Ecolcap turbine

The hydraulic wheel Ecolocap is composed by a system which maintains the wheel to a fixed immersion in a river water.

We had done various propaedeutic water tank test to build a 1:1 prototype to put in a river.

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Expected results for different wheel dimensions

Speed flow of the river [m/s]	Wheel diameter [m]	Blade lenght [m]	Blade chord [m]	Boost max [kg]	Torque max [kg m]	Power [kW]	Annual revenues
1	1.2	0.2	0.20	2.74	8.51	0.011	20.35
1.5	1.2	0.2	0.20	6.18	43.09	0.037	68.67
1	4	2	0.68	61.00	56.74	0.245	452.12
1.5	4	2	0.68	137.25	287.26	0.826	1525.91
1	6	4	1.02	183.00	113.49	0.734	1356.36
1.5	6	4	1.02	411.74	574.52	2.479	4577.73

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