Polarman

Hi volzon! Maybe you misunderstood my question about how much of the load that have to be regulated? I thought that if you had mostly all effect (up to 80 %) used all the time, and then the rest (10+-%) would be the adjustable (when you put in the owen) I think that will go fine with no regulation, if you could accept a little change of output voltage. If your powerplant is planned for several households, and all power have to be adjustable, I think the best solution is to use a tacometer on the generator, combined with a simple PLS to adjust the inlet needle with an electric actuator. Of course you know that the constant load will require constant maximum waterflow on the turbine. That's not a problem if you always have enough water. I'm sorry I cannot give any advice on tyristors/triacs.

Hi tnk2k! I agree that burning off power is waste of energy, but the reason why volzon ??? want to keep constant load on his generator is maybe because he's of some reason is unable to connect to grid. If you have the possibility of connecting to the grid; then the problem is solved, and you can forget about constant load problems.

Hi volzon! A company called IREM located in Spain or Italy have solutions with constant load for their small turbines for "standing alone" use. I'm not sure if their system handle as much power as you've got- There might be other solutions, but then I need some more information about your system. 1: What sort of generator? 2: What sort of turbine? 3: Is there a flywheel in your construction? 4: How much of the total load do you need to have adjustable? I have the same challenge with my 4 kwa generator, and have some ideas of how to solve the problem.