com for photos. If you want to see more details, I added a link to the captions to a Picasa web album that has lots more photos.

Sincerely,

Bill Fay

Bonjour à tous,

Parmis vous tous y a t'il des utilisateur de turbine kaplan axe verticale avec une étanchéité au niveau du palier inférieur réalisé avec un presse étoupe ?
Comment l'avez vous réglé? Sur mon instalation, je n'ai qu'un seul anneau en tresse de 30x30mm suifé.

Merci pour vos réponse,

Salutations frédéric.