Gas-liquid turbine and method of driving same
AssigneeBioturbine Systems Inc.
InventorPaul Mayrand
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Abstract
A turbine that has a plurality of compartments. Each compartment has associated thereto a respective opening. Each opening defining a fluid communication path between an outside of the turbine and a respective compartment. The turbine also has a plurality of conduits. Each conduit connects a respective compartment to an adjoining compartment. Each conduit defines a fluid communication passageway between the respective compartment and the adjoining compartment. The turbine is configured for immersion in liquid and for powering by gas displacing some of the liquid out of one or more than one compartment. The present disclosure also describes a method of driving such a turbine.
Claims13
A turbine comprising:
- a plurality of compartments, each of the plurality of compartments having associated thereto a respective opening, each respective opening defining a fluid communication path between an outside of the turbine and a respective one of the plurality of compartments;
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- a plurality of conduits, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of compartments, each of the plurality of conduits connecting a respective one of the plurality of compartments to an adjoining one of the plurality of compartments, each of the plurality of conduits defining a fluid communication passageway between the respective one of the plurality of compartments and the adjoining one of the plurality of compartments, the turbine configured for immersion in liquid and for powering by gas displacing some of the liquid out of one or more than one compartment of the plurality of compartments,
- wherein each conduit of the plurality of conduits defines a first aperture and a second aperture, the first aperture being located in a first compartment of the plurality of compartments and the second aperture being located in a compartment of the plurality of compartments adjoining the first compartment of the plurality of compartments.
A turbine comprising:
- a plurality of compartments, each of the plurality of compartments having associated thereto a respective opening, each respective opening defining a fluid communication path between an outside of the turbine and a respective one of the plurality of compartments;
- a plurality of conduits, each associated with a respective one of the plurality of compartments, each of the plurality of conduits connecting a respective one of the plurality of compartments to an adjoining one of the plurality of compartments, each of the plurality of conduits defining a fluid communication passageway between the respective one of the plurality of compartments and the adjoining one of the plurality of compartments, the turbine configured for immersion in liquid and for powering by gas displacing some of the liquid out of one or more than one compartment of the plurality of compartments, and
- a plurality of curved blades, wherein each conduit of the plurality of conduits defines a first aperture and a second aperture, each first aperture located in a first compartment of the plurality of compartments between two adjacent curved blades of the plurality of curved blades, along a radial direction of the turbine, each second aperture being located in a second compartment of the plurality of compartments, the second compartment adjoining the first compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.