Pipeline turbine generator
OwnerChristopher L. Kyle, Billy E Pierceinventors
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Abstract
A pipeline turbine generator for generating electric power from fluid flowing in a pipeline, the pipeline associated with, and downstream of, a wellhead, and either the pipeline including a valve proximate a chemical injection pump for the pipeline or including secondary piping inserted into the fluid line between the wellhead and a downstream facility, the secondary piping in fluid communication with the turbine and creating a secondary fluid flow path for the turbine.
Claims8
A pipeline turbine generator for generating electricity from fluid flowing in a fluid line, the line associated with, and downstream of, a wellhead and generally proximate a chemical injection pump, the pipeline turbine generator comprising:
- a turbine and associated generator, structured and sized and scaled appropriate to charge a 12-volt battery;
- the turbine having retractable and extendable blades structured, in contracted configuration, to insert into and remove from a valve, the valve located on the fluid line running from the wellhead toward a downstream facility and proximate the chemical injection pump.
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