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.

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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