Run-of river power plant
AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorsBenjamin Holstein, Jorg Lochschmidt, Helmut Bronowski
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Abstract
The invention concerns a run-of-river power plant with the following components or features: at least one module or several stand-alone modules, which are arranged close to one another in the flow direction, respectively comprising at least one energy unit; each energy unit comprises a water turbine and a generator; every module includes an upstream retaining wall as well as a downstream bearing wall; an intermediate space is situated between both walls; a rake, which extends between the upper edge of the retaining wall and the upper edge of the bearing wall and covers the intermediate space; a suction channel is connected to the energy unit.
Claims20
A run-of-river power plant comprising:
- a plurality of modules arranged close to one another in a flow direction, each of the plurality of modules comprising at least one energy unit;
- each energy unit comprising a water turbine and a generator;
- each of the plurality of modules including an upstream retaining wall, a downstream bearing wall, and an intermediate space situated between the retaining wall and the downstream bearing wall;
- each of the plurality of modules including a rake, the rake extending between an upper edge of the retaining wall and an upper edge of the bearing wall and covering the intermediate space;
- a suction channel connected to each energy unit;
- each energy unit is carried by the hearing wall and is situated in the intermediate space;
- the intermediate space is V-shaped, the intermediate space including a vertical section positioned in the flow direction;
- the energy unit can be inserted from above into the bearing wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.