Other Hydro Technology Discussion
By nature Neo-Aerodynamic and head (dam) base turbine are not comparable; however you can see some of it in the Technical Advantages page and the Technical Disadvantages page
We use this opportunity to go through some discussions on Neo0Aerodyamic Vs Water wheel and Tyson's turbine technologies.
Water Wheel
This is the earliest machine to harness
free-flow hydro energy. The machine
harness the kinetic power of the
flow using the force. While most of them
are river bank installation there are
also attempts to make on a floating
dock.This kind of "drag" machine has
stayed in human history for thousands of
years until the last century. It has
been a
proven fact that the lift base
machine has the much higher rate of
power harnessing.
Tyson's Turbine
Beside Neo-Aerodynamic, perhaps Tyson's turbine is among the most effective mean to harness the energy in the flow (river). Depend on the type of the turbine; it either can be a "lift" o a "drag" machine. It's is our opinion; that perhaps the propeller does not give out a good ratio of conversion therefore we have not much heard about it. Tyson's turbine requires fairly deep river course This also contributes to its lack of popularity.
Some notes on Neo-Aerodynamic
as a free-flow
turbine
There is not a similar device for us to compare.
The only thing we can do is to provide you Technical Advantages page and Technical Disadvantages page where we compare it to the dam base installation
Some reasons that Neo-aerodynamic is THE viable technology
1- In compare with drag base machine such as water wheel, with a good foil design a lift base machine could yield as much as 30 times the efficiency.
2- Among the available lift base designs only Neo-aerodynamic immunes itself from the turbulence. Unlike "wind". the flow of the waterway has too many things to cause the unwanted turbulences. It could be debris, fish or even a boat passing as much as mile away.
3- Neo-aerodynamic design can be independently scaled either wider o higher or both to fit the selected location.
4- Base on our "wind" tests, Neo-aerodynamic designs produce the most.