Laboratory Scale Version – Williams Cross-Flow Turbine (WCT)
Research Results:
- Identified fundamental performance characteristics for the WCT design versus other patented designs
- Confirmed turbine performance characteristics utilizing…
– Simulated river levels
– Generator loading conditions
– Varying number of blades
Blade attachment designs - Confirmed insignificant turbine performance sensitivity to indeterminate design factors
- Confirmed turbine design hydraulic energy conversion efficiency at greater than 80%
- Confirmed optimum full-scale turbine rotational speed at less than 50 RPM
- Developed scalar factors predicting design parameters and performance of the full-scale model.
- Confirmed predicted full-scale turbine output capability at anticipated range of river flow rates