Open AccessW4E HYDROPOWER DIRECT DRIVE IN-LINE HYDROTURBINE GENERATOR FULL SCALE PROTOTYPE VALIDATION TESTING REPORT MAY 2013 ALDEN LABORATORIES
Author(s) -
Chad W Cox
Publication year - 2013
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1096577
Subject(s) - stator , generator (circuit theory) , hydropower , steam turbine , electricity , full scale , marine engineering , line (geometry) , computer science , automotive engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , power (physics) , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics
The W4E is a patent-pending, direct-drive, variable force turbine/generator. The equipment generates electricity through the water dependent engagement of a ring of rotating magnets with coils mounted on a stator ring. Validation testing of the W4e was performed at Alden Laboratories in the Spring of 2013. The testing was independently observed and validated by GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. The observations made during testing and the results of the testing are included in the Test Summary Repor