Pulling the turbine behind a tugboat. The tug had a bank of lightbulbs that acted as a load for the turbine to rotate against. 
Sadness overwhelms the team as the most of the turbine is left behind somewhere in the river after resonance related self-destruction 
Dropping concept turbine in the Rosa Canal in Eastern WA.
Hydrovolts was a micro-hydrokenetic turbine startup I worked for while going to Seattle University. They had aimed to put a turbine in every canal and spillway around the us to generate power or to pump water out of those canals for irrigation.
I analyzed turbine data and reported to the engineers on how well each turbine iteration was performing – Using VBA programming to handle huge excel files. I also did light fabrication, mechanically assembled and did electrical for new prototypes.
The pictures above show a turbine that had experienced a resonance issue and self destructed, leaving the blade assembly to sink to the bottom of the Duwamish river (where it still likely is). The blue turbine was a success, generating 6 KW of power!
