Energy conversion system employing a centrifugal turbine to extract energy from a fluid flow

An energy system for converting potential and/or kinetic fluid energy into mechanical kinetic energy, the system comprising:

• a housing configured to securely and rotatably support therein a centrifugal turbine and an energy transmission shaft, the housing comprising a housing fluid inlet and a housing fluid outlet,
• the centrifugal turbine comprising a plurality of chambers supported radially around a central hub, the chambers comprising a chamber fluid inlet and a chamber fluid outlet, at least some of the chambers comprising,
• a first wall including a planar surface, whose plane passes perpendicularly through the rotatable energy transmission shaft,
• a second wall including a first curvilinear surface facing inwardly toward the first wall and configured to serve as first impeller to absorb at least some of the energy created by a force of the fluid energy delivered through the housing fluid inlet during operation, and
• a third wall intersecting with the first wall and the second wall, the third wall including a second curvilinear surface facing inwardly toward the first wall and configured to serve as a second impeller to absorb at least some of the energy created by the force of the fluid energy delivered through the housing fluid inlet during operation, and
• the rotatable energy transmission shaft configured to support the hub of the centrifugal turbine and configured to transmit torque to a discrete assembly to be driven by the torque of the shaft,
• wherein the energy system is configured to convert the potential and/or kinetic energy of the fluid delivered to the energy system into kinetic energy.