Accelerated and/or Redirected Flow-Inducing and/or Low Pressure Field or Area-Inducing Arrangement, Their Use with Turbine-Like Devices and Methods for Using Same

A combination comprising a turbine device in combination with an accelerated and/or redirected flow-inducing arrangement,

• the turbine device having a fluid inlet end and a fluid outlet end for fluid flowing therethrough, defining a direction of fluid flow through the device, an accelerator shroud section that has a longitudinal central axis and defines within its cross-section a fluid flow area and includes a rotor assembly that is mounted within the accelerator shroud for rotation around the longitudinal central axis, and includes a plurality of rotor blades extending radially outwardly within the accelerator shroud;
• the flow-inducing arrangement comprising (1) a forward deflector positioned in front of the fluid inlet end of the turbine device and (2) a rear deflector positioned downstream of the rotor assembly, the forward deflector being configured so as to produce at least one of the following effects on the fluid flowing through the turbine-device:
• (a) imparting a redirection of the fluid as it passes through the forward deflector;
• and/or (b) accelerating the flow velocity of the fluid as it flows through the forward deflector,
• wherein the forward deflector comprises a forward array of deflector rods that are configured to provide at least one of said effects (a) and/or (b), and wherein the rear deflector comprises a rear array of deflector rods that is configured to produce a decrease in pressure in the fluid downstream of the rear deflector, and wherein the rear array of deflector rods of the rear deflector comprises a pattern of concentric rings.