Turbine

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OBJECT TYPE: WATER
DATE: 2006
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2012.0055.001

MANUFACTURER: Clean Current Power Systems Inc.
MODEL: CC3P5
LOCATION: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 001
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Tidal Turbine
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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Length: 5.0 m
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 5.5 m
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Generation
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
City: Vancouver

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: British Columbia
Period: 2006 +
Canada: The turbine has been designed and manufactured in Canada by the Clean Current Power Systems Incorporated from Vancouver B.C.
Function: To generate energy from ocean tides.
Technical: The Clean Current technology is an example of a ducted horizontal axis turbine designed for ocean tides and salt water. It is bi-drectional (designed for the ebb and flood tides) and highly efficient. It is very simple in design one moving part, the rotor assembley that contains the blades. There is no drive shaft or gearbox. Clean Current's direct drive variable speed permanent magnet generator incorporates featrues that allow the generator to be configured to produce either alternating or direct current.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: N/A
Finish: Stainless steel, silicon anti-fouling paint.
Decoration: N/A

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Clean Current Power Systems Inc., Turbine, circa 2006, Artifact no. 2012.0055, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2012.0055.001/

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