DIRECTORS FROM HALES WATER TURBINES LTD HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY A UNIVERSITY IN IRAN TO PROVIDE BOTH SUITABLE TESTING PROTOCOLS AND PROGRAMME TO EXPAND THE COUNTRY'S RESEARCH INTO THE POTENTIAL TIDAL STREAM ENERGY IN THE STRAITS OF HORMOZGAN AS WELL AS TIDAL TURBINES.
DETAILED DISCUSSIONS ARE IN HAND FOR HWT TO DESIGN A PRIMARY PROGRAMME USING A SINGLE 1MX1M HALES TURBINE UNIT COMPLETE WITH VENTURI DUCTING AND DEBRIS SCREEN AND A 5KW PERMANANT MAGNET GENERATOR AND TEST EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE INSTALLED ON TO A SUITABLE BARGE, THIS TO ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY AND SELECTED STUDENTS TO BOTH UNDERSTAND THE RANGE AND PERFORMANCE OF THE HALES REACTION TYPE TIDAL STEAM TURBINE , ALSO TO RESEARCH THE WIDE RANGE OF LOCATIONS THIS TYPE OF TURBINE CAN OPERATE IN WITH HIGH TURBULANCE FOUND CLOSE TO SHORE AND IN ALL LEVELS OF THE WATER COLUMN IN THIS AREA, WHICH CANNOT BE HARVESTED BY CONVENTIONAL PROPELLER OR FOIL TYPE TIDAL TURBINES.
IT IS PLANNED THAT THIS FIRST PROGRAMME WITH BE FOLLOWED BY LARGER CONTRA-ROTATIONAL HALES TURBINE UNITS THAT CAN BE INSTALLED IN MODULAR STACKS, SIMILAR TO THE TIDAL FENCE DESIGNS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
HALES WATER TURBINES LTD DIRECTORS WILL ACT AS CONSULTANTS ON THE PROGRAMME.
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