Gravity Mill - any comments to this idea?

[hartiberlin]

It seems we really need a 2 part system to get this device to work as we have so far worked out here. With 2 parts I mean the basic watercase, the pipes and the shuttle and the second part I mean the upper reservoir with its shuttle recompression mechanics and waterwheel for energy extraction.

[hartiberlin]

Ahh, I guess I just found a solution to circumvent the recompression of the shuttle by turning the watercase by 180 degrees, after the shuttle has lifted all the water above it !

[hartiberlin]

Imagine, the basic watercase with the 2 (now indeed 3) tubes has a symmetrical axis. now the shuttle just delivers the water as before to the upper reservoir ! After this is done, the exit pipe is closed and pulled off from the upper reservoir and the water up there is used via the generated torque of a waterwheel to rotate the whole watercase with the shuttle and mainpipe ! this way the shuttle will then be again down at 10 meter, when the whole watercase has turned by 180 degrees ! Great idea !

[hartiberlin]

You then have 3 tubes. One main tube, where the shuttle slides up and down in and 2 exit tubes, one at each side. There must be valves at the exit tubes and the lower one is always closed. This way the shuttle has a fixed volume and does not need to be changed ! Also there needs to be no recompression device ! Major breakthrough ! we only need some more passive valves, so the water can go its way it want to go and the main water tank must be put on a turnable axis and the upper water reservoir must stay in its place as before. The pumped up water will be used to turn the main watercase and additionally a generator for the output. Enjoy. Regards, Stefan.

[hartiberlin]

Think about it, the shuttle is at the top of the main pipe, now the whole watercase will turn by 180 degrees. This means the shuttle is now again at the buttom of the watercase and can again lift the water above up via the next exitpipe into the upper reservoir. now this cycle repeats and repeats again. The upper reservoir water must also be returned into the lower watercase. This can be done at the right moment after it has driven a waterwheel to generate output power.