Reversible pump-turbine
OwnerFrancisco J. Gutierrez Atencioinventor
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Abstract
A reversible pump-turbine associated with a fluidic flow directing means defined as a water passageway includes shiftable body component selective displaceable to achieve alternatively, either an energy generation or an energy accumulation mode. One or more fluidic flow directing means are provided each having a, movably engineered or a fixed engineered diffuser body. Selection of energy mode is achieved by rotating the reversible pump-turbine about a verticalized axis, or a horizontalized axis, to position a selected end of its venturi adjacent the end of said fluidic flow conveying means and the other end adjacent said diffuser open end defined in said fluidic flow directing means. If only one conduit is provided, said diffusers are movably engineered into said fluidic flow directing means.
Claims26
In a fixed fluidic flow directing conduit including a main structural embodying arrangement having a peripheral wall with open end means defined in it for allowing the passage of a fluidic flow therethrough;
- the improvement comprising one or more hydromotive assemblies positioned within said embodying arrangement, each said hydromotive assembly including a conduit having a peripheral wall defining a fluid flow circulation path alternatively-controllably disposed in functional combination with said fixed fluidic flow directing conduit, an energy transformation unit disposed in combination with said fluid flow circulation path of said assembly, said transformation unit adapted to activate fluid within said flow path when in energy accumulation mode or to be actuated thereby when in the energy generation mode, said assembly conduit having a first open end and a second open end for discharging fluid entering said first open end, both said first and second open ends configured to be controllably-alternatively positioned against said open ends defined in said embodying arrangement peripheral wall, and means on said hydromotive assembly mounting same in combination with the inner configuration of said embodying arrangement to allow rotatable displacements of said hydromotive assembly between said alternate positions and between their energetic functional transformation performance operative mode running cycles.
In, at least a set of two fixed fluidic flow directing conduits including a main structural embodying arrangement having a peripheral wall with respective open end means defined in it for allowing of the passage of respective fluidic flows therethrough in each one of said fixed conduits;
- the improvement comprising one or more hydromotive assemblies positioned within said embodying arrangement, each said hydromotive assembly including a conduit having a peripheral wall defining a fluid flow circulation path alternatively-controllably disposed in functional combination with each one pf said fixed fluidic flow directing conduits, an energy transformation unit disposed in combination with said fluid flow circulation path of said assembly, said transformation unit adapted to activate fluid within said flow path when in energy accumulation or to be actuated thereby when in energy generation, said assembly conduit having a first open end and a second open end for discharging fluid entering said first open end, both said first and second open ends configurated to be alternatively-controllably positioned against each set of open ends defined in said embodying arrangement peripheral wall and belonging to each one of said fixed conduits, and means on said hydromotive assembly mounting same in combination with the inner configuration of said embodying arrangement to allow rotatable displacement of said assembly between said alternate positions;
- and, alternatively, to allow combinably rotatable-rectilinear displacement of said assembly between said alternate positions and between energetic transformation running cycle modes.
In a main fixed fluidic flow directing conduit spliced in two substantially coaxially spatially disposed subconduit branches, each performing in a given specific energetic functional performance and being both connected to a main structural embodying arrangement with respective open ends defined in the peripheral walls of said embodying arrangement;
- the improvement comprising at least one hydromotive assembly positioned within said embodying arrangement, said hydromotive assembly being controllably-alternatively disposed in a given specific energetic functional performance in combination with one branch of said set of two spliced subconduit branches;
- said hydromotive assembly including a conduit having a peripheral wall defining a fluid flow circulation path alternatively-controllably disposed for said functional performance in combination with each of said two spliced subconduit branches, an energy transformation unit disposed in combination with said fluid flow assembly circulation path, said transformation unit adapted to activate fluid within said flow path when specifically performing in an energy accumulation mode or to be actuated thereby when specifically performing in an energy generation mode, said assembly conduit having a first open end and a second open end for discharging fluid entering said first open end, both said first and second open ends being configured to be alternatively-controllably positioned against each said two subconduit branch open ends defined in said embodying arrangement peripheral wall, and means on said hydromotive assembly mounting same in combination with an inner configuration of said embodying arrangement to allow rotatable displacement of said assembly between said extreme alternate positions.
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