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.
Claims21
A linear turbine system, the linear turbine system comprising:
- a linear turbine;
- and a nozzle configured to provide a fluid jet to the turbine, the nozzle comprising:
- an inlet portion for receiving a volume of fluid, the inlet portion having a cross-section;
- a first outlet portion terminating in a first substantially rectilinear opening to direct a first rectilinear jet of fluid outward to contact the linear turbine;
- a second outlet portion terminating in a second substantially rectilinear opening to direct a second rectilinear jet of fluid outward to contact the linear turbine;
- and a bifurcation positioned between the inlet portion and the first and second outlet portions to divide the volume of fluid into the first outlet portion and the second outlet portion, wherein the first outlet portion directs the first rectilinear jet of fluid into the linear turbine at an angle ranging from approximately 25° to approximately 50°.
A linear turbine system, the linear turbine system comprising:
- a single-stage linear turbine;
- a free jet nozzle to supply a fluid jet to the turbine;
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- a housing configured to isolate the linear turbine and nozzle from an external atmosphere, the housing comprising:
- a chamber enclosing the linear turbine and nozzle, the chamber having an outlet that is hydraulically sealed to an outlet fluid body, after the fluid jet contacts the turbine, fluid leaving the turbine exits the housing through the outlet, and
- a control valve configured to control an amount of air in the chamber to maintain a desired elevation of suction head inside the chamber without allowing the outlet fluid body to contact the turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.