CA2861683A1 - An apparatus for harvesting electricity and irrigation using helical turbines in a vortex using spiraling pipelines and the process for extruding the said pipelines - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed of a tornado shaped body, called a HUG, (Helical Unique Generation), with a rotating helical turbine to harness electricity or to rotate a large pump used for irrigation or fluid transfer of laminar flows using a spiraling pipeline with spiraling striations.
This apparatus is capable of creating a vortex to increase the velocity of laminar flows.
The rotary motion of the turbine can also rotate a large pump which is used for irrigation or fluid transfer of laminar flows without the use of electricity.
Fluids like water, natural gas, oil or other gases can be transferred by the HUG Pipeline more efficiently using a natural laminar flow, without friction produced on the inside of the pipeline.

Description

AN APPARATUS FOR HARVESTING ELECTRICITY AND IRRIGATION USING HELICAL
TURBINES IN A VORTEX USING SPIRALING PIPELINES AND THE PROCESS FOR
EXTRUDING THE SAID PIPELINES
Inventor: Audet, Romain O., Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Commerce (Gatineau, Quebec, Canada) ABSTRACT
An apparatus is disclosed of a tornado shaped body, called a HUG, (Helical Unique Generation), with a rotating helical turbine to harness electricity or to rotate a large pump used for irrigation or fluid transfer of laminar flows using a spiraling pipeline with spiraling striations.
This apparatus is capable of creating a vortex to increase the velocity of laminar flows. The rotary motion of the turbine can also rotate a large pump which is used for irrigation or fluid transfer of laminar flows without the use of electricity.
Fluids like water, natural gas, oil or other gases can be transferred by the HUG
Pipeline more efficiently using a natural laminar flow, without friction produced on the inside of the pipeline.
DESCRIPTION: Field of Invention The HUG uses the physics of the vortex to create a spiralling motion to accelerate the flow of fluid to generate electricity or irrigation pumps from the water flow from tidal flows, rivers, rapids, ocean and other fluid flows using a helical turbine and to transfer this fluid like oil or natural gas at near zero friction.
Discussion of Prior Art The "prior art" helical turbine is used to provide rotation to either the submersible pump or the electrical generator. One of the companies¨GCK Technologies Inc.
has a patented turbine using the helical blade. Lucid Energy Technologies patented the same helical turbine in a pipeline, but there is no vortex claimed for either patents. An extensive search was done by a professional patent searcher and the closest patent, US840520, is explained as an "augmented velocity hydro-electric turbine generator". A vortex is mentioned, but the patent is different since there are no spiralling pipes, only a straight pipe with some indication of striations.
All these prior systems do not use the physics of the vortex in order to increase the velocity of the laminar flow. None of these patents experience negative pressure or a sucking action at its entrance, which is created by the action of the vortex in the HUG. Hence, all these companies have patents for much larger and more expensive turbines.

Background of Invention The natural motion of fluid is a vortex, which creates a laminar flow. This kind of motion accelerates and contracts the flow of fluid. There are less molecular collisions, which would interfere with the laminar flow.
Summary of the Invention A helical turbine, 23, is disclosed , which creates electricity from laminar flowing water or oil that eliminates the expensive electrical control systems.
A said helical turbine connects directly to a submersible pump, which constantly pumps water into the HUG Funnel as shown in Figure 3, which is connected to a generator, 27.
The pumped water keeps the bowl of the said funnel always filled to the top.
This creates an unchanging pressure on the helical turbine. The connected generator is custom designed for this specific unchanging rotation. This said generator creates constant unchanging 60 Hz cycle AC current without the use of an elaborate expensive electrical control system, which is designed for the electrical grid.
Whenever you have a new product, there are always many applications or spin offs, which I name by their function: the Waterfall HUG, the 'Run of the River' HUG, the HUG Pump, the Irrigation HUG, the River HUG, the Pylon HUG, the Ocean HUG, the Tidal HUG, the HUG Pipe or Pipeline and the Recycle HUG, and in general, the HUG Power Systems:
The Waterfall HUG at Figure 1 doesn't require any expensive control sys-tem to adjust the electrical current. Electricity is created at the source in the standard AC current required by the electrical grid.
The 'Run of River' HUG use a trough, 69, with a gradual slope to feed the flow into its funnel, 11, as shown at Figure14, in order to create electricity.
The HUG Pump has a helical turbine, 23, shown in Figure 3 and 4, which is connected directly to a submersible pump for irrigation or water transfer without using any electricity. The submersible pump can also be used to pump water into a HUG Funnel located above, which activates another helical turbine in order to create electricity.
The Irrigation HUG has a helical turbine,23, which is connected directly to a submersible pump, which constantly pumps water (Figure 3) without the use of electricity or diesel.

2 The River HUG has an energy system at its entrance, which doubles the velocity of the river flow before entering the vortex of the HUG.
The Pylon HUG also doubles the velocity before the flow enters the vortex of the HUG, which increases the velocity of the laminar flow by four times.
The Ocean HUG vortex increases this velocity by four times. The ocean current has an average velocity of 1.5 m/sec and can reach 2.5 m/sec in con-stricted areas between islands, which is much less than the threshold velocity of

3.1 m/sec. required to create electricity. The HUG Funnels are placed on a hex-agonal series of anchored structures above the HUG Pumps. Their generators, 27, are kept dry as shown in Figures 9 and 12.
The Tidal HUG design has similar features compared to the Ocean HUG.
The HUG Pump with its submersible pump turns toward the reversing direction of the tide using an attached underwater kite. Water is pumped above to a Funnel HUG, which activates another helical turbine. This turbine powers a generator, which creates electricity.
The HUG Pipe and Pipeline has striations, 31, which aligns the laminar flow in the shape of a vortex or whirlpool. This results in a higher velocity of the laminar flow of fluid. There is less friction in this pipeline because a boundary layer has developed between the main vortex and a series of mini vortexes created by the said striations. The exact angle and arrangement of the striations are not revealed in this patent. Without the information in this black box of information, our research has shown that the HUG will not perform as described.
Fluids can be transferred through an ocean between two geographic locations over 500 km (300 miles). The maximum distance is now only 80 km using today's technology. Fluids like water, natural gas, oil or other gases can be transferred by this said HUG Pipeline more efficiently using a natural laminar flow, without friction produced on the inside of the pipeline.
The Recycle HUG is designed to increase the high velocity of a laminar flow, from a vortex of gray water. Gray water can be pumped to the toilet reservoir of the same story of a high building, without the use of electricity. The gray water reservoir, 37, services its own floor of a high rise building. The modular HUG can replace the section of the sewage pipe, without major renovations, while saving electricity used to pump new water from the ground level. The gray water is pumped into a toilet reservoir on the same floor, which has its own riser.
Brief Description of the Drawings:
Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention:

Figure 1: Water is directed into the HUG Funnel, 11, through a trough, 69. The design of the said funnel creates or vortex action like a whirlpool, ending its journey pass the helical turbine, 23, after increasing its velocity several times.
The rotation of the said turbine is mechanically connected to a specially wired generator for that steady unchanging rotation, which is caused by the steady pressure of the maximum height of the water level of the said funnel, so there is no need for elaborate electrical control systems. The HUG Energy System is designed to output 60 Hz AC current for the grid.
Figure 2: These Multiple Funnel HUGs,11, are necessary to handle the changing volume of the waterfall. The minimal flow of the waterfall can be handled by only one said Funnel HUG. In the spring of the year, the extra power can be captured by additional Funnel HUGs, which overflow into each other, and, which are fed by a water tower and controlled by a modulated control valve,43, as shown in Figure A. The Figure B shows the interconnection between two Funnel HUGs, which help to create a vortex. Figure C and D shows the striations of the vanes, 4.
and the steady height of the water in the water tower maintains a steady pressure on the helical turbines, thereby avoiding an expensive electrical control substation.
Figure 3: The Pump HUG, 62, adds another use of the HUG, to create electricity from fast moving water. The power house, 47, is supported over a fast water source, to protect and provide easy maintenance of the said HUGs. Figure A
shows the HUG Funnel, 11, which is always filled to the top, by the submersible pumps, 67, in the fast flow. The modulated control valve, 43, monitors the height of the water to the top of the said Funnel, which assures a steady rotation of the specially wired generator, 27, which in turn produces a steady 60 Hz AC
current acceptable to the electrical grid.
Figure 4: Figure A shows the power house, 47, which is supported by a barge, 63, over a fast water source, to protect and provide easy maintenance of the said Pump HUG, 62. The water flow enters the said Pump HUG through a trash screen, 7, as shown in Figure C, and continues pass a vane ring, 46, shown by the three dimensional image, D, which uses the physics of the Coanda effect as demonstrated at Figure E. The flow is redirected past a cone cover, 55, at Figure F and enters into the spiralling HUG pipes, which are angled and directed toward a helical turbine, 23, which rotates a pump, 67.
The said pump, as shown in Figure C, delivers water to the highest level of the HUG Funnel, 11, by a spiralling pipeline, 68, as shown in Figure A. The second turbine, 23, rotates a generator, 27, in order to create electricity.
A steel pipe connector, 96, at Figure G, along with the metal armour, 97 at Figure H, adds strength to the rotation of the shaft of the turbine.
Maintenance of the said Pump HUG is done using a crane, 61, inside the said

4 power house, on a said barge, which is supported by anchors, 64. Figure B
shows the detachable hinged door, 33, on which both the said turbine and the said pump are attached, which provide easy maintenance.
Figure 5 illustrates the basis of the design of the HUG,15, based on the shape of the tornado, 66, shown in figure B. The figure A shows the mathematical slope of the narrow body of the said HUG: 1: 2.88. The trash screen, 7, protects against any debris. The detachable door, 33, has both the said turbine and the generator attached for easy replacement. A steel pipe connector, 96, at Figure D, adds strength to the rotation of the shaft for the turbine and generator. Figure D
shows the protective generator cover, 10, which shields the generator, 27, from water damage. Figure E show nature's shape of a vortex, while Figure F shows a schematic flow of a vortex.
Figure 6: The Pump HUG, 62, has submersible pumps, 67, which are connected by HUG Pipes, 68, on the floating hexagonal system, 73, above. The said pumps fill the level of the said Funnel HUGs,11, above, thereby guaranteeing a steady pressure on the helical turbine, 23, shown in figure C, which provides a steady rotation to the generator, 27. The protective cover,10, shields the said generator from water damage. The underwater kite, 70, turns the said Funnel HUG system automatically to face the reversing direction of the tide. The said kite is held at the anchor, 64, not unlike a normal kite, which has a tail, 50.
Figure 7: The Tidal HUG has an attached "prior art" underwater kite, 70, which turns automatically to face the tide. The said kite has a tail, 50, and an anchor, 64, which is not unlike a real kite, except it has a stronger design.
Figure 8: In the ocean current, the Pump HUG, 62, rotate a helical turbines, 23.
as shown in figure B. These said pumps are connected to HUG Pipes, 68, which direct water up to the Funnel HUGs at the ocean surface located on the floating hexagonal barges,73. The tail, 50 keeps the direction of the HUG system in line with the current, while the anchor, 64, stabilizes the said system on the ocean floor. A crane, 61, serves to raise the said HUGs through the opening of the said hexagonal barge, for maintenance purposes.
Figure 9: The farms of HUGs in an ocean current The figure C shows the average velocity of an ocean current of 1.5 m/sec., while the threshold of a velocity of 3.1 m/sec is required for any commercial application to create electricity from an ocean current. The physics of the vortex increases this slow velocity by a factor of several times above 6 m/sec.
The Funnel HUGs,11, are installed on a hexagonal barge, 73, in groups of six HUGs on many hexagonal barges is shown at figure B. The said barges are held at the bottom of the ocean floor by a set of tethers,17, using tether spring systems,16. The said farm of HUGs are attached to a tower, 51, which is anchored securely on the ocean floor as shown in figure A not unlike a modern ocean going oil rig. The said tower houses a substation, 42, for electricity from each of the said hexagonal barges.
Figure 10 The HUG Pipe Striations The striations, 31, are drawn at A, A', A", shown at Figures C, in a spiralling pathway along the entire pipe. Figure D
shows the spiralling pipelines, which reduce in size to a slope, m, of .05 in the Pump HUG, 62. Figure B shows the compact pipe that is inserted as a "c" shape and later pressurized to fit snuggly inside another pipe to be refurbished.
The exact angle and arrangement of the striations are not revealed in this patent, but our research has shown that the angle and the configuration are critical especially when the HUG is placed in a horizontal position.
Figure 11: The commercial electricity and irrigation system concentrates on providing both irrigation and electricity. The semi-submergible barge, 8, holds a series of Pump HUG, 62, having attached helical turbine, 23, which in turn rotates a large submersible pump, 27. Each of the said pumps are connected to a HUG Pipe, 68, which deliver pressurized water to the Funnel HUG,11, located in a housed facility on shore. This pressurized water fills the said Funnel HUG to the top using a modulated control valve, 87, which continues to feed a the HUG

Pipeline, 68, for irrigation. This vortex created in the said Funnel HUG
energizes the helical turbine, 23, which in turn, rotates a generator, 27, to create electricity.
Figure 12: The Pump HUG, 62, captures energy from an ocean current, which are powered mechanically by a series of helical turbines, 23. These said pumps are connected to HUG Pipe, 68, which direct water up to the Funnel HUGs at the ocean surface located on hexagonal barges, 73. The anchor system stabilizes the said semi submersible barges, 8, on the ocean floor. The "prior art"
tether spring system, 16, eliminates jarring motion, while the slack line, 18, offers additional security to the tether, 17. The semi submersible system, 8 is shown at plan view, B and the front view, A.
Figure 13 The Pump HUG, 62, in figure A, captures electrical power from the fast moving convergence of water of a river at the rear of a pylon, 22, of a bridge.
The helical turbines, 23, powers by the submersible pumps, 67, which in turn pumps water through the HUG Pipes, 29, to the top of the funnel, 11. The water in the said funnel is always filled to the top, monitored by a modulated control valve, which guarantee a steady pressure on the helical turbine, 23, which drives the generator, thereby creating 60Hz AC current for the electrical grid. The crane, 61, is used to raise the submersible HUG pumps for maintenance purposes. The energy body,1, concentrates and speeds up the flow. This said energy body is attached around the pylon of a bridge in figure A or is placed on a slab in the center of the flow as shown in figure B.
Figure 14 The Funnel HUG, 11, in figure B, shows a trough, 69, in a 'run of the river' system, which connects from a stream or a river to the said Funnel HUG
that creates a vortex of water as it flows pass and energizes the helical turbine, 23, which powers the generator in order to create electricity. A modulated control valve monitors the maximum height of the water in the said Funnel and the steady rotation of the said turbine allows the generator to be calibrated to always produce 60 Hz AC current without the expensive electrical control system.
Figure C shows the alternative method of Run of the River. Traditional Run of the River Pipelines develop a high amount of friction along the inside of their pipeline. In contrast, the HUG has superior power generation because of the physics of the vortex, which creates a more than doubling of velocity of the flow to the said turbines..
Figure 15 The tidal flow enters the automatic tidal gates, 38, which close when the flow of the tide is reversed. The captured water from the flood of the tide in a bay is forced into the inlets of the water tower, 51, shown at Figure B. The said water tower is used to maintain a steady pressure on the helical turbine and the steady rotating pressure of the generator, 27, which is monitored by a modulated control valve, 43, thereby avoiding an expensive electrical control substation. The power generation from the Funnel HUGs, 11, is created continuously, longer than the time taken for a new flood of the tide.
Figure 16 Reviving Old Decommissioned Dams There is usually a buildup of silt, 25, behind the dam,12, after 25 to 50 years of use as shown in Figure A and B.

One solution to reviving the dam is to bypass the turbines of the dam completely and allow an overflow the water over the dam into the HUG Funnel. The helical turbine, 23, creates a large amount of energy, which is transferred to the generator, 27, in Figure C.
Figure 17 Power from the Dam Tail race is available, which can be gleaned from the rush of water coming out of the tail race of every dam after it leaves the propeller of the dam. The Figure A is explained in Figure 3 above. The transmission lines add additional power to the present dam.
Figure 18 It is possible to constrict a narrow channel in a stream or river for a power diversion at an island in a river by constructing a small earth, stone and rock dam,12, shown as Figure A, where the main thrust of the river flow, which is known as the "thalweg", 29, has the highest velocity of a meandering river.
The man-made energy bodies, 24, in front of the HUG aligns a faster laminar flow as shown in figure B. There is an increase in the velocity of the laminar flow because of the Coanda Effect The said energy body is place on wide base and lowered by a crane to the river bottom.
Figure 19 The Water Transfer Experiment This table top experiment shows that a glass pipe,13, (B) and straight copper (C) pipes was actually found to be the least suitable for fluid transfer, which have a high coefficient of friction. The most interesting HUG Pipe (D) has the least friction. The movement of all the water in the said pipe, is faster than in conventional cylindrical pipes because of laminar flow.
A graph of the experiment shows the results of our investigation: the spiral pipe (D) produces a markedly different profile to those of the other straight round test-pipes. On three occasions, the actual time that it takes to siphon the water does dip close to the line of zero on the graph, which indicate a laminar flow and zero friction. This laminar flow happens at specific critical pressure points.
Figure 20 Figure A shows the Funnel HUG,11, which increases the velocity of a laminar flow of gray water. Figure D shows the vanes explained in Figure 2 above.
Figure E shows the vane ring, 46, which creates a Coanda effect at the throat of the HUG and the vortex increases the velocity of the flow at the helical turbine, 23, shown in Figure C, which rotates a submersible pump, 67. The modulated control valve opens the collapsible doors, 5, is controlled by a modulated control valve, 87, causing a release of the gray water of a reservoir within the said HUG, when it is filled. Gray water can then be pumped from the gray water reservoir, 37, to the toilet or black water reservoir,19, on the same floor, without the use of electricity. Figure F shows the top view, while Figure B shows the expansion required to fit the HUG in a sewerage pipe, 13.
The maintenance door, 33, which houses both the said turbine and the pump, 67, allows for easy access to both. Accessible grease or zerk fittings allow for easy maintenance without detaching the said door. Figure D shows the vanes which start the vortex action. In one embodiment, the inside lining of the HUG has a rifling of striations described in Figure 10.
Figure 21 shows the process of extruding intertwining helicoidally multiple of HUG Pipelines, 84. This cross-sectional elevation view illustrates a "prior art"
extruder for manufacturing of pipelines and pipes. The extruder, 82, shown at A, uses a screw, 93, to produces several spiralling pipes. The die, 86, produces the shape of the pipeline, which is pulled by a traction system, 79, through the vacuum table, 85 and then to a saw, 78. The tipping table is the last step of the process, which is located at the end a long bed trailer, that is pulled by a motorized vehicle like a track mobile for uneven ground, 95, or a truck on level ground for delivery into an open trench. The motor, 92, and the heat needed to melt the PVC pellets in the hopper, 77, comes from electricity produced by a diesel engine, 44, shown at B.
Figure 22 The water tower in Figure A serves to provide a steady water pressure using a modulated control valve, 97, of water entering a HUG Funnel. Several Tiers of turbines,23, and generators, 27, are separated by a distance of 5.2 m in order to realign to a laminar flow. The metal armour and connectors, 96, lend support to the shaft of the helical turbine. Figure B shows a three-dimension embodiment where an external metal armour, 97, protects the said HUG. In a further embodiment, the striations or rifling along the inside lining of the said HUG maintains the vortex.

Figure 23 The design of the Waterfall HUG shows the suitability for a waterfall and how the said HUG, can be incorporated directly into a waterfall. A
construction site is excavated in front of a waterfall. The said powerhouse itself can be made more attractive as illustrated by an architectural construction,

5.
Each helical turbine, 23, is attached to an electrical generator, 27, which is attached to a detachable hinged doors, 33, and which is spaced at a distance of 5.2 m from each other. The said hinged doors can be released and raised from the said HUG using a warehouse crane, 61, for maintenance purposes.
More Description: the HUG increases the velocity of the laminar flow as follows:
= The Cycloid Spiral Motion in a HUG forces the laminar flow to "roll"
inward around the axis of motion of the water's flow. This natural kind of motion tends to accelerate and align the stream of water along its path in a spiraling pipeline with spiraling striations.
= An Energy Cone, 24, which is located at the front entrance of the HUG, uses the physics of the Coanda Effect, 39, the tendency of a stream of fluid to stay attached to a convex surface, rather than follow a straight line in its original direction. The ambient water besides this constricted laminar flow is swept along where they intermingle and align at higher velocity as shown in Fig.13.
= Striations, 31, form a striated surface in order to give a rotary motion to the laminar flow. The striations are the inside walls of the HUG, which are created from plastic intrusion. These striations produce a multiple rifling effect.
This causes the laminar flow to move in a general spiral motion. The striations align the laminar flow in a clockwise manner in the Northern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
= The Double Spiral Vortex Creator The HUG Pump, 62, operates in a horizontal position and it can be less af-fected by gravitational forces, which are necessary for a strong vortex. This patent discloses a double spiral vortex creation, which creates such a vortex.

The spiraling effect along the wall acts like ball bearings. A longitudinal vortex develops along the inside of the HUG without any friction and the velocity of the laminar flow increases by four times.
= The Venturi Effect, 52, cause the constricting ducts to reduce this water flow by one-half the original size, which doubles the velocity of the flow before it enters the vortex entrance of the HUG.

Numerical Description of Drawings 1 Energy Body 48 Vortex 2 HUG Housing 49 Sea Level 3 Boundary Layer 50 Tail Construction 4 Vane 51 Water Tower Construction Architectural Construction 52 Venturi Funnel

6 Flow 53 Leveling Vessel

7 Trash Screen 54 Barrier

8 Semi-submerged Barge 55 Cone Cover

9 Natural Islands 56 Cone Protective Cover for Generator 57 Floral Design 11 Funnel HUG 58 Winching Cable 12 Dam 59 Angle Marker 13 Pipe 60 Head 14 Float 61 Crane HUG 62 Pump HUG
16 Spring System for Tether 63 Barge 17 Tether 64 Anchor _ 18 Slack Line 65 Overflow 19 Black Water or Toilet Reservoir 66 Tornado Shape Shore 67 Large Submersible Pump 21 Bridge 68 Spiralling HUG Pipe 22 Pylon 69 Trough 23 Helical Turbine 70 Underwater Kite 24 Energy Cone 71 Kite Anchor 25 Silt 72 Irrigation Housing 26 Electrical Connection 73 Hexagonal Floating Barge 27 Sealed Generator 74 Water or Fluid Pipeline 28 Striated Wall of Pipeline 75 Water Supply 29 Twalweg 76 Tipping Table 30 Automatic Tidal Gate 77 Hopper 31 Striations 78 Saw 32 Buoy 79 Traction 33 Detachable Hinged Door 80 Grease Fitting or Zerk 34 Outlet 81 Warming Cover 35 Rise 82 Multi-Twin Screw Extruder 36 Angle 84 Extruded HUG Pipeline 37 Reservoir 85 Vacuum Bath 38 Tidal Barrier 86 Die 39 Coanda Effect 87 Modulated Control Valve 40 Winch 92 Motor 42 Substation Control System 93 Screw 43 Modulated Control Valve 94 Low Bed Trailer 44 Diesel: 340 kW 95 Mobile Vehicle with tracks 45 Run-of-River Hydro Electric Power 96 Metal Pipe Connection 46 Vane Ring 97 Metal Armour 47 Power House 98 HUG Compact Pipe The Embodiments of the Invention, in which an Exclusive Property is Claimed, are defined as follows:

An apparatus is disclosed of a torpedo shaped body, called a HUG, (Helical Unique Generation), which operates with a low water head, a waterfall or a fast current engaging a rotating helical turbine, which rotates a large pump used for irrigation or fluid transfer using a spiralling pipes with spiralling striations.
This apparatus is capable of creating a vortex to increase the velocity of the fluid flow. This vortex reduces resistance by curving more and more inwards thereby avoiding the confrontational resistance of straight motion. The rotary motion of the turbine can also rotate a large pump which is used for irrigation or fluid transfer without the use of electricity.
The HUG uses the physics of the vortex to create a spiralling motion to accelerate the water flow from tidal flows, rivers, rapids, ocean and other currents rotating a helical turbine, which, in turn, rotates a large dimension pump. In combination with a submersible pump, water is pumped to a second funnel-shaped HUG, which is used to create electricity.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the spirit of the following claims:
I CLAIM
1. an apparatus to accelerate an already fast flow of water by creating a vortex of a fluid flow of high velocity into a multitude of spiralling pipes or into a funnel, which is shaped like a tornado, and which engages a "helical" turbine to rotate a large dimension pump, used for water transfer or irrigation and/ or for the creation of electricity, referred to hereafter generally as HUG (Helical Unique Generation):
= comprising a "prior art" set of three to six blades of the said helical turbines, having a shape, to fit into body of the HUG, having a shape of a torpedo, which faces the water flow, hereafter referred to as Pump HUG, and;
= comprising of spiraling striations, on the inside lining of the said pipeline, which create a serpentine route for the water flow, at an angle, which is a function of the velocity of the flow, and;
= comprising of a Venturi inlet and a vane ring, which constrict the flow at the entrance of the HUG, in order to increase the velocity of the flow, and;
= in a different embodiment, the said Pump HUG, having spiraling pipes, which gradually diminish in size with a slope of.05, which forms tighter turns along its length in order to increase the velocity of the vortex, and;
= comprising of a large trash screen, to protect against large debris, and;
= having neighboring interconnected HUGs, which can be built in arrays facing the current aligned beside each other, and;
= including in one embodiment, each plurality of HUGs to follow each other at a distance exceeding 5.2 meters along the same current, and;

2. in another embodiment, water is pumped from the said Pump HUG into a funnel-shaped apparatus, hereafter referred to as a Funnel HUG, which has the shape of a tornado in order to create electricity, and;
= comprising of vanes located at the top of the inside edge of the funnel that help to direct the flow toward the center into a vortex of fast water, and;
= in a different embodiment for a different use, and apparatus, into which water from the waterfall is directed into the Funnel HUGs by a trough, and; the tornado shape of the said funnel creates a whirlpool or vortex action, which increases the velocity of the flow by multiple times, and; thereby increasing the rotation of a second turbine together with the same increased rotation of a specially wired generator, and a steady electrical output of unchanging 60 Hz AC current suitable for the grid, which is caused by the steady unchanging maximum height of the water level of the said funnel, and;
= including in a different embodiment a semi-submersible, upper structure, called a power house, for rapids or other currents, which is supported by floats that are tethered by a set of variable winch devices, which can be disconnected from its mooring lines and cables and towed to a shore-based support facility, and used to accommodate the Funnel HUGs and their electric power generator, and; a large opening in the said power house, which provides easy access to replace or maintain the said Pump HUGs, located below the surface of the fast current, which are used to pump water into the said Funnel HUG, and;
= including introducing the initial flow into a water tower, which is monitored by a modular control valve to control the flow so that the steady height of the water in the water tower maintains a steady pressure on the helical turbines, and a steady pressure on the rotation of the connected generator, which is wired to produce a specific 60 Hz AC current, and thereby avoiding an expensive electrical control substation, and;
3. in one embodiment, for a different use for the HUG, as defined in Claim 1 and Claim 2, which incorporates the Pump HUGs designed to capture energy from ocean currents and deep river currents, located below a hexagonal semi submersible structure or a barge, and;
= located below the ocean surface turbulence at the minimum 15 to 50 m depth level, or over one meter depth in deep rivers, and;
= having helical turbine(s), which are connected directly to a submersible pumps used to fill water to the top of a Funnel HUG on the said barge above, which activates a second helical turbine that rotate an electric generator in order to create electricity, and;
= comprising of an on board crane, located on an open hexagonal upper struc-ture or barges, which has a large central opening to the water flow so that the said Pump HUG can be retrieved for maintenance purposes, and;
= comprising of a tail system at the rear of the semi-submersible structure in order to provide stability in the ocean currents, and;
= including in another embodiment nearer the shore of a current, the placing of a platform, not unlike the modern oil drilling platform, which is bottom supported, in order to provide a stable location for the electrical control systems of multiple said hexagonal open structures or barges and;
= for a different use in a tide, comprising of Pump HUGs, similar to the em-bodiment for an ocean current described above, with an additional attached "prior art" underwater kite system, which performs like a flying kite, in order to keep the said HUG always facing the changing tidal current, and;
4. there are as many other embodiments as there are different uses for the HUG, as defined in claim 1 and claim 2, which use the same physics of the energy of the vortex:
= including in a further embodiment for a different use, by allowing the flood of the tide to enter in the large one-way doors in the tidal barrier, which is constructed transversely in an ocean bay or passage and at the outlet, an array of Funnel HUGs are installed near the tidal barrier in order to extract energy from the ebb tidal flow, and;
= including in a different embodiment for a different use, while the traditional 'Run of River' system uses a gradual slope to feed the head of flow into a straight pipeline directed to a turbine located at the bottom of the system, instead, an adjoining Funnel HUG, to which the said flow is redirected and monitored by a modulated control valve, in order to create electricity at more than twice the efficiency because of the power of the vortex, and;
= including in a different embodiment for a different use, a man-made "energy body", concave- wedge shaped forms which is bottom-supported on the river bed, and having a slightly elongated egg-shaped cross section and having a height to fit in front of the said Pump HUGs, creating the Coanda effect, for torrent confinement of the river, and;
= including in a different embodiment for a different use, a said energy body to be formed around the pylon of a bridge or placed on a slab in the center of a water flow, which creates the Coanda effect to increase the velocity before the flow enters the vortex of the said Pump HUG, and;
= including in another embodiment, for a different use, an adjoining Funnel HUG is built alongside an urban water tower, and allowing the high water level of the said water tower to feed into the said Funnel HUG during non-peak times in order to recover emergency electricity as required, but at lower pressure during normal times, which is monitored by a timed modulated control valve, and an override switch, which revives the water tower pressure, and;
= including in a different embodiment for a different use, a Waterfall HUG
design can be incorporated directly into a waterfall, and;
5. in another embodiment, an apparatus, called the HUG Pipeline with a multitude of spiralling striations or rifling, designed to create a vortex in order to increase the velocity of a laminar flow of fluid , such as water, natural gas or oil:

= comprising of a multitude of intertwining pipelines with a normal round cross section, spiralling around itself like a rope or, alternatively around a straight pipeline, the spirals of which create smaller vortexes that act like ball bearings to provide a larger central vortex of laminar flow, which has near zero friction, and created by plastic extrusion and;
= in a similar embodiment as above, comprising of a multitude of intertwining pipes, in which each pipe has a cross section of a horn, not unlike the shape of a bean, and;
6. in another embodiment, an apparatus, called the Recycle HUG used to transfer grey water in its reservoir to a toilet reservoir on the same floor level, and, within a large sewage pipe, or alternatively within a slightly enlarged section of the sewage pipe, and;
= comprising of a temporary reservoir in the shape of a tornado, located directly on top of the said HUG, in order to create a vortex, and; to be released automatically when filled through a modulated control valve, and;
= having a set of vanes, in order to start a vortex action, which is described above in the Funnel HUG, as defined in claim 2, and;
= engaging a helical turbine, which rotates a pump, used to transfer grey water from its own second reservoir located below the exit of the said HUG, and;
= pumping the grey water to a higher toilet reservoir on the same floor level, and;
7. a process of extruding a seamless spiralling multitude of intertwining pipelines beginning with a "prior art" plastic pipe extrusion system, located on a motor-driven low bed trailer and powered by a diesel engine, and adding the process where each pipeline combines together in a stationary multi-hole core, and fed through a rotating multi-hole core, which provides a twisting action, all located within the heated environment of the said extrusion system, located on the said low bed trailer for delivery of said seamless spiralling pipeline into a prepared trench, and;
8. a HUG pipe with striations, described in Claim 1, and fed through a "prior art"
rotary drive die nozzle machine for an extruder and comprising of at least one rotatable nozzle and a drive assembly including at least one drive gear rotates at least one nozzle in order to perform the spiraling action and a HUG Compact pipe is fabricates with a "prior art" extrusion system, extruded as a circular polyethylene pressure pipe then folded into a "C" shape, acting as a close fit liner that is specially designed for rehabilitating damaged potable water or oil pipelines, and when heated up by steam, it regains its original round shape and adjusts to the wall of the existing pipe, so reducing its cross section, and fed into the pipeline at one end, lubricated at the bottom and pulled at the other end by a winch cable, having a "memory effect", meaning that the pipe reverts to its circular shape when heat from the steam is applied and pressurized air is used during the cooling process.

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The Embodiments of the Invention, in which an Exclusive Property is Claimed, are defined as follows:
An apparatus is disclosed of a torpedo shaped body, called a HUG, (Helical Unique Generation), which operates with a low water head, a waterfall or a fast current engaging a rotating helical turbine, which rotates a large pump used for irrigation or fluid transfer using a spiralling pipes with spiralling striations.
This apparatus is capable of creating a vortex to increase the velocity of the fluid flow.
This vortex reduces resistance by curving more and more inwards thereby avoiding the confrontational resistance of straight motion. The rotary motion of the turbine can also rotate a large pump which is used for irrigation or fluid transfer without the use of electricity.
The HUG uses the physics of the vortex to create a spiralling motion to accelerate the water flow from tidal flows, rivers, rapids, ocean and other currents rotating a helical turbine, which, in turn, rotates a large dimension pump. In combination with a submersible pump, water is pumped to a second funnel-shaped HUG, which is used to create electricity.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but encompasses any and all embodiments within the spirit of the following claims:
I CLAIM

1. an apparatus to accelerate an already fast flow of water by creating a vortex of a fluid flow of high velocity into a multitude of spiralling pipes or into a funnel, which is shaped like a tornado, and which engages a "helical" turbine to rotate a large dimension pump, used for water transfer or irrigation and/ or for the creation of electricity, referred to hereafter generally as HUG (Helical Unique Generation):
.cndot. comprising a "prior art" set of three to six blades of the said helical turbines, having a shape, to fit into body of the HUG, having a shape of a torpedo, which faces the water flow, hereafter referred to as Pump HUG, and;
.cndot. comprising of spiraling striations, on the inside lining of the said pipeline, which create a serpentine route for the water flow, at an angle, which is a function of the velocity of the flow, and;
.cndot. comprising of a Venturi inlet and a vane ring, which constrict the flow at the entrance of the HUG, in order to increase the velocity of the flow, and;
.cndot. in a different embodiment, the said Pump HUG, having spiraling pipes, which gradually diminish in size with a slope of.05, which forms tighter turns along its length in order to increase the velocity of the vortex, and;
.cndot. comprising of a large trash screen, to protect against large debris, and;
.cndot. having neighboring interconnected HUGs, which can be built in arrays facing the current aligned beside each other, and;
.cndot. including in one embodiment, each plurality of HUGs to follow each other at a distance exceeding 5.2 meters along the same current, and;

2. in another embodiment, water is pumped from the said Pump HUG into a funnel-shaped apparatus, hereafter referred to as a Funnel HUG, which has the shape of a tornado in order to create electricity, and;
.cndot. comprising of vanes located at the top of the inside edge of the funnel that help to direct the flow toward the center into a vortex of fast water, and;
.cndot. in a different embodiment for a different use, and apparatus, into which water from the waterfall is directed into the Funnel HUGs by a trough, and; the tornado shape of the said funnel creates a whirlpool or vortex action, which increases the velocity of the flow by multiple times, and; thereby increasing the rotation of a second turbine together with the same increased rotation of a specially wired generator, and a steady electrical output of unchanging 60 Hz AC current suitable for the grid, which is caused by the steady unchanging maximum height of the water level of the said funnel, and;
.cndot. including in a different embodiment a semi-submersible, upper structure, called a power house, for rapids or other currents, which is supported by floats that are tethered by a set of variable winch devices, which can be disconnected from its mooring lines and cables and towed to a shore-based support facility, and used to accommodate the Funnel HUGs and their electric power generator, and; a large opening in the said power house, which provides easy access to replace or maintain the said Pump HUGs, located below the surface of the fast current, which are used to pump water into the said Funnel HUG, and;
.cndot. including introducing the initial flow into a water tower, which is monitored by a modular control valve to control the flow so that the steady height of the water in the water tower maintains a steady pressure on the helical turbines, and a steady pressure on the rotation of the connected generator , which is wired to produce a specific 60 Hz AC current, and thereby avoiding an expensive electrical control substation, and;

3. in one embodiment, for a different use for the HUG, as defined in Claim 1 and Claim 2, which incorporates the Pump HUGs designed to capture energy from ocean currents and deep river currents, located below a hexagonal semi submersible structure or a barge, and;
.cndot. located below the ocean surface turbulence at the minimum 15 to 50 m depth level, or over one meter depth in deep rivers, and;
.cndot. having helical turbine(s), which are connected directly to a submersible pumps used to fill water to the top of a Funnel HUG on the said barge above, which activates a second helical turbine that rotate an electric generator in order to create electricity, and;
.cndot. comprising of an on board crane, located on an open hexagonal upper structure or barges, which has a large central opening to the water flow so that the said Pump HUG can be retrieved for maintenance purposes, and;
.cndot. comprising of a tail system at the rear of the semi-submersible structure in order to provide stability in the ocean currents, and;
.cndot. including in another embodiment nearer the shore of a current, the placing of a platform, not unlike the modern oil drilling platform, which is bottom supported, in order to provide a stable location for the electrical control systems of multiple said hexagonal open structures or barges and;
.cndot. for a different use in a tide, comprising of Pump HUGs, similar to the embodiment for an ocean current described above, with an additional attached "prior art"
underwater kite system, which performs like a flying kite, in order to keep the said HUG always facing the changing tidal current, and;

4. there are as many other embodiments as there are different uses for the HUG, as defined in claim 1 and claim 2, which use the same physics of the energy of the vortex:
.cndot. including in a further embodiment for a different use, by allowing the flood of the tide to enter in the large one-way doors in the tidal barrier, which is constructed transversely in an ocean bay or passage and at the outlet, an array of Funnel HUGs are installed near the tidal barrier in order to extract energy from the ebb tidal flow, and;
.cndot. including in a different embodiment for a different use, while the traditional 'Run of River' system uses a gradual slope to feed the head of flow into a straight pipeline directed to a turbine located at the bottom of the system, instead, an adjoining Funnel HUG, to which the said flow is redirected and monitored by a modulated control valve, in order to create electricity at more than twice the efficiency because of the power of the vortex, and;
.cndot. including in a different embodiment for a different use, a man-made "energy body", concave- wedge shaped forms which is bottom-supported on the river bed, and having a slightly elongated egg-shaped cross section and having a height to fit in front of the said Pump HUGs, creating the Coanda effect, for torrent confinement of the river, and;
.cndot. including in a different embodiment for a different use, a said energy body to be formed around the pylon of a bridge or placed on a slab in the center of a water flow, which creates the Coanda effect to increase the velocity before the flow enters the vortex of the said Pump HUG, and;
.cndot. including in another embodiment, for a different use, an adjoining Funnel HUG is built alongside an urban water tower, and allowing the high water level of the said water tower to feed into the said Funnel HUG during non-peak times in order to recover emergency electricity as required, but at lower pressure during normal times, which is monitored by a timed modulated control valve, and an override switch, which revives the water tower pressure, and;
.cndot. including in a different embodiment for a different use, a Waterfall HUG design can be incorporated directly into a waterfall, and;

5. in another embodiment, an apparatus, called the HUG Pipeline with a multitude of spiralling striations or rifling, designed to create a vortex in order to increase the velocity of a laminar flow of fluid , such as water, natural gas or oil:
.cndot. comprising of a multitude of intertwining pipelines with a normal round cross section, spiralling around itself like a rope or, alternatively around a straight pipeline, the spirals of which create smaller vortexes that act like ball bearings to provide a larger central vortex of laminar flow, which has near zero friction, and created by plastic extrusion and;
.cndot. in a similar embodiment as above, comprising of a multitude of intertwining pipes, in which each pipe has a cross section of a horn, not unlike the shape of a bean, and;

6. in another embodiment, an apparatus, called the Recycle HUG used to transfer grey water in its reservoir to a toilet reservoir on the same floor level, and, within a large sewage pipe, or alternatively within a slightly enlarged section of the sewage pipe, and;
.cndot. comprising of a temporary reservoir in the shape of a tornado, located directly on top of the said HUG, in order to create a vortex, and; to be released automatically when filled through a modulated control valve, and;
.cndot. having a set of vanes, in order to start a vortex action, which is described above in the Funnel HUG, as defined in claim 2, and;
.cndot. engaging a helical turbine, which rotates a pump, used to transfer grey water from its own second reservoir located below the exit of the said HUG, and;
.cndot. pumping the grey water to a higher toilet reservoir on the same floor level, and;

7. a process of extruding a seamless spiralling multitude of intertwining pipelines beginning with a "prior art" plastic pipe extrusion system, located on a motor-driven low bed trailer and powered by a diesel engine, and adding the process where each pipeline combines together in a stationary multi-hole core, and fed through a rotating multi-hole core, which provides a twisting action, all located within the heated environment of the said extrusion system, located on the said low bed trailer for delivery of said seamless spiralling pipeline into a prepared trench, and;

8. a HUG pipe with striations, described in Claim 1, and fed through a "prior art" rotary drive die nozzle machine for an extruder and comprising of at least one rotatable nozzle and a drive assembly including at least one drive gear rotates at least one nozzle in order to perform the spiraling action and a HUG Compact pipe is fabricates with a "prior art" extrusion system, extruded as a circular polyethylene pressure pipe then folded into a "C" shape, acting as a close fit liner that is specially designed for rehabilitating damaged potable water or oil pipelines, and when heated up by steam, it regains its original round shape and adjusts to the wall of the existing pipe, so reducing its cross section, and fed into the pipeline at one end, lubricated at the bottom and pulled at the other end by a winch cable, having a "memory effect", meaning that the pipe reverts to its circular shape when heat from the steam is applied and pressurized air is used during the cooling process.