Neo-Aerodynamic

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Other Hydro Technology Discussion

By nature Neo-Aerodynamic and head (dam) base turbine are not comparable; however you can see some of it  in the  Technical Advantages page and the  Technical Disadvantages page

We use this opportunity to go through some discussions on Neo0Aerodyamic Vs Water wheel and Tyson's turbine technologies.

Water Wheel

Pic 2 This is the earliest machine to harness free-flow hydro energy. The machine harness the  kinetic power of the flow using the force. While most of them are river bank installation there are also attempts to make on a floating dock.

This kind of "drag" machine has  stayed in human history for thousands of years until the last century. It has been a proven fact that  the lift base machine has the much higher rate of power harnessing.

Tyson's Turbine

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Beside Neo-Aerodynamic, perhaps Tyson's turbine is among the most effective mean to harness the energy in the flow (river).  Depend on the type of the turbine; it either can be a "lift" o a "drag" machine. It's is our opinion; that perhaps the propeller does not give out a good ratio of conversion therefore we have not much heard about it. Tyson's turbine requires fairly deep river course This also contributes to its lack of popularity.

Some notes on Neo-Aerodynamic
as a free-flow turbine

There is not a similar device for us to compare. The only thing we can do is to provide you Technical Advantages page and Technical Disadvantages page where we compare it to the dam base installation