RAPower3 Turbine

International Automated Systems, Inc. has developed a new breakthrough bladeless turbine technology. It is a patented propulsion turbine, which some believe may revolutionize electrical power generation and low-cost hydrogen fuel production. IAUS’S unique turbine has many advantages over traditional turbine designs. Rather than relying on turbine blades to spin the turbine cylinder, IAUS's Propulsion Turbine is designed to turn the cylinder without blades.

Mirror-based Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) use a traditional steam cycle to turn a conventional, bladed steam turbine and generator. IAUS’s steam cycle does nor require large expansion tanks to superheat the steam; it does not require water-cooled cooling towers to condense the steam; and it does not require the expensive and sophisticated monitoring devices for Balance of Plant due to the rugged durability of IAUS’s proprietary turbine.

The proprietary turbine is bladeless. This turbine can run on both high quality and low quality steam with a bi-phase flow capability. This bladeless propulsion turbine can run directly on super-heated, high-pressure water. The expansion or phase change (flashing) from water to steam happens right at the nozzle of the turbine.

In a conventional power plant, the water is boiled and flashed to steam in a large, high-pressure tank. The steam is sent through a series of super-heating stages. This type of system is very expensive to build and maintain, and further a traditional turbine typically requires an 18-24 month lead time from order to delivery. IAUS’s turbine production lead time is a fraction of this.

IAUS’s system does not need an expensive boiler. Instead their turbine uses smaller, high-pressure tubing. It is much safer, less expensive and easier to manage. This is a significant advantage over traditional systems required by conventional turbines. It also can be custom designed for smaller to medium size applications. This allows for staging power in and out and inexpensively segmenting a power plant into smaller sectors which improves issues of downtime while offering low-cost redundancy.

IAUS’s turbine has been independently tested and verified. Their turbine competes and is comparable to the output and life cycle of current turbines.

This is the inner part of a one megawatt turbine. Remarkably small in size for so much power produced. Turbines can be built in any size creating an ideal situation for building solar energy plants on a modular scale.

Traditional turbine performance relies upon the environment within its blade chambers. Super-heated, high velocity steam particles are continuously striking the titanium turbine blades to turn the shaft. If steam condenses on the blades, a sharp drop in efficiency and damage to the turbine can result. Traditional multi-stage turbines require dry, high-quality steam.

IAUS's new turbine is structurally unaffected by low quality steam. It blows the energy away from its components instead of on them to turn the shaft. It is smaller than traditional turbines, less expensive, and requires very little maintenance. Unlike traditional turbines, IAUS’s turbine can operate without corrosion or system failure on both high quality and low quality steam.