FR2475145A1 - Water tower drive for hydroelectric turbines - uses reservoir driven coaxial columns to provide vertical waterfall - Google Patents

Abstract

The water tower drive system uses water flow diverted from e.g. a river, towards a reservoir, via a regulating inlet valve. A turbine (T) is positioned at the bottom of a tower made up of a pair of coaxial conduits, the water passing up the outer tube (B) and falling through the centre one (C). The head of water required to obtain this effect is obtained by taking a conduit (A) from the reservoir situated at a height sufficiently great to achieve this. Further towers may be positioned down stream (E) to repeat the effect at suitable intervals.

Description

 Dispositi allowing to create a powerful artificial waterfall capable of driving a turbine which will activate a generator producing electricity.

The existing hydroelectric power stations are currently supplied by dams, forced pipes. In known devices, the essential aim is the force of the water capable of driving a turbine. These processes require large quantities of water, dams, or steep slopes, penstocks.

The present invention eliminates these two imperatives "Quantity of water, steep slope", in fact, from a reasonable slope 6%, 4%, or even 2% even 11 present invention consists in distracted from a watercourse , from a river, a river, a torrent or a lake, a regular quantity of water which, under the abovementioned drop, will be routed by traditional canalization to a standardization reserve of the tower La Réserve, known as standardization is characterized by a constant level higher than that of the top of the tower, and its water capacity also significantly higher than that of the tower.

 The water arrives at the tower, rises according to the principle of communicating vessels and falls in the center of this tower from the top of it to the turbine.

The present invention is characterized by the distraction of a regular quantity coming from a watercourse, a river, a
river, torrent, lake to be transported to the reserve 2 regulated by an inlet valve 1, the water arrives at the reserve 2, from which at its base leaves a classic pipe 3 to the tower 4 .Fig2 board 1/2.

In Fig1 board 1/2, it is very clear to understand that according to the previously stated slopes 6% - 4% or even 2% even, the water once used is released, being able to be reused again and several times according to the geographical contect d installation either: Fig 1 board 1/2, the water admitted to the valve 1 flows to the constant level reserve 2 leaves by means of line 3 to the tower 4 sLifts and falls, drives the turbine T and is discharged into E, capable of performing a new circuit through a channel5
to reserve 2 via line 3 to tower 4, and possibly a third, fourth circuit and so on, therefore more if the site and the environment allow it
The characteristics of the board 2/2 Fig 2 concretize the above, effect, the water conducted from our reserve 2 arrives at A by 3, rises according to the principle of the communicating vessels at B up to a height H, h, to fall through D through column C located in the center of the tower.

The aim of the reticulation D is to center the artificial water fall in column C thus avoiding friction which is detrimental to the fall intensity. The artificial chute thus produced drives the turbine T, and the generator, producer of electricity, water is evacuated through channel B, the dimension of the latter is calculated so that the calf flows most freely possible, joining via channel 5 Fig. 1 board 1/2 THE following reserve, as part of a.

installation in a cat, or towards its initial watercourse or any other.

Claims (4)

 will operate a. generator, producer of electricity.  artificial machine capable of driving a turbine, which 1, Device for creating a powerful waterfall 2. Device characterized by the principle of vases communicating. 3. With even a minimum slope, taking advantage of a flow  minimum water to produce a very powerful waterfall artificial characterized by a tower whose level higher is lower than the level of a calf reserve located upstream, this calf reserve fed by a cour of water, a river, a river, a torrent, a lake. 4. It is obvious that this invention is also applicable has large flows and steep slopes.