Hydroelectric in-pipe turbine blades
AssigneeLeviathan Energy Hydroelectric Ltd.
InventorsDaniel Farb, Avner Farkash, Gadi Hareli, Ken Kolman, Joe Van Zwaren
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Abstract
The special circumstances of working with hydroelectric turbines in pipes require innovations in blade shapes and systems that are presented here. An example is streamlining of the blades greater than that found in traditional hydroelectric turbines.
Claims16
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A hydroelectric turbine with a liquid environment-adapted blade system, defined as cups with an angle of less than 45 degrees from the central forward point to the peripheral rear point, and/or cups whose back cupped surface is not substantially congruent with the front, and/or a central substantially conical structure upstream from the propeller, held in place either by a structure connected to the propeller or by a separate structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.