LOW VELOCITY TIDAL - THE NEW BUZZ WORDS IN RENEWABLES

     THE  NEW BUZZ WORDS GOING AROUND THE RENEWABLE WORLD THAT ARE STARTING TO ALLOW PEOPLES THE  VISION OF  A RAPID WAY FORWARD TO HARVESTING  USEFUL AMOUNTS OF ENERGY IS:-

LOW -VELOCITY FLOWS

     A LARGE NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE STARTING TO PROVIDE SERIOUS FUNDING AMOUNTS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOP INTO NEW TYPES OF  PROTOTYPES TIDAL TURBINES THAT CAN PRODUCE A TURBINE EFFICIENCY THAT IS HIGH ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THE COST.        

  RESEARCH AND TIDAL TURBINE DEVELOPMENT BY THE HALES WATER TURBINES LTD HAS ALREADY DESIGNED AND PRODUCED A STANDARD 1MX1M ENTRY TURBINE UNIT THAT CAN BE EXPANDED IN MODULAR FORM TO PRODUCE A LARGER UNIT OUTPUT AND BOOSTED IN PERFORMANCE BY VENTURI DUCTING.

  PRODUCTION DRAWINGS ARE ALSO IN HAND FOR A LARGER CONTRA-ROTATIONAL UNIT THAT CAN GREATLY EXPAND THE CAPACITY AND ALSO IMPROVE THE EXPECTED TURBINE'S EFFICIENCY.

THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, WATER POWER TECHNOLOGIES OFFICE IS SPENDING AN EXTRA $25 MILLION DOLLAR ON RESEARCH ON THIS NEW AREA AT PLACES SUCH AS FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY AND PLACES SUCH AS THE MRECO TIDAL TEST CENTRE IN FLORIDA.

ANOTHER ORGANIZATION  IN SINGAPORE IS ALSO PLANNING TO USE THE SENTOSA TIDAL TEST CENTRE TO DO THE SAME CONFORMATION TESTING OF THE HALES TURBINE AND OTHERS TO THEN DEPLOY IN THE VAST NUMBER OF POTENTIAL COASTAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT ASIA.

THE HALES STANDARD TIDAL TURBINE , THAT OPERATES AS A REACTION TURBINE ON A VERTICAL SHAFT WAS DESIGNED AND TESTED IN 0.7 - 1.0 M/S FLOWS.

PAUL HALES

DIRECTOR

HALES WATER TURBINES LTD