Centrifugal spray contained by outer cylinder and by concave face of vane directing water rearward.
Only one moving part.
Lower r.p.m.'s achieve desired thrust, velocity.
Allows novel hull design.
Virtually no cavitation / noise. Less surface erosion.
Potential to improve hull slipstream dynamics.
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PROPULSOR: Adaptable to nearly any power source or size watercraft, for inland waterway or sea. Stealth for ships.
Commercial shipping. Trolling for fish. Leisure boating. Military surface or underwater naval craft. UUV's. Deep-diving submersibles. Fluid environments on other planets or moons.
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from 3-D animation by Impulse Creative, Ardmore, PA
scrub noxious / caustic factory exhaust (see below)
filter out contaminants while pumping fluids
"fish ladders" to pump fish upstream
refill hydroelectric power reservoirs upstream
pump blood for cardiac assist
micro-hydraulic circuits for switching/routing
PUMPING Water: lower cost irrigation, heating systems, fire fighting, filling reservoirs, bilge pumps, hydraulic applications, car washes, high rise buildings, pools, fountains, toys.
Separate out contaminants : particulate matter, suspensions, different density liquids.
Manufacturing : pump 2 liquids to mix together; miniaturization to assist in chip manufacturing; micro-hydraulics for new circuits and aircraft controls.
Blood pump: aortic assist, cardiovascular bypass [less likely to damage RBC's or clump platelets].
Oil : pipelines, catalytic crackers, engine lube.
Fish ladder: move fish upstream to spawn via open central core of peripheral design model.
Making power generation more ecologically friendly: helping live fish by pumping them upstream around obstacles. Inquiries are invited. If on-site testing does actually succeed under approved test circumstances, the Ribbon Drive Pump peripheral design could benefit thousands of hydropower projects. Worth investigating as a power company or as environmentally-concerned citizens? Please call or write.
