CA2316137A1 - The rivermain water and electric power delivery system - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
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Abstract
The system proposes the installation of pipelines or water mains approximately three feet in diameter laid down on the bed of a river and extending from its upper reaches to its mouth, which would be tapped to provide water to municipalites along its banks free from pollution by agricultural run-off, indus-trial discharges and municipal sewage.
For reasons disclosed in the specification, the water would be under high pressure and could also be directed through tur-bines for the generation of electricity.
For reasons disclosed in the specification, the water would be under high pressure and could also be directed through tur-bines for the generation of electricity.
Description
The title of the invention is The Rivermain Water and Elec-tric Power Deflivery System. The technical fields to which the invention applies are obtaining of potable water for municipal water systems, hydraulics, and the generation of electric pow-er.
The proposed installation would be the laying of one or more water mains or pipelines having a nominal diameter of three feet extending from its upper reaches to its mouth. The location of the beginning of the main or pipeline would be de-termined by where there is sufficient annual flow to supply the pipeline and also other local and downriver needs, and by the presence of waterfalls or rapids which cannot be bypassed by a Land detour. Additional pipelines could he introduced where flow of the river increases.
The ideal river for the installation of the system would be where there is sufficient flow to support the system, a diff-erence in elevation between the intake point and the lower reaches of the river sufficient for poQer generation, a level of agricultural, industrial,vana municipal pollution inwthe lov er reaches sufficient to require this remedy, and a population density justifying the expense_ There are many rivers which match that description, and there are many which do not. Never theless, the pollution problem might justify the installation where the height differential is inadequate for power genera-tion, and the potential for power generation might justify in-stallation where pollution is not a signifigant problem.
For water supply to riverside or even inland municipalities a six-inch branch pipeline would lead from the main to a water tower serving the city, which would be needed to reduce press-ure in the main line to the needs of municipal water systems.
The dimensions gi~ren fo~c the main pipeline and the branch lines are nominal and wou~.d be determined by engineezing calculations and municipal requirements.
The capacity of the pipeline to genezate electric power is founded upon a basic principle of the science of hydraulics, which states in substance that water Within connected parts o~
an enclosed system will find the same level. This is illustra-ted in a simple experiment shown in Figure 1, where U-shaped plastic tube is filled Vith water coloured blue, Which is at the same level on both sides of the U. In Figure 2, plug B
is inserted in the left arm of the tube, which is then lowered.
If the plug is removed, water in the right arm:~of the tube des-cends and water spurts up from the lower left arm of the tube as they seek a common level.. The water in the left arm of the tube is subjected to the pressure exerted by the higher water in the right arm of the tube.
In the case of the pipeline laid down in the river bed from the upper reaches to the lower reaches of the river, and there is a 200 foot difference in elevation, then the pressure exerted- on~'the water at the bottom of the pipeline by the weight of the water above it in the pipeline would be the same as water descending from a 200 foot high hydro dam, but without the cost of the construction of the dam or the economic and hu-man cost of abandonment of what is often fertile valley lands in the catchment area of the lands and the displacement of its popuJ_ation.
Water at high pressure from the pipeline or several pipe lines would serve power stations on the banks of the lower reaches of the river, and water discharged from the turbines would be redirected into pipelines at normal pressure for dis-tribution to municipal water systems or for irrigation.
With respect to polder generation only, it would also be possible in high semi-mountainous terrain with relatively sham drops in elevation to tap a river's water by in5ta11ation of the pipeline but then have the line leave the river to form ' a flume dropping several hundred feet to a power station fur-ther down, with discharged water being returned to the river_ 08/01/00 TIIE 15:22 fTX/RX NO 9483) 0 005
The proposed installation would be the laying of one or more water mains or pipelines having a nominal diameter of three feet extending from its upper reaches to its mouth. The location of the beginning of the main or pipeline would be de-termined by where there is sufficient annual flow to supply the pipeline and also other local and downriver needs, and by the presence of waterfalls or rapids which cannot be bypassed by a Land detour. Additional pipelines could he introduced where flow of the river increases.
The ideal river for the installation of the system would be where there is sufficient flow to support the system, a diff-erence in elevation between the intake point and the lower reaches of the river sufficient for poQer generation, a level of agricultural, industrial,vana municipal pollution inwthe lov er reaches sufficient to require this remedy, and a population density justifying the expense_ There are many rivers which match that description, and there are many which do not. Never theless, the pollution problem might justify the installation where the height differential is inadequate for power genera-tion, and the potential for power generation might justify in-stallation where pollution is not a signifigant problem.
For water supply to riverside or even inland municipalities a six-inch branch pipeline would lead from the main to a water tower serving the city, which would be needed to reduce press-ure in the main line to the needs of municipal water systems.
The dimensions gi~ren fo~c the main pipeline and the branch lines are nominal and wou~.d be determined by engineezing calculations and municipal requirements.
The capacity of the pipeline to genezate electric power is founded upon a basic principle of the science of hydraulics, which states in substance that water Within connected parts o~
an enclosed system will find the same level. This is illustra-ted in a simple experiment shown in Figure 1, where U-shaped plastic tube is filled Vith water coloured blue, Which is at the same level on both sides of the U. In Figure 2, plug B
is inserted in the left arm of the tube, which is then lowered.
If the plug is removed, water in the right arm:~of the tube des-cends and water spurts up from the lower left arm of the tube as they seek a common level.. The water in the left arm of the tube is subjected to the pressure exerted by the higher water in the right arm of the tube.
In the case of the pipeline laid down in the river bed from the upper reaches to the lower reaches of the river, and there is a 200 foot difference in elevation, then the pressure exerted- on~'the water at the bottom of the pipeline by the weight of the water above it in the pipeline would be the same as water descending from a 200 foot high hydro dam, but without the cost of the construction of the dam or the economic and hu-man cost of abandonment of what is often fertile valley lands in the catchment area of the lands and the displacement of its popuJ_ation.
Water at high pressure from the pipeline or several pipe lines would serve power stations on the banks of the lower reaches of the river, and water discharged from the turbines would be redirected into pipelines at normal pressure for dis-tribution to municipal water systems or for irrigation.
With respect to polder generation only, it would also be possible in high semi-mountainous terrain with relatively sham drops in elevation to tap a river's water by in5ta11ation of the pipeline but then have the line leave the river to form ' a flume dropping several hundred feet to a power station fur-ther down, with discharged water being returned to the river_ 08/01/00 TIIE 15:22 fTX/RX NO 9483) 0 005
Claims
The embodiments of the invention for which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed is the laying down of pipe-lines or large water mains in the beds of rivers from upper to lower sections of the rivers to provide potable water to down-stream municipalities, and the generation of electricity by directing the flow of water from the mains or pipelines into turbines.
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| CA002316137A CA2316137A1 (en) | 2000-08-01 | 2000-08-01 | The rivermain water and electric power delivery system |
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| CA002316137A CA2316137A1 (en) | 2000-08-01 | 2000-08-01 | The rivermain water and electric power delivery system |
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| CN111792808A (en) * | 2020-07-22 | 2020-10-20 | 天津中联格林科技发展有限公司 | Geotechnical barrier material for in-situ covering of bottom mud and preparation process |
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