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<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
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<br /> I3 ' t use our advanced• technology to
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<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
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