Steady progress in setting up the test equipment on the output shaft of the Hales Turbine prototype with the help of MSC students from Kingston University, also the large drive pulley needed to convert the slow rotation of the turbine to a usable speed on a PM generator has been made and we have been temporarily fitting to work out the vee belt lengths etc.
One really annoying piece of news is that the special low speed mechanical Dyna meter made by Hales Energy Ltd has been stolen out of a private garage in Hampton, London where it was being stored , probably sold to a scrap yard for 50 pence so now a new unit is being built.
Some good news is that the carbon fibre blades had been delivered from the guys from the Department of Engineering Materials of Sheffield University. looking very smart and about half the weight of the ABS plastic blades.
First they have to be tested to make sure they are watertight and to find the amount of buoyancy and then the shafts drilled and sealed for fitting to the prototype.
The English weather is not helping this time of year but always look on the bright side, the snow melt will add to the Ebb tide flows on the river.
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