Wells turbine
Turbina Wells
- Date
- 1976 · confidence high
- Place
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Alan Arthur Wells
- Field
- Matter & energy
What it is
A low-pressure air turbine that always spins in the same direction regardless of airflow direction, designed by engineer Alan Arthur Wells to harness the oscillating water column of wave energy.
What it led to
- Oscillating water-column wave-power plants
- Simplification of wave-energy capture systems
- Further research into bidirectional turbines