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4818888 |
Water-powered electricity generating apparatus
Water-powered electricity generating apparatus, for use in rivers and other bodies of water having current flow therein, comprises a water wheel and an adjacent platform. The water wheel has a...
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4816697 |
Portable hydroelectric power unit
The present apparatus is a hydroelectric power device for generating energy from currents of water. It includes a blade spiraling about a spindle or shaft which is connected to a generator. The...
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4808837 |
Submersible electrical power supply
An electrical generator in a water impermeable housing is driven by a water driven motor. The combination can be submersed with power delivered from the generator to a hydro-subsystem. The system...
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4804855 |
Hydromotive machine apparatus and method of constructing the same
A hydromotive machine apparatus comprises a bulkhead assembly comprised of an array of water tubes connected to each other with their longitudinal axes in parallel to provide the bulkhead as a...
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4797563 |
Power plant
Electrical power is generated by means of an hydraulic air compressor that produces compressed air from a water stream. The compressed air is delivered directly to burners of a turbine without...
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4767938 |
Fluid dynamic energy producing device
A fluid dynamic device is provided which includes a fluid holding and U-shaped conduit having a first leg and a second leg, an electrical generating device positioned between and in flow...
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4755690 |
Hydroelectric power installation and turbine generator apparatus therefor
A hydroelectric power installation utilizes an array of turbine generators which are assembled at an elevated position above water and are moved as a unit to a submerged, operating position at the...
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4754155 |
Hydroelectric generator having retractable runner
A hydroelectric generator is provided with a retractable runner and, optionally, with a retractable distributor. This is accomplished by mounting the runner on a runner shaft which is axially...
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4748808 |
Fluid powered motor-generator apparatus
A fluid powered motor-generator apparatus includes a generator having a power output and a mechanically driven input. A generally streamlined motor body is rotatably mounted to drive the generator...
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4746808 |
Portable hydroelectric generator unit
The generator unit is driven by a small Pelton turbine (10) having a plurality of injectors (11) each comprised of a single tubular part connected to a ring-shaped distribution chamber. The turbine...
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4742242 |
Buoyancy engine utilizing linked lifting bodies
A buoyancy engine having a wheel, incorporating recesses on its periphery to contain linked buoyant lifting bodies, is attached by arms to a driveshaft and immersed in a vessel of liquid. The...
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4740711 |
Pipeline built-in electric power generating set
An electric power generating set for a fluid pipeline, comprising a turbine coupled to the pipeline for rotating under the pressure of the fluid moving in the pipeline; a generator coupled to the...
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4739182 |
Hydropneumatic water engine
In a stationary weir erected in a surface water at least one inner shaft (1) is provided which by closure members (2, 3) communicates with the upstream and downstream water levels. In the shaft (1)...
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4731545 |
Portable self-contained power conversion unit
A portable, self-contained power conversion unit is disclosed that is attached to an outlet for a pressurized fluid system, such as the nozzle for a garden hose. An impeller mounted in the body of...
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4730119 |
Sail-driven wind motor
A sail-driven wind motor (SDWM) is described, in which a reciprocating load amenable to intermittent, bidirectional drive (such as a water pump or air compressor) is driven by one or two arms, with...
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4720640 |
Fluid powered electrical generator
A fluid powered electrical generator having an impellor-rotor rotatively mounted on a central support structure. A toroidal outer support structure surrounds the impellor-rotor, with the...
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4717831 |
Ocean and river power generator
An ocean and river water power generator has a plurality of water wheel power generators. Said water wheel power generator includes a common concrete base, a water wheel having a main shaft thereof...
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4717832 |
Tidal and river turbine
An improved hydroelectric system provides automatic adjustment for both tidal (reversing) and river (one way) type flow. A plurality of parallel, axial flow auger-type impellors are mounted in a...
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4698516 |
Hydro-electric power plant
A hydro-electric power plant specifically structured to operate in connection with a water reservoir supplied from a natural body of water such as an ocean, lake, etc. and which is structured to be...
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4691115 |
System for rotating a drive mechanism for power generation
A system for rotating a drive mechanism which can be connected to an electrical generator or the like. The system (10) is particularly suitable for providing electrical power to a residence and...
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4686376 |
Tide turbine
An improved turbine and generating system for generating electrical power from the energy of flowing water, such as a tide, in a water course are disclosed. The turbine features peripheral inward...
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4678922 |
Air motor having integral generator
A tool driven by air or some other non-conductive pressurized fluid, which tool incorporates a generator for powering a lamp and providing a good source of light in the work area. Batteries and a...
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4677307 |
Process for the realization of cogenerative supply of electricity and heat (cogeneration), particularly in industrial power plants
Subject of the invention is a process for the realization of cogenerative supply of electricity and heat, and in given case for their combination with waste heat recovery, particularly in case of...
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4667115 |
Energy machine generating hydraulic energy
An energy machine generating hydraulic energy by the use of a plurality of wheels driven around a table surface, each wheel operating in turn a lever for operating a double acting hydraulic piston...
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RE32404 |
Elevator with power recovery
Disclosed is a system and method for recovering energy from elevator apparatus and utilizing the recovered energy for useful purposes. This is accomplished by selectively coupling a hydraulic pump...
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4636141 |
Hydroelectric device
A hydroelectric device wherein a water wheel having radial paddle boards is partially submerged in a moving stream of water, and driven by the water current to operate an electric generator. The...
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4628212 |
Oceano-thermosteric power plant
An oceano-thermosteric power plant is provided with plural evaporators and plural condensers, alternate parts of which are not operated at night and in winter on light load and hence a high...
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4622473 |
Wave-action power generator platform
An off-shore platform is provided with a power grid comprised of a plurality of depending float members which are buoyant and weighted sufficiently to rise vertically in response to the buoyant...
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4617991 |
Polymer flow control apparatus
Flow control of a diluted polymer solution stream is effected by utilizing positive-displacement flow devices such as hydraulic pumps and motors to withdraw energy from the stream and to use it to...
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4616298 |
Water-powered light
A water-powered light for decorative or utilitarian purposes has a stator assembly mounted on the forward end of a fixed shaft within the housing. The shaft is cantilever supported at one end of...
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4613279 |
Kinetic hydro energy conversion system
A kinetic hydro energy conversion system having a turbine for mounting in a hydro energy source, wherein the turbine comprises a rotor having conformal blades and a screen for horizontally...
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4612447 |
Method and apparatus for converting human exercise energy to stored kinetic energy
Exercise method and apparatus activated air compressor driven by a pedal and crank exercise machine which is used for supplying kinetic energy to drive an air compressor. The compressed air is...
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4609826 |
Energy efficient apparatus
An energy efficient apparatus suitable for use in hot, arid climates wherein a source of water is available includes in combination; a rotating wheel member which utilizes the buoyancy of outwardly...
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4607169 |
Artesian well generated power system
An electric power generating system utilizing water from an artesian well for continuously supplying electricity. Excess electric power not required during periods of low power requirements is fed...
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4599854 |
Adjustable draft tube
An adjustable draft tube is disclosed for a hydraulic turbine installation. The draft tube includes a pair of fabricated box piers which are positioned in a tailwater with the turbine outlet...
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4598210 |
Water current motor
A hull floating on a body of water is tethered by an anchored mooring cable so that it is disposed to trail from the anchor in a current. The hull supports a rotary load such as an electric...
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4593202 |
Combination of supercritical wet combustion and compressed air energy storage
A fuel efficient combination of pressurized combustion and compressed air energy storage in which combustion air compressors have excess capacity which is utilized, during off-peak periods, to...
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4590386 |
Piggy back water power generator
A water power apparatus, composed of independent design features, which provides for: (1) utilization of a central boat with two paddle wheels and respective side stabilizers, with one wheel being...
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4587435 |
Turbine
The water fall from a higher to a lower elevation is through an annular passageway having one or more turbines driven by the water as it flows through the column. The water flow is preferably a...
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4564889 |
Hydro-light
A hydroelectric illumination source powered by a small alternator designed to provide underwater illumination or in-stream illumination such as for a shower head, fountain, or swimming pool. The...
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4563591 |
Wave driven engine
Apparatus and process for use in converting the energy of ocean waves to useful power form wherein two floats supporting a rigid structure are spaced apart to maximize the end movement of said...
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4552507 |
Power transmission plant having pressure surfaces
In a power transmission plant having pressure surfaces for utilizing the natural flow gradient of water and wind quantities, a plurality of identical parallel conduits are provided which are open...
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4546264 |
Relating cellular energy generating and storage device
A rotating cellular energy generating device for generating electrical power for extended periods of time. The generating device characterized by having an annular rotating housing having a...
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4535844 |
Method of using polymer flow control apparatus
Flow control of a diluted polymer solution stream is effected by utilizing positive-displacement flow devices such as hydraulic pumps and motors to withdraw energy from the stream and to use it to...
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4535252 |
Wind electric generation plant and system with improved alternator field excitation
An improvement in a wind electric generation system of the type disclosed in Jacobs et al. U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,059,771, 4,228,361, and 4,228,362, with particular reference to U.S. Pat. No. 4,228,361....
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4524283 |
Energy converter
Described herein is a device for converting such forms of mechanical energy that comprise even slow and random movements, such as the waves of the sea, the flow of a river, the blowing of the wind,...
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4524285 |
Hydro-current energy converter
A hydro-dynamic device for capturing the energy of a natural stream of flowing water, and converting such current or flow of water energy into electric power for user consumption. The device has a...
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4520273 |
Fluid responsive rotor generator
The rotor generator includes an elongated generally cylindrically shaped mework. An elongated rotor is longitudinally aligned within the framework and is rotatably mounted therein. The rotor has a...
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4516033 |
Apparatus for converting flow of water into electrical power
Apparatus for generating electrical power includes a floatable platform, which supports a plurality of water wheels. The shafts of the water wheels are interconnected in tandem for driving an...
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4511807 |
Electrical generator control system
A control system for a stand-alone electrical generator driven by a prime mover such as a wind turbine in which switches are operable in response to changes in the frequency of the generator output...
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