ch 2016: Flume test of linear turbine; pumping water, and flow speed measurement

inear turbine test on Waimana river about 6 km past Taneatua near Whakatane, New Zealand. March 14, 2015. Pumping water and generating power for light bulb.

turbine test Heathcote river Christchurch April 14, 2014. Pumping water to 5 meters high. Mini linear turbine test Heathcote river Christchurch April 14, 2014. Pumping water showing low head approx 1 meter, and high head approx 6 meters. Mini Linear turbine test Heathcote river Christchurch April 14, 2014. Showing vane operation, and pumping water […]

g generator powering light bulb. Pump disconnected. Some vanes not setting, possibly due to uneven river flow.

inear turbine test Rakaia River, Canterbury New Zealand April 9, 2014. Pumping water and generating power to small car tailight bulb using treadmill motor/generator. Power to light is disconnected near end of video and speed and pump flow rate increases slightly due to reduced load.

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

nd Irrigation Dept. workshop members Mae Hong Son 1984

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 […]

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

ikato River is the longest river in New Zealand. In the North Island, it runs for 425 kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and emptying intoLake Taupo, New Zealand’s largest lake. It drains Taupo at the lake’s northeastern edge, creates the Huka Falls, and then flows northwest, […]