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Construction and Tidal Current Testing of Field Scale Model of Breus Rotor
- Small Business Information
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Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
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Fiscal Year: 2010Title: Construction and Tidal Current Testing of Field Scale Model of Breus RotorAgency: DOCContract: WC133R10CN0223Award Amount: $94,992.00
Abstract:
Maine Blue Stream Power proposes to construct a field scale (2m diameter) prototype of a hydrokinetic energy conversion device, the Breus Rotor (patent pending), and perform in-stream tidal testing. The problem that Main Blue Stream Power addresses in this proposal is the extraction of energy from a wide range of marine current speeds with low impact on the marine environment. In preliminary laboratory (tow tank) testing, the Breus turbine begins to produce power at .3m/s and reaches maximum efficiency at a tip-speed ration of .4. Low rotational speeds are much less likely to cause marine species mortality (fish-strike). Phase I testing will be done at the Tidal Energy Demonstration and Evaluation Center at Maine Maritime Academy, Castine Maine, in a .5m/s-2.5m/s tidal flow, collecting data on power generation and overall performance.Small Business Information at Submission:Breus, Sergei
P.O. Box 146 Blue Hill, ME 04614EIN/Tax ID: 006925011DUNS: N/ANumber of Employees:Woman-Owned: NoMinority-Owned: NoHUBZone-Owned: No
Award Information
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Agency: Department of Commerce |
Branch: N/A |
Award ID: 99549 |
Program Year/Program: 2010 / SBIR |
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Agency Tracking Number: 10-69 |
Solicitation Year: N/A |
Solicitation Topic Code: 8.1.5SG |
Solicitation Number: N/A |