Dresser-Rand Company Ltd to join Forces with Orecon Ltd

摘要

Dresser-Rand Company Ltd and Orecon Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding to optimise the chamber and turbine design for their multi-resonant chamber (MRC) wave energy conversion device. Orecon's MRC device combines oscillating water column (OWC) technology with Dresser-Rand's HydroAirTM bidirectional air impulse turbine technology. The OWC is the most successful and extensively studied device for extracting energy from ocean waves. It works on the following principle: