🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWe visited the Falkirk Wheel last month! It lifts 500 tonnes 80ft into the air using only 1.5KWh of power (it's actually energy N•m/s).lemmy.worldimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1imageWe visited the Falkirk Wheel last month! It lifts 500 tonnes 80ft into the air using only 1.5KWh of power (it's actually energy N•m/s).lemmy.world🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square2fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredetwaft@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year ago1.5kWh of energy, not power. And it’s not lifting 500 tons. Each bucket weighs 500 tons (regardless of boat or no boat, due to displacement physics), it is in almost perfect balance. The motor simply has to rotate the mechanism against frictional losses.
1.5kWh of energy, not power.
And it’s not lifting 500 tons. Each bucket weighs 500 tons (regardless of boat or no boat, due to displacement physics), it is in almost perfect balance. The motor simply has to rotate the mechanism against frictional losses.