Sunday20 May 2012

Noria

The Project

Power generation system from draft animals. It is a Ferris wheel, at first as most suitable setting for 4 draft animals (oxen, horses, etc.)..

The generation system consists of a specific accumulator pump at low rpm and centrifugal clutch hydraulic accumulator and generation by regulated alternator 220v 50Hz. This configuration gives a maintenance free life of more than 20 years.

This system has been designed with the aim of supplying power to mobile water purification 3rd places. world, where the use of draft animals is common (Africa, India, Indonesia etc.). With one of the Noria 4 Oxen can get drinking water for people 4.000/6.000 / day.

This project has a clear humanitarian as 1,200 miles. people lack safe drinking water and today the consumption of unsafe water kills more people than AIDS, Tuberculosis and diabetes together, ie more than 6 mill. people

The System