The file 'Archimedes Screw Hydropower – HydroArc 3D Printer Model' is (stl) file type, size is 1.8MB.
For making hydropower in the river or creek, you could dam it up if need with larger rocks and put this infront when its not a rainy month where debres could fly into it though it should handle it ok. this could very easily could make 5 volts probably more like 12 when fully submersed and geared for the torque. I made the holes for 1/4 inch threadrod but wire would be ideal for this aswell so I may release another version for wire cable still.
could be sized to fit into a tube and have a wide inlet to funnel more pressure. also the z can be scaled down to spin faster.
unprinted and untested. I might actually suggest going with the 2754011 thing and trying to add more generators to it.
Hydroarc3 is only 3 inches tall I'm hoping it will print in a reasonable ammount of time and still be rigid enough. The circular print rings on bottom are for removing after print has finished.
Hydroarc4 and 5 are just tests for now. not for printing ziptie the plastic sheets cut from pop bottles onto the center. i think 100mm x 150 mm should be large enough to make something work. looks like i used 75 x 5 instead of 72 for the angles hopefully it spins ok still. says 1 hour print time for hydroarc4.
Hydroarc 7 says 4 hours and hydroarc 7large 7 hours. considerable time reduction from the more detailed first versions.
Be sure to smooth corners to make it fish safe.
Would say this makes 20-50 watts but probably more like 150 - 200.
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/FreeEnergy-12V-24V-DC-Permanent-Magnet-Motor-Generator-for-Wind-Turbine-PMA-350W/132083425769 motor like this should work good for generating. there are cheeper options though.
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Mini-Micro-Small-3-phase-Wind-Turbines-Hand-Alternator-Generator-3V-24v-12v-New/282101871316 , other project claimed this was about 5 volts 0.2amps
Updates:
was able to print v3 of this took 8 hours, next time I would like to print v7 to see performance difference and 4 hour print time.
made 4 motor version of the generator , still untested, might use thrust bearings instead also might need to thicken the base and add rope attachments. gears line up but might be off center a littlebit, v2 is ready hopefully that is fixed
Other Good Ideas
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2754011 could make a generator such as this one. or print a simple gearbox to up the rpm for 1/4 inch threadrod version.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Natural+Wood+Wind+Spinner
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:11640 another good idea for using blinds to make a large surface area water wheel. zipties/hotglue might work good to hold blinds on
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3616584 found this too
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