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                                             Tidal current linear turbine tests at Orewa River January 2013 See video of linear turbine tests at Orewa river:  click here                     […]

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nd Irrigation Dept. workshop members Mae Hong Son 1984

Drawings for 1 Kilowatt linear turbine

Turbine testing in Japan and Thailand

of original turbine testing in Japan 1984 and Thailand in 1986. Please contact jservice@ihug.co.nz if you are interested in this turbine. Full manufacturing drawings available at my blog  http://kamomei.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-johns-linear-turbine.html.   Open channel flow (river flow) Linear turbine tests Fukui Japan 1984 (Kuzuryu river and irrigation canal). Pumping water and demonstrating able to rotate in same […]

Details of theory, design, and drawings

s of theory, design, drawings, and testing can be found on my blog at: www.kamomei.blogspot.com

Tuapeka turbine at Tuapeka Punt (Clutha river New Zealand) Feb 2012

a turbine ready for launching in the Clutha river at the Tuapeka Punt picnic 26 February 2012  

Tests of Tuapeka turbine at Tuapeka punt picnic

of Tuapeka turbine (linear turbine) at Tuapeka punt picnic on Clutha River New Zealand Feb 26, 2012. Tuapeka punt is operating across river using rudders and river flow to make it move sideways. Tuapeka turbine operates on similar principle with blades suspended on chains and incliined to flow to move sideways and turn wheels […]

Fieldays exhibition June 2012

rk III version of Tuapeka turbine exhibited at Fieldays 2012 at Mystery Creek Hamilton, New Zealand.   Model linear turbine demonstration at Fieldays 16 June 2012.  River simulation using child’s play pool with underwater scooter propulsion unit at far end of test tank, and straightening vanes positioned upstream of turbine.  

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