Linear pelton turbine
AssigneeNatel Energy, Inc.
InventorAbraham D. Schneider
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Abstract
Systems and methods related to linear turbine systems are presented. Each embodiment described herein may be designed as a single-stage, linear, impulse turbine system. In an embodiment, a linear turbine includes a first shaft extending along a first axis; a second shaft extending along a second axis, the second axis being separated from and substantially parallel to the first axis; a first plurality of buckets to travel a first continuous path around the first shaft and the second shaft along a first plane, the first path including a first substantially linear path segment between the first axis and the second axis; and a nozzle configured to direct a first fluid jet to contact the first plurality of buckets in the first linear path segment.
Claims16
A linear turbine, comprising:
- a first shaft extending along a first axis;
- a second shaft extending along a second axis, the second axis being separated from and substantially parallel to the first axis;
- a first plurality of buckets to travel a first continuous path around the first shaft and the second shaft along a first plane, the first path including a first substantially linear path segment between the first axis and the second axis;
- a nozzle inward from the first plane towards a centerline of the turbine, the nozzle configured to direct a first fluid jet outwards from the centerline of the turbine to contact the first plurality of buckets in the first linear path segment;
- a second plurality of buckets to travel a second continuous path around the first shaft and the second shaft along a second plane, the second plane being substantially parallel to the first plane, the second path including a second substantially linear path segment between the first axis and the second axis,
- wherein the nozzle is configured to direct a second fluid jet to contact the second plurality of buckets in the second linear path segment.
A single stage linear turbine, comprising:
- a first shaft extending along a first horizontal axis;
- a second shaft extending along a second horizontal axis, the second axis being separated from and substantially parallel to the first horizontal axis;
- a bucket to travel a first continuous path around the first shaft and the second shaft along a first plane, the first path including a first substantially linear path segment between the first axis and the second axis, a first substantially arc-shaped segment around the second axis, a second substantially linear path segment between the second axis and the first axis, and a second substantially arc-shaped segment around the first axis;
- a nozzle configured to direct a fluid jet outward to contact the bucket in the first substantially linear path segment;
- a turbine blade comprising the bucket, the bucket being connected to an end of the turbine blade;
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- a moving structure, the turbine blade being connected to the moving structure, wherein the turbine blade is connected to the moving structure at its mid-span such that the end of the turbine blade is cantilevered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.