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Good Morning

The following was posted to the web 4 weeks ago

This document is for a retro fittable power production system for hydro dams to have up to three extra turbine banks without making issues for the main turbine hall

Now the reason this type of system has not been looked at was two fold .. the loss of flow rate and back pressure issues

Now these two were said to me as the big issues and yes there are others but they are foreseen and can be overcome

As all the worlds dams have the same basic layout regardless of the turbine fitted. That being water turbine shaft to shock uni joint to the power turbine. And so all have the same common limitations

A new type of turbine unit is needed if the main turbine hall is to function with without mods if multi bank units are to be placed in the flow

This new system will never match the output of the main turbine hall but after years of chasing miniscule increases a system like this one is a massive jump in output

At this point it should be noted that most of the installation process can be made with the dam online selling power to the grid and there is no increase in water usage when fully installed

This system has been designed to be fully independent of the main turbine hall so as to be serviceable with the other units online and running with the main hall

A FEW OBVIOUSE POINTS

Even if our numbers were to fall we are still in a situation of heading to a power shortfall outcome things like data centers e cars and a hole host of other tech

The lag time at best for any new system to get online is 2-3yrs at best ( unless ur the snowy river ) and i believe we are well short of filling the markets needs

OTHER BENIFITS OF THIS UNIT

Is a dam green tech? well its more recyclable than wind and solar

lasts 100 plus years vastly more than the others

It should be noted if the patent is very strongly protected the market will come to the seller even if that is Australia or America so a 100 billion dollar a year marketplace makes the wage bill a non-issue

SOME OF THE BIG BENIFITS

Bigger market share/customer base

All the required infrastructure is already in place

the asset has a longer life span

No issues regardless of type of the main turbine fitted

No added down time

AND ITS TRUE BASELOAD POWER from a existing dam

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