Energy conversion device and energy conversion arrangement

An energy conversion device for converting water energy into electric energy, comprising:

• at least one rotor having a rotor rotational axis that is fixed;
• and
• a flow housing which comprises a rotor mantle which surrounds the at least one rotor radially to the rotor rotational axis,
• wherein the flow housing comprises a catching apparatus upstream of the rotor mantle, which is adapted and arranged to guide a movement of water to the at least one rotor,
• wherein at least one cross-sectional tapering is arranged at an end of the catching apparatus facing the rotor mantle,
• wherein the catching apparatus comprises at least one manifold, and
• wherein the at least one manifold is located upstream of the cross-sectional tapering with respect to a direction of movement of the water,
• the energy conversion device further comprising:
• a supporting frame, wherein an alignment/orientation of the rotor rotational axis is determined by the supporting frame, and
• a mounting on which the supporting frame is movably held transversely and/or parallel to a direction of the rotor rotational axis,
• wherein the at least one manifold is adapted and arranged to deflect a flow of the water from a first direction of movement at an inlet of the at least one manifold into a second direction of movement,
• wherein the at least one manifold produces a deflection of the first direction of movement in the range of 45° to 135°, and
• wherein the supporting frame is movably held parallel to the direction of the rotor rotational axis in order to adjust the alignment/orientation of the rotor rotational axis to a prevailing water level.