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1. Why would spinning the water make it pump out? I didn't see any stator vanes inserted into the tube. 2. Why would the water spin? a. You would need a rotat
by mgsouth 4y ago
1. Why would spinning the water make it pump out? I didn't see any stator vanes inserted into the tube.
2. Why would the water spin?
a. You would need a rotating magnetic field. For single-phase AC this means the equivalent to a shaded-pole motor [1] (which are inefficient). I haven't looked at what the second coil is supposed to be doing, so will give him a (very dubious) pass.
b. How would a rotating magnetic field make the water spin? There is a magnetic moment to a water molecule, but its very, very weak [2]; an MRI needs superconducting magnets Teslas strong to see even microscopic effects. Magnetic stirrers are a thing [3], but they require a magnet or piece of metal in the medium which actually moves the water.
3. Claims 500m^3/hr, head (amount water is lifted) looks about a meter. Uh, no. That would be 8,300 liters (US: 2,200 gallons) per minute, 138 liters (36 gal) every second. Visually, looks more like 1/2 - 2 gallons/sec (30 - 120 gpm, 2 - 8 lps, 120 - 480 lpm, 7 - 30 m^3/hr)
4. Looking at pumps on Grainger:
a. 115v, 0.10 hp, 855 gph @ 5 ft head. You'd need 150 of these to get the claimed flow. My estimated flow would need 2 - 8 of them.
b. 115/230vac, 1/3 hp, 37 gpm @ 20 ft head. My estimated flow would require 1 - 4 of these.
c. 115/230vac, 0.75 hp, 70 gpm @ 20 ft head. Claimed flow would require 30. My estimated flow would need between 0.5 to 2.
So it looks like he's got about a 1/2 hp (0.35 kw) pump connected somewhere. While a microwave primary coil can handle 1 - 1.5 kw, there's no way he could get that kind of efficiency.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaded-pole_motor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaded-pole_motor
[2] https://lambdageeks.com/is-water-magnetic/ https://lambdageeks.com/is-water-magnetic/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stirrer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_stirrer