Tommey Reed's Liquid Piston Test Chamber.

[TommeyReed]

Hi All,

This is a interesting Pelton wheel with a 1:6.66 gear ratio.

So I did a basic output this should produce using 60psi and a 0.25 jet.

I did add a lost, but 365watts seem very impressive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4wUiVYGskc

Tom

[TommeyReed]

Hi All,

Ok, ready to do a test run on this pelton turbine set up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0rvT1xd83c

Tom

[TommeyReed]

Hi All,

This is the pelton wheel connected to a low rpm generator test run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIsVgwjBYYg

Tom

[TommeyReed]

Hi All,

New update on this liquid piston combustion chamber and how it works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-fw1_OLjGs

Tom

[Cloxxki]

That's a lot of liquid cylinder mass to be sent out with the combution. It better be mouted to something really solid and heavy because it will jar like the rocket is landing on the setup rather than softly setting off.
The liquid sloshing and being pressed around bends and hitting turbines will be a far cry from crank efficiencies of course. But yes, you could have a large spinning toroid accumulator to receive liquid being squirted out, catch and store its kinetic energy and mass.

Rather than a light piston that stays in the cylinder you have a heavy liquid one that needs to come in and rush out. Is this then a pump without the usual rotating parts, by incorporating it into the ICE that would often be driving it anyway?
The water does share the cylinder with the combustion so it may not be too easy to certify for drink water projects ;-) If it were hydrogen combustion I guess that would be a lot better already. With a bit of water at the top of the liquid piston touching a super hot filament, you might even get the H and O split as needed to not have to bring in external fuel, only electrical power for the heat and if needed spark. "Self fuelling water pump" has a nice ring to it ;-)