Apparatus and method for generation of electricity with pressurized water and air flow media
AssigneeGo Team CCR LLC
InventorsFrancis Norbert Hector, Jr., Juan Keith Carroll
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Abstract
A facility for generating electricity that includes a water source, at least one water inlet valve for delivering water to a pressure vessel under pressure, a plurality of pressure vessel water outlet valves in flow communication with the pressure vessel and a turbine-powered electrical generator for delivery of water under pressure from the pressure vessel water outlet valves according to a predetermined sequence, and an electrical distribution system for selectively delivering electricity generated by the electrical generator to an external source for use or to an air compressor operatively connected to the water source for pressurizing the water being delivered to the pressure vessel.
Claims9
A facility for generating electricity, comprising:
- (a) a water source;
- (b) at least one water inlet valve for delivering water to a pressure vessel under pressure;
- (c) a plurality of pressure vessel water outlet valves in flow communication with the pressure vessel and a turbine-powered electrical generator for delivery of water under pressure from the pressure vessel water outlet valves according to a predetermined sequence;
- (d) an electrical distribution system for selectively delivering electricity generated by the electrical generator to an external source for use or to an air compressor operatively connected to the water source for pressurizing the water being delivered to the pressure vessel;
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- (e) a plurality of conduits extending between the water source and a downstream pumped-hydro storage facility for delivering pressurized water to the pumped-hydro storage facility, the conduits each having a plurality of stair-step segments with a respective plurality of pressure vessels in fluid communication with the plurality of conduits receiving pressurized air from an air piping system through sequentially opened and closed valves and downstream along the conduits through sequentially opened and closed valves in series to the pumped-hydro storage facility.
A facility for generating electricity, comprising:
- (a) a pressure vessel including at least one water inlet valve for filling the pressure vessel with water;
- (b) at least one air inlet valve for delivering pressurized air from an air compressor to the pressure vessel after the pressure vessel has been filled with water to pressurize the water;
- (c) a plurality of water outlet valves communicating with the hydroelectric turbine for delivering pressurized water to a turbine-powered electrical generator in a synchronized fashion for providing a uniform rate of water flow to the turbine-powered electrical generator;
- (d) at least one air exhaust valve for exhausting the pressurized air from the pressure vessel as the pressurized water is delivered to the turbine-powered electrical generator;
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- (e) a plurality of conduits extending between an upstream water supply and a downstream pumped-hydro storage facility for delivering pressurized water to the pumped-hydro storage facility, the conduits each having a plurality of stair-step segments with a respective plurality of pressure vessels in fluid communication with the plurality of conduits receiving pressurized air from an air piping system through sequentially opened and closed valves and downstream along the conduits through sequentially opened and closed valves in series to the pumped-hydro storage facility.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.