Tubular turbine device for a fluid transport network
AssigneeRWE Gas Storage West GmbH
InventorsChristian Effing, Andreas Brümmer, Felix Nal, Guido Neuhaus
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Abstract
The application relates to a tubular turbine device for a fluid transport network, including at least one running equipment arranged on a turbine shaft, at least one guiding equipment arranged upstream of the running equipment, and at least one generator coupled to the turbine shaft and configured to convert a mechanical energy into electrical energy, at least one cross-section adjustment equipment configured to change a cross-sectional area of the tubular turbine device that can be flowed through depending on the volume flow of the fluid flowing through the tubular turbine device.
Claims13
A tubular turbine device for a fluid transport network, comprising:
- at least one running equipment arranged on a turbine shaft,
- at least one guiding equipment arranged upstream of the running equipment, and
- at least one generator coupled to the turbine shaft and configured to convert a mechanical energy into electrical energy,
- at least one cross-section adjustment equipment configured to change a cross-sectional area of the tubular turbine device that can be flowed through depending on the volume flow of the fluid flowing through the tubular turbine device,
- wherein the cross-section adjustment equipment comprises at least one plate module with at least one blocking element arranged radially movably in a through-flow opening of the plate module.
A method for operating a tubular turbine device, wherein the tubular turbine device comprises at least one running equipment, at least one guiding equipment arranged upstream of the running equipment in the direction of flow, and at least one generator coupled to a turbine shaft and configured to convert a mechanical energy into electrical energy, the method comprising:
- providing a fluid volume value of the tubular turbine device, and
- changing, by a cross-sectional adjustment equipment of the tubular turbine device, a cross-sectional area of the tubular turbine device that can be flowed through depending on a provided fluid volume value and a predetermined fluid volume set point,
- wherein the cross-section adjustment equipment comprises at least one plate module with at least one blocking element arranged radially movably in a through-flow opening of the plate module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.