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US 11,815,063 B2Granted
Hydro power plant
AssigneeStefanos Sklivanos
InventorsStefanos Sklivanos, Georgios Sklivanos
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Abstract
A hydro power plant for the use of a water flow includes an endless moving belt on which a plurality of blades is foldably attached. The moving belt is guided around at least two deflection points in such a way that there are two rows of blades moving in opposite directions during operation. At least one of the two rows of blades is oriented inclined to the direction of the water flow. At the deflection points, the blades are folded over from a first blade position into a second blade position and from the second blade position back into the first blade position.
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A hydro power plant for use of a water flow, comprising:
- an endless moving belt;
- a plurality of blades each having an inner edge and an outer edge, wherein each blade of the plurality of blades is foldably attached to the endless moving belt at the inner edge of the blade;
- at least two deflection points around which the endless moving belt is guided in such a way that a first row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on an upstream side moves in a direction transverse to a direction of the water flow and a second row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on a downstream side moves in a direction opposite the direction of the first row of blades on the upstream side during operation, the blades of at least one of the first row of blades or the second row of blades being oriented inclined to the direction of the water flow, and each of the plurality of blades being folded over at the at least two deflection points from a first blade position into a second blade position and from the second blade position back into the first blade position;
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- a guide mechanism in the form of a closed circumferential guide, the guide mechanism being configured to guide each blade of the plurality of blades at the outer edge of the blade and to effect the folding over of the blades at the at least two deflection points.
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A hydro power plant for the use of a water flow, comprising:
- an endless moving belt;
- a plurality of blades, wherein each blade of the plurality of blades is foldably attached to the endless moving belt;
- at least two deflection points around which the endless moving belt is guided in such a way that a first row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on an upstream side moves in a direction transverse to a direction of the water flow and a second row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on a downstream side moves in a direction opposite the direction of the first row of blades on the upstream side during operation, the blades of at least one of the first row of blades or the second row of blades being oriented inclined to the direction of the water flow, and each of the plurality of blades being folded over at the at least two deflection points from a first blade position into a second blade position and from the second blade position back into the first blade position;
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- a single guide mechanism comprising a closed circumferential guide, the single guide mechanism guides each blade of the plurality of blades at an outer region of the blade remote from the endless moving belt, the folding over of the blades at the at least two deflection points being effected by the closed circumferential guide.
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A method of generating a rotational motion from a water flow, comprising:
- flowing from the water flow onto an endless moving belt to which a plurality of blades is foldably attached, wherein each blade of the plurality of blades comprises an inner edge and an outer edge, wherein each blade of the plurality of blades is foldably attached to the endless moving belt at an inner edge of the blade;
- guiding the endless moving belt around at least two deflection points in such a way that a first row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on an upstream side moves in a direction transverse to a direction of the water flow and a second row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on a downstream side moves in a direction opposite the direction of the first row of blades on the upstream side, wherein
- the blades of at least one of the first row of blades or the second row of blades are oriented inclined to the direction of the water flow;
- at the at least two deflection points a folding over of each blade of the plurality of blades from a first blade position into a second blade position and respectively, from the second blade position back into the first blade position takes place, wherein
- the folding over of each blades at the at least two deflection points is effected by guiding each blade of the plurality of at the outer edge of the blade by a guide mechanism, wherein the guide mechanism comprises a closed circumferential guide;
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- converting movement of the endless moving belt into the rotational motion.
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A method of generating a rotational motion from a water flow, comprising:
- flowing from the water flow onto an endless moving belt to which each blade of a plurality of blades is foldably attached;
- guiding the endless moving belt around at least two deflection points in such a way that a first row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on an upstream side moves in a direction transverse to a direction of the water flow and a second row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on a downstream side opposite the upstream side moves in a direction opposite the direction of the first row of blades on the upstream side, wherein
- the blades of at least one of the first row of blades or the second row of blades are oriented inclined to the direction of the water flow;
- at the at least two deflection points a folding over of each blade of the plurality of blades from a first blade position into a second blade position and, respectively, from the second blade position back into the first blade position takes place, wherein
- the folding over of each blade of the plurality of blades at the at least two deflection points is effected by a single guide mechanism comprising circumferential guide, wherein the single guide mechanism is closed and guides each blade of the plurality of blades at an outer region of the blade remote from the endless moving belt;
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- converting movement of the endless moving belt into the rotational motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.