Water wheel cleaning the Jones Falls in Baltimore

[Markbnj]

This is pretty neat. Perhaps a little enviro-gimmicky but still cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5l7s6wC50g

 

[twinrider1]

That is cool.

 

[BoomerD]

People in Baltimore are pigs.

 

[Ruptga]

That's fairly clever in its simplicity. And, since it and the rate of trash buildup are both tied to the current, it should always operate only as quickly as needed.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Neat idea.

 

[Phoenix86]

Tree huggers get something right every now and then.:thumbsup:

 

[darkewaffle]

People in Baltimore are pigs.

Oh, it's not just Baltimore lol.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Seems amazingly complex for no reason. A post in the waterway with a floating line across the top of the waterway would do the same thing (skim the top of the water). Angled off to the side, the current should drag all the objects right into a collection area.

 

[Markbnj]

Seems amazingly complex for no reason. A post in the waterway with a floating line across the top of the waterway would do the same thing (skim the top of the water). Angled off to the side, the current should drag all the objects right into a collection area.

But then you have to get all that floating trash out of the water and into some container. This machine does that and uses no power. I would have said: "elegant in its simplicity", not "amazingly complex."

 

[Phoenix86]

Well it does have a bit of a rube goldberg feel to it.

 

[Ruptga]

Would it seem simpler if the wheel drove a generator that drove the conveyor? That would be less efficient and more expensive than what they are using now.

 

[MrPickins]

Excellent idea. :thumbsup:

Well it does have a bit of a rube goldberg feel to it.

How so?

Waterwheels are one of the most primitive types of industrial equipment...