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Potential Labrador HUG* This concentrated power within water can become the power of future technology Romain Audet [email protected] November 30, 2010 * HUG: Helical Unique Generation
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Potential Labrador HUG*
This concentrated power within water can become the power of future technology
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November 30, 2010* HUG: Helical Unique Generation
Capturing the Vortex Power of Water
We have all experienced vortexes in our lives: the fast draining sink. The earth’s gravitational force aligns the water molecules in one clockwise
direction. This alignment speeds up the flow.
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Helical Pathway Patent
The HUG Patent explained: Oval helical turbines harness kinetic energy are inserted in a Helical Pathway System in fast flowing waters.
An 80 page Patent (44 images) has been registered. None of the 44 images appear in this presentation.
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Secret #1
The Venturi Funnel
The pre-twist-generator, the Venturi funnel creates a spiraling flow, which increases the velocity. Romain Audet
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Secret #2 The Energy Body
Viktor Schauberger, a physicist, discovered the phenomenon of the Energy Body.
These egg-shaped bodies align the flow. The current then re-establishes it’s natural,
dynamic flow, which increases its velocity.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5643559434275921302 Video: Theories Viktor Schauberger (Time: 1:48)
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The Vanes
Secret #3
Vanes are like airplane wings, which redirect the current toward the blades of the helical turbine. Romain Audet
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Helical Pathway Patent
The HUG Patent explained: Oval helical turbines harness kinetic energy: they are inserted in a Helical Pathway System in fast flowing waters.
An 80 page Patent (44 images) has been registered. The 44 images of the Patent do not appear in this
presentation.
Secret #4
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The Environmental HUG
The helical turbine does not create turbulence, so small objects are harmlessly swept through.
Helical turbines create a pressure barrier, which keep fish away. Fish migration continues outside of helical modules. There are no chopped fish by turbines where they have been
installed.
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An expensive Fish Ladder will notnot be necessarywith HUG.
Helical Turbines:Environmental Zero Effects
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People requiring resettlement: zerozero Areas flooded: zerozeroDam Reservoir unsuitable for fish: zerozeroNatural habitats affected: zerozeroAdverse noise & visual impact: zerozeroTwo million mTwo million m33 of concrete for a dam: of concrete for a dam: saved
The Helical Turbine is the Most Efficient: 35%35%
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Propeller turbines have an efficiency of 20% compared to the Helical Turbine (35%).
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Oval Helical HUGHUG Power
The Sweeping Area of Turbines = 3.26 m2 (1.36 m x 2.4 m) has a power of 575 kW/turbinekW/turbine.
A community, which requires a minimum of 1.73 MW of power in winter, will need a 3-Oval Turbine HUGHUG.
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Helical Turbines in Open Water
Helical Turbines have been successfully developed over the last 15 years.
Gorlov Experimental Helical Turbine
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Commercially Viable New Technology
Investment in helical turbines has
increased from US$13 million in 2004
to US$257 million (Korea) in 2007.
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Comparative Low Cost Alternative
• The Helical Turbine System has the lowest Energy Installation Costs.
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Electricity & Fossil Fuel Energy
Energy costs of diesel electricity (not including capital costs) are very high: $0.63 per kWh vs. $$0.0.1515//kWkWhh for HUGHUG.
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Small Hydro Power
Canada has tremendous potential for small hydro development with more than 5500 identified sites (11,000 MW), which require no dams or barrages.
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Positive Pressure Problem Positive Pressure Problem
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Positive Pressure becomes the problem: the flow upstream senses an obstacle and swirls away. Water never flows in a straight line.
Other Tidal TurbinesMost turbines act as an obstruction resulting in a build-up of pressure upstream.In contrast, the HUGHUG system invites a current, because of the suction from its negative pressure.
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Green EnergyGreen Energy: Not Profitable -- Yet No currently operating commercial turbines are
connected to an electric-power transmission or distribution grid for good reason:
High Cost $2.2 MillionHigh Cost $2.2 Million. = .5 x 78 m2 x (2.5 m/s)3 = 609 kW/turbine
x .33 (efficiency): 200 kW/turbine200 kW/turbine
Power density:2.6 kW/m2
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Negative Pressure Solution Negative Pressure Solution
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The secret is to create a Helical Pathway System. The velocity of the flow inside this System
increases 4x 4x ,, thereby introducing a sucking action which scientist call a Negative Pressure .
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The Vortex Pathway
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The Vortex Pathway, HUGHUG, creates a vortex.
The entrance of the HUGHUG has a negative pressure or a sucking action, created from the general spiral centripetal motion.
The Velocity in the flume of the HUGHUG is four times faster than placing the turbine directly in the path of the ocean or tide.
Velocity is King:
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The most critical factor is the Velocity of the flow. A tripling of the Velocity from 1.5 m/s* multiplies the Kinetic Energy (KE) by 33 or 27X, by the formula:
KE= ½ x A x V 3 x efficiency (A = area swept; Velocity) = ½ x 3.26 m2 x (8.3 m/s*)3 x .35 = 326 kW/turbine
Red Area denotes High Red Area denotes High Velocity of Flow.Velocity of Flow.
98 kW/m2
* Based on a discharge of 27 m3s per A of 3.26 m2
Final Velocity of Waterfall
(Final Velocity)2 = V2 + 2 x a x s, where V is Initial Velocity
Acceleration = a = g (acceleration of gravity)= 9.8 ms2
V= 8.3 m/s at the first top turbine
Final Velocity = 15.66 m/s for 9 m distance (s) of the crest of a waterfall
Formula:
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9 Turbines in a Waterfall• Initial Power of First Turbine in a WaterfallKE = ½ x A x V 3 x efficiency (A = area swept; Velocity) = ½ x 3.26 m2 x (8.3 m/s*)3 x .35 = 326 kW/turbine
• Final Power of the Last Turbine = ½ x 3.26 m2 x (15.66 m/s*)3 x .35 = 1,258 kW/turbine
• Final Power of the 9 Turbine (by averaging) = (326 + 1,258)/2 x 9 turbines = 11.32 MW
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1.25MW/Turbine
The HUG Prototype
1,682 MWh can sustain 1,360 average households annually@ 12,000 kilowatt-hours (KWh)/household.
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The HUG Prototype: 0.24 MWOne Twin Oval Helical Turbine: Length: 5 m; Head: 3 m; Depth 6m
1 Modular Helical Pathway, Helical Turbine & Vanes & Striations (62%) $324,000
Control System & Generators & Converters for DIFG 0.24 MW: (9.5%) 50,000
Transmission and Grid Connection: (11.5%) 60,000
Module Anchors & Slot Construction (1.25m) $1,500/m x (50m) (17%) 90,000
Subtotal
$524,000
Contingency, Insurance, Legal costs, Bank fees, Interest (15%) 78,600
Total Helical Turbine System Cost
$602,600
Engineering Planning and Design (15%) 90,000
Promotion Patent Fee (10%)
60,000Total Costs: 0.24 MW $3,136/KW
$752,600
80% utilization rate: 1,682 MWh * [x $79/MWh (Quebec) $133,000/yr or 17.517.5%%/yr./yr. (ROI) ]Annual Return on Investment (ROI): (Ontario FIT) (x $131/MWh) $220,000 = 29%/yr.29%/yr.
*The designated Fee is initially offered to promoters (under contract). The fees for succeeding systems will be allocated to community development (4%) and patent fee
(1%).
HUG Pilot Project
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28 Turbines @ $8,750 $245,00028 Submersible Generator @ $5,000
140,000
1 Module Cylindrical HUG 1,250,000Module Anchors & Civil Works 2,440,000Control System 407,000Electric Power Converter/Generator for 6.7MW DFIG
593,000
Transmission and Grid Connection 86,000Electrical Connections 550,000Electrical and Mechanical Overhead 114,000Subtotal $5,825,000Contingency, Insurance, Legal costs, Bank fees, Interest: (15%)
875,000
Total Helical Turbine System Cost $6,700,000Engineering Planning and Design (15%) 1,005,000Patent Promotion Fee* (10%) 670,000 Total Costs: 6.7 MW $1,250/kW (.178/kWh) $8,375,000 •The designated Fee is initially offered to promoters (under contract). The fees for
succeeding systems will be allocated to management fees (5%), community development (4%) and patent fee (1%).
80% utilization: 47,000 MWh [x $79 (Quebec)] $3,700,000: ROI = 44% Annual Return on Investment: (Ontario FIT) (using $131/MWh) $6,150,000 = 73%
The First 6.7 MW Prototype HUG SystemHUG Length: 31 m; Diameter/Depth: 6 m; Twin Oval Helical Turbines: 28
HUG Pilot Project
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42 Turbines @ $8,750 $368,00042 Submersible Generator @ $5,000
210,000
1 Module Cylindrical HUG 1,250,000Module Anchors & Civil Works 1,625,000Control System 610,000Electric Power Converter/Generator for 9 MW DFIG
890,000
Transmission and Grid Connection 128,000Electrical Connections 825,000Electrical and Mechanical Overhead 171,000Subtotal $6,077,000Contingency, Insurance, Legal costs, Bank fees, Interest: (15%)
912,000
Total Helical Turbine System Cost $6,989,000Engineering Planning and Design (15%) 1,048,000Patent Promotion Fee* (10%)Cost of Living & Extra Transportation Cost (10%)
699,000699,000
Total Costs: 9.0 MW $1048/kW (.149/kWh) $9,435,000
* The designated Fee is initially offered to promoters (under contract). The fees for succeeding systems will be allocated to management fees (5%), community development (4%) and patent fee (1%).
80% utilization: 63,000 MWh [x $79 (Quebec)] $5,000,000: ROI = 53%
Annual Return on Investment: (Ontario FIT) (using $131/MWh) $8,250,000 = 87%
The First 9 MW Prototype HUG SystemHUG Length: 45 m; Diameter/Depth: 6 m; Twin Oval Helical Turbines: 42
The HUG Turbine System can help you:
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•Develop a leading role in this new technology, which allows you to go international.
•Allow you to expand in entirely new markets, because of the flexibility of HUG.
•Develop a ready USA market for Water Export. •Allow you to find support in green energy and innovation government programs, in order to reduce any risk factors.
The HUG Turbine is Profitable
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• Allows one to license the technology for an initial high fee in a monopolistic position
• Allows one to keep profits high. (using Ontario FIT Guaranteed sale price of $131/MWh or
Quebec prices of $79/MWh less your cost of $5.46/MWh).
• Allowing one to sell up a Private Public Partnership for a very high initial return and a reasonable annual return for managing the project.
• Earns extra revenue from the sale of carbon credits.
Wind Turbine Power
Since wind turbines are so unpredictable, conventional power plants have to serve as back-ups. These run at less than half power most of the time. This is all terribly uneconomical. Romain Audet
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2000 Wind Turbines is four times more costly than one HUG System, because water is 1,000 times denser than air.
Electricity & Fossil Fuel Energy
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Energy costs of diesel electricity (not including capital costs) are high: $0.63 per kWh. ($0.05/kWh for electricity)
135 million people in the five countries studied spend $3.4 billion/yr ($25 each) on imported kerosene lighting needlessly. Energy sources:
coal & natural gas
This Project Reduces Global Warming.
Companies that exceed the emission limits must soon buy credits of $1.9 million/year worth of carbon credits, from the 6.7 MW of new clean energy, which will add to our revenue.
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Clean Energy Demands The goal should be a 50% reduction in global carbon-dioxide emissions by the
middle of the century. This means every year the world needs: 30 new nuclear plants 17,000 windmills 400 biomass power plants Two hydroelectric facilities the size of China's massive Three Gorges Dam 42 coal and gas power plants with yet-to-be-developed carbon-capture technology
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Capital Investments per Worker* Canada has also developed one of the most
generous research-and-development tax schemes in the industrialized world.
Yet, Canadian firms do not have R&D rates "anywhere near the levels" of other countries.
Canada's abysmal productivity record may be the result of a business sector that lacks daring and the killer instinct of its U.S. counterpart.
* A study from Toronto-Dominion Bank: Capital investments per worker after 2005 remained "well below" U.S. levels.
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Subsidizing Inefficient Technology
Fortunately, there is a smarter way to deal with global warming: we make green energy cheaper.
The miracle of the modern age -- the personal computer didn't become household items because governments subsidized purchases or forced up the price of typewriters.
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Funding Basic Research
The R&D that got Neil Armstrong to the moon in 1969 made it possible for Apple to introduce the first Mac in 1976.
Forget about subsidizing inefficient technologies or making fossil fuels too expensive to use.
Instead, let's fund the basic research that will make green energy too cheap and easy to resist.
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Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NSERC invests more than $2-billion annually in technology R&D incentives for Manufacturing, Energy Resources & Northern Development, etc.
The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program provide an investment tax credit (ITC) of 35%.
Average Strategic Project: $120,000 Average Discovery Grant: $30,000
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NSERC Short List
Baird Engineering & Sciences Hatch Associates Ltd Hydro-Québec Oceanworks International Corporation Risk Services: Ontario Power Generation Inc. Siemens Westinghouse Tecsult
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Win Win for Canada!Win Win for Canada! Economic advantages to Canada: to offset
the global warming “bite”: This has tremendous political, financial,
and psychological advantages to unite various factions in Canada and promote Canadian pride by uniting Aboriginal, Quebec, Ontario and Western interests.
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A Call to Action !A Call to Action !Canada is an Expert in Large-Scale
Infrastructure-Building ProgramsCanada supports clean electricity
technology, which then can be imported.
It is time to build political and social solution, which is “Made in CanadaMade in Canada”.
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