The Design and Development of a Composite Hydropower Turbine Runner Award Number: DE-EE0007248 CX(s) Applied: A9,B3.6 Wind and Water Program Date: 01/04/2016 Location(s): CO Office(s): Golden Field Office
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The Design and Development of a Composite Hydropower Turbine Runner
Award Number: DE-EE0007248
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Wind and Water Program
Date: 01/04/2016
Location(s): CO
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Composite Technology Development Inc. (CTD), to develop and test a weight efficient, fatigue resistant low maintenance alternative for a low-head hydro-turbine runner designs using composite materials.
Activities associated with the proposed project would include literature review, design, selection and procurement of materials, lab testing of selected combinations of materials, fabrication, in water lab testing, data analysis, and reporting. Activities associated with the literature review, design, selection and procurement of materials, lab testing of composite material, fabrication, data analysis and reporting would take place at CTD offices in Lafayette, Colorado and/or the offices of Tribologix, Inc., in Golden, Colorado. Laboratory activities would be conducted in a laboratory environment with existing materials handling and disposal policies. Fabrication would be conducted in CTD’s existing fabrication facility