GB2370860A

GB2370860A - Apparatus for generating electricity using flowing water and for subsequently slowing and cooling the flowing water

Info

Publication number: GB2370860A
Application number: GB0100140A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Badr Ali El Halabi; M Badr Ali El Halabi
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2001-01-04
Filing date: 2001-01-04
Publication date: 2002-07-10
Anticipated expiration: 2021-01-04
Also published as: GB2370860B; GB0100140D0

Abstract

In such an apparatus, the water enters a plastic tube A and flows via tube B and a filter, tubes C-E and G and a plastic tank F into an electrical generator H which has a group of fans inside it fitted to its centre, from the generator the water flows to tubes K1-K4 with spaced electrically operated gates (M1, M2, Fig. 8) each provided with elements of a cooling system. Water-filled pontoons 1X, 2X, 3X, 4X control the height of the tube A, plastic tank F and the generator H relative to the water surface. The generated electricity will be used to operate the gates and the cooling system, and may also be delivered to houses. The cooling temperature differs from one gate to another, so that when the water reaches the end of each tube K1-K4 it will be cooled to just below freezing which will slow the water flow and make it easier to control.

Description

THE SPONTANEOUS SYSTEM THAT WITHDRAWS THE FLOWING WATER, SLOWS ITS SPEED AND GENERATES ELECTRICITY This invention relates to a spontaneous system that withdraws the flowing water, slows its speed and generates electricity.

Heavy rains for a long time causes the water level in the river to increase and floods over the riversides and into the roads and streets, that's why the main objectives for this invention is to control the speed of the water and because anyway the water is causes us lots of problems, why don't we use this water to generate electricity.

Here I came up with my idea, which is to withdraw the flowing water (this system is placed on the river surface) and use the flowing water to operate a small turbine to generate electricity, in which we can use this electricity in lots of ways.

The system has some plastic rubber tubes, a plastic tank, a generator, a long hose and some rubber tubes with gate on both sides.

The system withdraws water from the river, speeds it up and pumps it into the generator which generates electricity (by using a turbine), after that the water leaves the generator and enters a very long hose, which is placed in a special way so that it slows down the water flow inside it, this long hose has four ends, each end is connected to a plastic rubber tubes, each tube has an electrical gate on both side of it (these electrical gates are powered by the generator), when the water enters the first plastic rubber tube from the front gate the gate on the other side closes, the water stays there some time, during this time the first rubber plastic tube starts to cool the water by using a cooling system fitted to the gates and powered by the generator, after the water is cooled a little bit the second gate opens and the water enters the second rubber plastic tube etc Until the water actually freezes a little bit (it will be like a mashed ice) and leaves this chain of the rubber plastic tubes. This will help controlling the water at the end, instead of having flowing water we have a flow of mashed ice.

A specific embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawing in which: Figure I shows the system from the side.

Figure 2 shows the system from the back.

Figure 3 shows the four parts of the system.

Figure 4 shows part number 1.

Figure 5 shows part number 2.

Figure 6 shows part number 3.

Figure 7 shows part number 4.

Figure 8 shows the plastic tube with the electrical gate and the cooling system.

Figure 9 shows how the electrical plastic gates work.

Figure 10 shows one of the plastic plates. This system consists of 4 parts (Figure 3): Part I (Figure 4): A plastic tube with conenose front, which faces the flowing water, this tube (A) (figure 1) is 100 cm in diameter, below this tube there is a plastic pontoon (Ix) made in a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 30 cm and 100 cm long which is filled with water gradually to control the height of the tube (A) on the top of the water surface which faces the flowing water.

When the water enters the tube (A) then (B) (100 cm diameter and it is 300 cm long) it flows through a filter, which has the same diameter as the tube (B), after that the water inters the tube (C) (figure 1), which is higher than the tube (B) with an angle of 145.

Tubes (B) and (C) are joined together using a rubber joints which able to bend to any direction. The tube (C) has a diameter of 100 cm and a length of 200 cm.

Then the water flows into tube (D), which is 100 cm in diameter and 100 cm long (under tube (D) there is an inflatable pontoon filled with air only, to support the tube (D)).

Part 2 (Figure 5) : When the water reaches the end of the tube (D) it enters the tube (E) (figure 1) which is 50 cm in diameter and 100 cm long, this tube has a volute shape from inside which helps increasing the water velocity and pumps it to the plastic tank (F), which has a diameter of 150 cm and it is 300 cm long. (See figure 1) This plastic tank has two pontoons (2x and 3x) (figure 1) which have a cylindrical shape, 50 cm in diameter and 200 cm long, both fitted under the plastic tank and that is to control the height of the tank (above and under the water surface) by filling them gradually with water.

From the side of the plastic tank, the water is pumped powerfully into the tube (G), which is again has a volute shape from inside, a diameter of 30 cm and it is 200 cm long, this will help to increase the water velocity more and more.

(Figure 1) Part 3 (Figure 6): After the water is passed through the tube (G), it then enters the system (H) very fast. The generator (H) has a cylindrical shape; 70 cm in diameter and it is 120 cm long. It has a group of fans inside it, and they are fitted to its centre, these fans turn very fast due to the fast water flow entering from the tube (G). (Figure 1) This movement of the fans will turn the turbine (+) that is fitted in the centre.

This turbine will deliver a continuous current; this current will be passed to the control unit on the riverside (the generator can be used to deliver electricity to some houses within the same area, and it will also be used to generate the electrical gates in the tubes and the cooling system in part 4).

This generator (H) is fitted from below with a pontoon (4x), which has a cylindrical shape ; this pontoon is filled with water gradually to control height of the generator on the water surface. (Figure 1) After that the water flows from the generator and into the tube (I), this tube is made out of a strong rubber and it has a cylindrical shape 45 cm in diameter and it is 400 cm long, this tube is connected to a long hose (J), which is 50 meters long and has a diameter of 30 cm.

The hose consists of rubber rings, which are very flexible and be able to float on 2 the water surface. The hose is laid in such a way so that it has an area of 50 m2, and by doing that the water will slow down more.

Part 4 (Figure 7) This hose has four ends connected to 4 long plastic tubes (Kl), (K2), (K3) and (K4), each tube has a diameter of 50 cm and a length that varies as required from 30 meters to 500 meters (to take the water away to a non peopled area). (Figure 1) Each of these long tubes is made out of lots of short tubes (figure 8), and each short tube is 50 cm in diameter and 150 cm long with an electrically functioned gate on both sides (front and back), each gate has a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 60 cm, 15 cm long, these gates are made of metal and have on both sides 10 long appendices (each one is about 20 cm long) (figure 8), and appendices are connected to a cooling system (this cooling system is powered by the generator).

At the centre of each of these gates there is a half a circle hole with a diameter of 40 cm and it is closed with a half circle plastic plate (figure 10), this plastic plate opens and shuts electrically at a calculated time (figure 9), these electrical plastic plates are all electrically connected to each other through the metal gates (mentioned above), and these gates are also electrically connected to each other using one wire which delivers the current from the generator to operate the cooling system.

The cooling temperature differs form one gate to the other, so when the water reaches the first short tube (LI) the half circle shaped plastic plate (nui), which is fitted inside the gate (mil) opens letting the water through and into the tube (LI), on the opposite side of the tube (Ll) the other plastic plate (N2), which is fitted inside the gate (M2) shuts down. (Refer to figure 8) After the tube (Ll) is filled with water, the plastic plate (N1) shuts down keeping the water inside the tube (LI), the water inside the tube will start to cool to 15% (using the 10 appendices that connected to the cooling system), after the water is cooled both plastic plates (N1) and (N2) open, first of all letting the water from tube (LI) through to tube (L2) and then let another some of water into the tube (LI), then the plastic plates (N1) and (N2) shut down and water will start to cool again in both tubes (LI) and (L2) and it goes on and on until the water reaches the end of the chain losing a lot of temperature and it be cooled to about 75% which will slow the water flow and it will be easy to control the water. (Figure 8)

Claims

CLAIMS 1. A spontaneous system that with draws the flowing water, slows its speed and generates electricity, it consists of some plastic rubber tubes, a plastic tank, a generator, a long hose and some rubber tubes with gate on both sides and a cooling system fitted inside them.
2. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system is provided with some pontoons filled with water to control the height of the system on the top of the river surface.
3. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system has a generator, which uses the flowing water to generate electricity.
4. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1 and claim 3, wherein the generator operates the electrical gates and the cooling system fitted in the rubber plastic tubes.
5. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water passes from the generator to the cooling system in the plastic tubes through a 50 meters long hose.
6. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1 and claim 5, wherein the long hose is laid in such a way that it would fit in a 50 m2, to slow the water down.
7. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1, claim 4 and claim 5, wherein each plastic tube has a metal gate fitted to both sides.
8. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1 and claim 7, wherein each of these gates has a plastic half a circle shaped plate, which opens and shuts electrically and with a fixed time.
9. A spontaneous system as claimed in claim 1 and claim 8, wherein the gates also have ten appendices on both sides, connected to the cooling system, to cool the water inside the plastic tubes.
10. A spontaneous system substantially as described herein with reference to figures 1-10 of the accompanying drawings.