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
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 001
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- Tidal Turbine
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- 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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