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1 <br /> Turbines&Generators <br /> for a wide variety of applications.They can <br /> be mounted with the turbine shaft vertical, <br /> "` horizontal,or at any angle`a,`, `, ,?„� Y gle in between.Their <br /> ,{, \�;;s relatively light weight(3600 pounds for a 100kW 1. Y� 1, rr unit,to 12,000 pounds for 2500kW)and the <br /> i fact they can be installed either above water or <br /> completely submerged means less civil work.A <br /> power house building is not necessary. <br /> f ..,A- Figure 4B is an illustration of the ATS and an <br /> `i1!i:1J.1.'1.1x'✓E!"° j I•. example mounting rack for installation.The unit <br /> i I ' I can be mounted on rollers so it can be easily <br /> Li, 1 I I ti moved from its operating location to a nearby <br /> 1:-. 4*-'''' i 4‘. -- -r.t-� maintenance station(Figure 4A)where it can <br /> 1 I y be tilted and maintained.The unit is designed <br /> for removal/repair/replacement in only one day. <br /> 111 This contrasts with weeks or months required for <br /> _ other technologies. <br /> The units can be installed in dam bulkheads <br /> in a weir,in canals or conduits,submerged <br /> Below:Figure 3:The ATS-63 Low head hydro integrated turbine/generator in a bypass dam or canal,or in any variety of <br /> Above:Figure 4:a)Example of the maintenance position;b)Example of the operating position retrofit applications to replace existing older <br /> units. For example,if an existing plant has its <br /> hydro turbines in a pit outside the generator <br /> result in light-weight turbine/generators that can demonstration unit will be made entirely of hall and connected through a bulkhead to the <br /> be mass-produced,lowering manufacturing time composite materials. Portions of the unit will generators by power shafts,the ATS-63 turbine/ <br /> labour and cost". be made using 3D printing techniques,within generator can replace the turbines submerged <br /> The ATS-63 has been in development since the current state-of.the art.The demonstration in the turbine pits.The generator hall can be <br /> 2009,with investor funding and assistance from project Includes additional research to enable emptied of equipment because it would no <br /> the State of Iowa,Lee County,and the City of additional portions of the unit to be built using longer be required. In multi-unit applications, <br /> Keokuk.A 1/B-scale model unit was successfully 3D printing materials and techniques as that the mass-produced ATS units can be installed <br /> tested for hydraulic and electrical performance technology continues to mature in standardised,"cookie-cutter"fashion, <br /> by the University of Iowa's Hydraulics Lab minimising engineering design requirements. <br /> in 2012,confirming computer performance Advantages of Variable Speed <br /> designs and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) The ATS unit offers further advantages in terms More practical <br /> performed earlier.With funding from the DOE of operating flexibility.Traditional technologies Transport of the modular ATS-63 from the <br /> Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(EERE) operate at constant speed to enable their factory to the site is simple With maximum <br /> programme in 2013,ATS completed the full-scale generators to synchronise with the electric grid. outside dimensions of only 2.3m in diameter <br /> unit design and is now ready to manufacture Instead the ATS turbine/generator will operate at by 1.6m long,it is designed to fit in a standard <br /> them. In April 2014,the company received an variable turbine rotor speeds in accordance with truck or shipping container. "It is designed for <br /> additional US$1M DOE/EERE Small Business changes in the available hydro resource.This is applications across the US or around the world," <br /> grant made possible using modern power electronics. ATS CEO David Jansson says. <br /> for continued efforts.A full-scale demonstration Variable speed means the unit does not need The advantages of the ATS-63 technology <br /> test at an actual operating site is planned for early the mechanical wicket gates,hydraulic blade will make more new and retrofit low-head hydro <br /> 2015. pitch controls or gearboxes to change turbine projects technically feasible and cost-effective <br /> With the exception of the generator magnetic speed to generator speed typically found in says the company.It is a technology not just <br /> and electric conductive elements,the traditional technologies.'I'bis for developed countries,but developing ones as <br /> saves operating complexity, well. <br /> maintenance costs and "We can light more homes and businesses <br /> L '41..,,. weight. "Instead in the US and other developed countries using <br /> �,,�.. of managing the clean,renewable energy because it costs less. <br /> l \�� { 11 ; variable water flow We can also enable the advent of electricity <br /> to work around the in communities in developing countries that <br /> \tip * ' limitations of the simply could not have it before.The possibilities <br /> ,. .l turbine and generator are endless,"concludes Bob Schulte,ATS'vice <br /> (( 1I \ �� •i .i technologies,we president of marketing. ■ <br /> ?g3 f 1 r rill <br /> / ? _ ' r <br /> I3 ' t use our advanced• technology to <br /> , <br /> accommodate the <br /> r .+`l,5" Further details <br /> '•���,�:1d..1 • • natural variations in <br /> ^�,r�dv✓p, + the waver resource,” For more information about the ATS-63, <br /> • ±!�` �L`�'�. . ;fir refer to the company's website at <br /> says Roos. www.amjetturbines.com,or contact <br /> I \\/..,,,r, ; The integrated turbine/ Bob Schulte via e-mail: <br /> I,erator units are designed rhschulte@amjetturbines.com <br /> USA4.indd 1 <br /> 18N72014 15,02 <br /> 101 <br />