Interesting discussion for this company. May as well stir the pot again, to add a touch of backyard physics to the already covered economics [$/MW capex,$/MWh opex] and wishful thinking.
On pressure and volume to generate power with a water turbine.
- there is a small 10MW hydro station near my home, its penstock pipe is 1.5 metres in diameter, operating at 10 bar [ 150psi ] and flowing approx 60 cu m/sec [= 60,000 litres/second]. I find it hard to believe an array of only 300 CETO pumps can shift the volume required, even at much higher pressure, to generate 10MW let alone 50MW as stated in their May07 presentation.
- At 10 bar pressure, 50MW vs 10MW, thats 300cu m/sec from 300 CETOs, or 1000 litres/second/CETO. Quite an achievement for a low speed, pulsed pump. And its quite small going by photos in recent AGM presentation.
So I'm a skeptic, look forward to sea trials to prove me wrong.
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carnegie corporation limited
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