Engineers Without Borders New Zealand (EWBNZ) project
21 December, 2012: Presently preparing linear turbine for testing in tidal flow (moon power).
Plan to get everyone together
early in the New Year after the Christmas new year break.
I will try and do some tests before then, so I can determine what people
can work on.
Some possible things to work on are:
1) improving the design to be stronger and lighter weight.
2) Simplifying the design to make it more suitable for manufacture in
developing countries.
3) Checking on the strength of components. I suspect the bicycle chain
drive may not be strong enough for 1 kilowatt generators.
4) Considering different type of generator (instead of car alternator),
e.g. slow speed generator which does not need step up drive such as a Fisher
Paykel smart drive motor/generator
4) Improving the blade design. The blades should probably be wider to make
them more stable.
5) Possibly making up new larger diameter wheels, to give more spacing
between upstream and downstream blades.
6) Possibly designing an intermediate row of stator guide vanes to give
better flow direction between upstream and downstream blades.
7) Setting up a webpage to educate people how to make their own linear
turbine.
8) work on computer program based on program in first and second ASME papers
