Horizontally-oriented conical-helical hydrokinetic turbine
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Abstract
A fully-submerged multi-stage Horizontally-oriented Conical-helical Hydrokinetic Turbine that captures water stream flows (river, tidal, deep ocean currents) and funnels this kinetic-rich concentrated flow into a conical turbine system consisting of a rotating arrangement of helical hydrofoil blades wherein the internal stream is forced to exit out through the frustum turbine blade assembly. With a higher Capacity Factor and Power Coefficient than conventional renewables, this turbine is designed to be an environmentally friendly baseload electricity generator to meet the ever-increasing electricity demands.
Claims17
A hydrokinetic turbine system, the system comprising:
- a) a turbine blade system, wherein the turbine blade system includes a plurality of hydrofoil blades distributed around a three-dimensional conical plane;
- b) wherein each of the hydrofoil blades include at least one blade length segment, at least one downstream blade section, at least one downstream blade tip, at least one profile, and at least one geometry;
- c) wherein the hydrofoil blades are arranged lengthwise down a concentric frustum-shape at an acute angle to an axis of rotation;
- d) a larger diameter inlet section, proportionally larger than a largest diameter of a plane of the turbine blade system, wherein the larger diameter inlet section is open to a water stream;
- e) a center axis of rotation is generally aligned with a water stream flow's relative direction of travel;
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- f) an inner cavity area is formed by a progressive cone-shaped separation half-plane.
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