MODIFICATION OF OLD WATER-RUN MILLS AND SAWS INTO EFFICIENT ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS

Tema diplomskega dela je predelava starih mlinov in žag, ki jih poganja voda, v male elektrarne. Ob tem je pomembno tudi ohranjanje tehnične dediščine. Osrednji problem obravnavane teme je bila sprememba vrtilne frekvence vodnega kolesa v vrtilno frekvenco, potrebno za pridobivanje električne energije. Za to pretvorbo sem izbral jermenske prenose, jih preračunal ter s tem določil končno moč, koliko naj bi takšna elektrarna proizvedla. Ugotovil sem, da bi v primeru predelave vseh za to ustreznih mlinov in izgradnjo modernih elektrarn na lokacijah, kjer so prej tovrstni mlini stali, lahko proizvedli ogromno količino koristne in čiste električne energije.The diploma revolves around the modification of an old water-run mill or saw into a small electric plant and also conserving the technical heritage. The main problem was to convert the rotation frequency from the water wheel into the frequency needed for processing electrical energy. For that conversion I used fan belt converters, calculated them and came to the resulting power that such a power plant would issue. I figured that if all the water run mills that exist would be converted into smaller power plants and if the locations of former mills would be used to create modern small power plants we could create a lot of beneficial and clean electric energy