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Do you know the HIPA Hydrogenerator?
The paddle hydrogenerator (HIPA) is a device that is in the development stage
in the Laboratory of Engineering and Coastal Processes of the IIUNAM, in Sisal
Yucatán, whose device is linked to one of the lines of research of currents of the
CEMIE-Ocean. The project is led by M.C Andrés Cuen Ulloa, Dr. Erick García
Santiago, Dr. José López González and Dr. Ismael Mariño Tapia.
The HIPA, is a semi-submerged energy
collector designed to operate within a
stream of water, is made up of two
concentrators parallel to each other and
joined by a tubular structure where the
rotors of the 4 turbines are coupled:
two horizontal and two vertical.
This device has a scale of 1:30 and
an approximate efficiency of 10%.
HIPA has been tested under
uncontrolled conditions and on-site
measurements have been made.
Power records of approximately 25 W
are available, only for the vertical
rotor system whose cross-sectional
area is 0.86 m.
Contact
ing.orlandocuen@gmail.com
erickigs@hotmail.com
jlopezgo@iingen.unam.mx
imarino@civestav.mx
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