VIDEO - Turbine is self-starting. First one pump starts. About 5 seconds later, 2nd pump cuts in. Clear water inside containment cylinder with blue helical turbine runner, without front grill. 646 rpm with 810 gpm (1.8 cfs, 1.2 mgd) flow at 9.2 ft/sec (3 m/sec). Alternator in watertight blue cannister to the left, cooled by water spray. Essentially same results during 4 separate runs in 2 days. Electricity powered a motor off-screen to right. Underwater, just see ripples.
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| HydroCoil turbine powering a motor--renewable energy. |
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