Modular envelope hydrodynamic electrification system
AssigneeINGLASS S.p.A.
InventorsRobert Freda, Bradford G. Knight
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Abstract
A hydrodynamic electrification system that generates electricity from water moving from a high side to a low side and around a structure that divides the low side from the high side generally includes a water transport system that directs the water from the high side presenting a hydraulic head, over the structure, and to the low side. The system includes a power extraction system having a wheel that receives the water from said water transport system and a mounting system having a high side anchor that connects near an intake to the water transport system at the high side and having a low side anchor that connects to the power extraction system at the low side.
Claims20
A hydrodynamic electrification system that generates electricity from water moving from a high side to a low side and around a structure that divides the low side from the high side, the system comprising:
- a water transport system that directs the water from the high side presenting a hydraulic head, over the structure, and to the low side;
- a power extraction system having a wheel that receives the water from said water transport system, wherein said power extraction unit is configured to adjust the frequency of electricity being generated by adjusting a flow of the water from said water transport system to said power extraction unit;
- a mounting system having a high side anchor that connects near an intake to the water transport system at the high side and having a low side anchor that connects to the power extraction system at the low side;
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- wherein said water transport system include a siphon having an accelerator section to increase a jet velocity of the water into said power extraction system having said wheel configured to operate with a confined flow and include one of a spiral rotor and anhedrally-tilted rotors, and wherein said adjusting of said flow of the water from said water transport system to said power extraction unit includes adjusting a flow rate through the siphon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.