Rain Gutter Power Generation

Assume that when it is raining water is collected in the gutter that surrounds a building s roof.

Rain gutter power generation. In a rain gutter you don t have that push. Miniscule power might be overcome by stacking a bunch of units maybe. What is rainwater power. Feasibility of rainwater as a source of renewable energy.

Seamless aluminum rain gutters can be utilized in both residential and commercial construction in addition to any location of the u s. To generate enough hydropower to charge anything you d need a lot of downward pressure says bob bass a power engineer at portland state university. The actual results of the gutter generator were less than what was expected. The high capacity gutter channels and redirects rainwater to help prevent garden erosion and foundation damage.

I wonder about junk in the incoming water. Our device uses water pressure from gutter downspouts to generate electricity during heavy rainfall and storms where solar panels will not be as effective. We have been inspired to create a device that will create electricity cleanly and support areas in which other alternative sources may not be as applicable. The generator s output was around 1 3 watts of electricity less than 1 3rd of the predicted amount.

The downspout shielded the stream of water from wind and directed it to a turbine at the ground level. The system prototyped consisted of a gutter assembly that collected and funneled water from the roof to a downspout. In the rainiest months the generator was expected to only output 0 6 watt hours per day and in the driest months less than 0 12. One leaf could do a number on a 1 2 pipe much less a microturbine with its teeny.

The vinyl material resists rusting and corrosion. Now consider turning the rainwater that runs into that gutter into electricity.