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4511808 |
Installation for exploiting water currents in flowing waters by means of a plurality of water wheels
An installation for exploiting the energy of flowing water in a river stream comprising a plurality of anchored pontoons supporting a plurality of waterwheels; the pontoons being arranged in a...
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4510397 |
Polymer flow control apparatus
Flow control of diluted polymer solutions is effected by utilizing positive-displacement flow devices such as gear pumps to withdraw flow energy in the form of shaft work. Control is obtained by...
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4508971 |
Two reservoir solar air-weight impelling hydro power system
Using a two Reservoir System, a portion of the water moves from Reservoir to Reservoir. In its path, it collects air, which is expanded by Solar Energy, which helps to move weights, by an expanding...
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4508972 |
Armature lift windmill
Airfoils (32) are secured to the frame (26) of a vertical axis windmill (20) to provide vertical lift to a rotatable vertical shaft (22) and to armatures (54) of electrical generators (50), thereby...
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4496845 |
Method and apparatus for control of a turbine generator
A turbine generator system for use in a flow line from a water supply to a water usage, treatment or storage system employs a remotely controlled valve for control of the flow of water through the...
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4495424 |
Plant for utilization of wind and waves
A plant for the combined utilization of energy from both wind and waves includes a plurality of fluid flow engines for utilizing both energies, and generating power therefrom. Each engine includes...
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4494009 |
Method and apparatus for capturing an electrical potential generated by a moving air mass
A method and apparatus for making available an electrical current, which comprises placing a conductive airfoil in a moving air mass, sinking a conductive element subsurface, and insulating the...
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4491738 |
Means for generating electricity during drilling of a borehole
A generator for providing electric energy in a borehole during drilling thereof, the generator comprising an anchor which is movable in a reciprocating mode in response to pressure pulses in the...
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4489812 |
Power recovery system and method for elevator apparatus
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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4490232 |
Wave-powered electrolysis of water
An offshore water electrolysis plant which produces pressurized gas by electrolysis of fresh water and wave power includes the combination of a wave-powered electric generator at the ocean surface,...
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4476397 |
Energy conversion apparatus
Apparatus for converting fluid energy into mechanical energy may include a sail and a mast carried by a pivotally mounted support. The sail is mounted both directly to the mast and indirectly to...
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4475334 |
Method of and system for controlling hydraulic turbine
A method of and system for controlling a hydraulic turbine including a variable throttle valve located in fluid channel upstream or downstream of the hydraulic turbine adapted to be closed...
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4476396 |
Low-head hydroelectric generation system
The invention pertains to a hydroelectric generating system for use with low-head dam and spillway installations. A vessel in the form of a barge contains ballast tanks, pumps and associated...
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4473754 |
Waste heat power generation system
The invention relates to a power generation system comprising a Brayton cycle turbine for directly driving a first air compressor. A motor/generator is adapted to drive said turbine in the power...
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4467217 |
Hydro-turbine
An improved hydro-turbine having a casing with an inlet port and an outlet port. A driveshaft is journaled in the casing and a rotor is secured to the driveshaft. The rotor has a cylindrical member...
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4467218 |
Current-driven power generating apparatus
A current-driven power generating apparatus including a water wheel having a transversely extending axle on which are fixedly mounted a plurality of paddles. Also mounted on the axially outer ends...
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4465941 |
Water engine
A water engine has a barrage with a differential head of water on an upstream and downstream side. The engine has a working chamber and a double acting piston member in the chamber. Valves admit...
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4464580 |
Hydro-electric turbo-machine
In a turbo-machine having a rotor member movable relative to a stationary housing member there is provided a substantially ring-shaped or annular seal between both of these members and serves to...
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4447739 |
Rotor withdrawal arrangement for bulb generators
Apparatus for withdrawing the rotor from the stator in a bulb-type generator makes the rotor and the inner portion of the stator accessible for repair or maintenance without having to disassemble...
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4446378 |
System for the generation of electrical energy by utilizing the kinetic energy of seawater
The subject-matter of the present invention is a system for the generation of electrical energy by utilizing the kinetic energy of seawater, comprising a floating body exhibiting two floating...
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4445046 |
High power immersed turbo-generator set having a gear box and external cooling
The front portion (116) of the immersed turbo-generator bulb houses the alternator (5, 19). The intermediate portion (114) houses the gear box (26), and the rear portion has the turbine (122...
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4443707 |
Hydro electric generating system
A hydro electric generating system to produce power by changing the potential energy of water to kinetic energy to drive a turbine that is coaxially connected to a generator. Water from the ambient...
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4440427 |
Resource efficient water power prime mover
The invention details a water wheel employing free-swinging buckets pivotally supported at the radial extremity of twelve spokes of the wheel. The buckets become captive in the load position at the...
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4424451 |
Water turbine
The water turbine of the present invention includes a housing defining a generally cylindrical chamber therein defining a laterally extending opening. Rotatably positioned within the chamber is a...
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RE31449 |
Fluid-driven rotary engine
A fluid driven rotary engine of the water wheel type comprising a spoked water wheel rotatably mounted on a hollow stationary axle and having a set of water collection containers supported on the...
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4411632 |
Waterbound facility powered by cycloidal fluid flow engines
A waterbound facility, serving the extraction of energy from the water current in which it is moored, consists of a seaworthy vessel, which carries cycloidal turbines, extending their impeller...
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4409490 |
Hydraulic plant
The plant described resolves the problem of recovering the energy generated by heat engines under test, acceptance trials or experimental tests by the generation of alternating electrical current...
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4408127 |
Power generating apparatus
A closed system power generating apparatus which utilizes a moving fluid as the work producing medium. The fluid is contained within a reservoir. A pump is utilized to move the fluid through a...
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4404797 |
Gas turbine engine powerplant
Gas turbine engine powerplant has an engine 10 including a fuel pump 14 driven by the engine to supply fuel to the combustor 12 thereof. The pump flow rate varies in accordance with the...
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4403154 |
Apparatus to generate electricity
An apparatus to generate electricity. There is a first cylinder having an open end and containing a first piston. A second cylinder has an open end and contains a second piston. A pipe communicates...
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4392063 |
Turbine installation comprising a turbine installed in a duct
A turbine installation comprises flow passage-defining means defining an inlet chamber and a runner chamber and including two juxtaposed interconnecting passages which connect the inlet chamber and...
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4383182 |
Underwater power generator
Apparatus and method for generating electrical power by disposing a plurality of power producing modules in a substantially constant velocity ocean current and mechanically coupling the output of...
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4369373 |
Method and apparatus for generating electricity from the flow of fluid through a well
A method and apparatus for generating electricity from a generator driven by the flow of fluid flowing from a fluid producing well. A fluid driven motor is positioned in the pipeline adjacent to or...
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4368392 |
Water turbine
A water turbine for open stream use featuring a vertical-axis cross-flow turbine in which cyclically-pitching blades are supported from one end only to permit the supporting structure and power...
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4367890 |
Turbine set with a generator feeding a network of constant frequency
In a turbine set with an axial flow which is traversed by water and which is coupled to a generator feeding a network of constant frequency, the flow turbine is a propeller turbine with...
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4367413 |
Combined turbine and generator
An electrical machine which can be run as a synchronous generator or as a pump is disclosed. The machine is a true hybrid of a turbine and synchronous generator in that the turbine blades are...
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4352990 |
Water powered electric generator
An apparatus for efficiently converting the power of running water to useful electrical energy; the apparatus including a pair of floating pontoons anchored in a running stream, and between which a...
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4352025 |
System for generation of electrical power
A hydroelectric generator is located in the basement of a high-rise building and connected in series in the clean waste-water line of the building, to produce electrical power in response to the...
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4348594 |
Wind power generator
A wind power generator includes a flexible sheet or fabric supported under tension within a housing frame which guides an airflow therethrough and across the surfaces of the membrane. As the...
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4335093 |
Process of converting wind energy to elemental hydrogen and apparatus therefor
A system is described for the conversion of the energy in the wind over oceanic regions into hydrogen which can be used as a supplement to or replacement for fossil fuels. The system is based on...
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4335319 |
Hydro-electric power apparatus utilizing ocean currents
A hydro-electric power apparatus including an electrical generator is mounted in a combination power house and crew housing disposed at or above the surface of a current of ocean or other water...
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4324984 |
Portable hydrogenerating apparatus
Apparatus for generating hydroelectric power comprising a portable collector tube assembly which can be transported to the site of a water source having a waterfall sufficient in magnitude to...
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4317330 |
Water turbine generator system
A water turbine generator system for use in a stream or river, said system having a catch basin formed by an end wall, a plurality of water chutes downstream of the catch basin and in communication...
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4317048 |
Energy farm
An energy conversion apparatus and method for the transfer and utilization of kinetic energy received by one or more natural kinetic energy receptors from one or more "natural kinetic energy...
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4313059 |
Sea current energy system
A system for extracting useful energy from sea currents. A pair of drag inducing devices is disposed in the sea current, and connected by cables to a windlass at a location upstream of the drag...
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4310769 |
Ship lock system with hydroelectric pumped-storage capability
A ship lock system having a ship lock interconnecting two bodies of water at different water levels. The system includes one or more underground hydroelectric pumped-storage units connected by one...
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4306157 |
Underwater slow current turbo generator
A self-contained electrical generating device for placement in a naturally flowing stream. The generating device converts the kinetic energy generated by fluid flow or gravity contained within the...
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4305003 |
Energy generation system
A power producing system employs floats that move up or down in tanks that may be located wherever desired, to produce power.
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4301377 |
Moving surface water driven power apparatus
The power apparatus includes a plurality of paddle wheels arranged in tandem and intended to be positioned generally transverse to the direction of movement of water at the surface of a body of...
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4295783 |
Fluid turbine
A fluid turbine designed for increased power output including an annular housing provided with a semispherical dome for directing incoming fluid flow from a fluid source in an angular and downward...
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