GB2479367A - Hubless turbine tube - Google Patents

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GB2479367A
GB2479367A GB1005760A GB201005760A GB2479367A GB 2479367 A GB2479367 A GB 2479367A GB 1005760 A GB1005760 A GB 1005760A GB 201005760 A GB201005760 A GB 201005760A GB 2479367 A GB2479367 A GB 2479367A
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Dawn Melody Robertson
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/06—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head"
    • F03B17/061—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head" with rotation axis substantially in flow direction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2220/00—Application
    • F05B2220/20—Application within closed fluid conduits, e.g. pipes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/20—Rotors
    • F05B2240/30—Characteristics of rotor blades, i.e. of any element transforming dynamic fluid energy to or from rotational energy and being attached to a rotor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/20—Rotors
    • F05B2240/33—Shrouds which are part of or which are rotating with the rotor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2250/00—Geometry
    • F05B2250/20—Geometry three-dimensional
    • F05B2250/25—Geometry three-dimensional helical
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/30—Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient

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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Hydraulic Turbines (AREA)
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Abstract

A tube turbine has a liquid carrying tube with turbine blades or fins extending inwardly from the tube wall, so that the tube rotates due to flow through it. The turbine may be mounted in a pipeline or used for tidal or river power generation. The turbine may be joined to similar turbines, or may be mounted to a pipe by bearing flanges (3, figure 5) which may be split with the top half removable so that the tube turbine may be lifted in or out.

Description

UNIVERSAL TURBO TUBE 1.
BACKGROUND:
Turbines are mechanisms for converting shaft motion, suitable for driving electrical or similar generators.
Most turbines consist of blades or propellers, when used for the purpose of tidal or river generation. However, debris, seaweed, old ropes, plastics etc... jam up the turbine.
Quite apart from the damage such turbines cause to the ecology of the environment, these turbines are obviously positioned at the original power source, and in passing through the turbines the power source is dissipated.
UNIVERSAL TURBO TUBE 2.
STATEMENT OF INVENTION:
To overcome these particular problems, the present invention proposes a turbine devoid of blades or propellers.
ADVANTAGES: The motion of the Universal Turbo Tube will ensure the safety of the ecological system, by allowing marine life to pass through the Universal Turbo Tube with little or no harm.
Additionally, the Universal Turbo Tube does not clog up with debris.
Being Universal, the Turbo Tube apart from being deployed as a tidal turbine in most lengths of tidal flows and ebb, has the advantage of each turbine having the ability to be multiplied by connectors or couplers. The initial power source is contained rather than dissipated. The same concepts apply in or on a river bank.
UNIVERSAL TURBO TUBE 3.
INTRODUCTION TO DRAWINGS -DETAILED DESCRIPTION
An example of the invention will now be described by referring to the accompanying drawings.
FIGURE 1.
Figure 1 is a see-through of the tube, showing the tube rim. Attached to the outside of the tube, near the tube ends is a brim flange (2). Within the tube is one or a plurality of fins or grooves, depending on the purpose required showing the leading edge of the fins (3).
FIGURE 2.
Figure 2 is a side-view of the tube showing fins inside (1).
FIGURE 3.
Figure 3 is a look down from above showing one of the same fins inside the tube (I).
UNIVERSAL TURBO TUBE 4.
FIGURE 4.
Figure 4 shows the connector or coupler (1), which connects with the Turbo Tube at both ends, where the Turbo Tube is presented to the bearing flanges (3) with tolerance that the Turbo Tube may run freely. The brim flanges then come into contact with the bearinged flanges atop of the couplers (2).
FIGURE 5.
Figure 5 shows a side view of the coupler (2) with a Turbo Tube at each end in the multiplying process (1) and (6). The top half of the coupler's flanges are removable so that the Turbo Tube may be lifted in or out (3) on the couplers. The support wheel's for the Turbo Tube's brimmed flanges connect (4). Also on the coupler are the Turbo Tube's support wheels (5).
The opposite side view is mirrored.

Claims (8)

  1. UNIVERSAL TURBO TUBE 5.CLAIMS: 1. A Universal Turbo Tube unit comprising a rigid tube with one or a plurality of fins fixed therein and offset at an angle within the length of the tube and in balance.
  2. 2. A Universal Turbo Tube unit according to claim I wherein rotation of the unit is provided by presenting the unit to connectors or couplers at each end of the tube.
  3. 3. A Universal Turbo Tube unit as claimed in I or claim 2 wherein the couplers are flanged with tolerance in order that the Turbo Tube when presented to them may rotate freely.
  4. 4. A Universal Turbo Tube unit as claimed in claim 3 wherein the rotation of the Turbo Tube is provided by powering through the Turbo Tube most of any of the elements or combinations thereof.
  5. 5. A Universal Turbo Tube unit as claimed in claim 4 whereby motion produced by the Turbo Tube can be applied to any purpose that requires motion such as generation of electricity.
    UNIVERSAL TURBO TUBE
  6. 6.
    CLAIMS (cont.) 6. A Universal Turbo Tube unit as claimed in claim 5 whereby generation of electricity is by tidal or river and / or connected to inlet or exit of new or existing fluid pipelines of
  7. 7. A Universal Turbo Tube unit as claimed in claim 3 whereby fluids solid particles and materials for purposes and applications requiring vortex momentum and thrust is obtained from within the Turbo Tube to exit by applied power source.
  8. 8. A Universal Turbo Tube unit as claimed in claim 3 whereby the Turbo Tube maybe multiplied by the couplers.UNIVERSAL TURBO TUBE 7.DEPENDANT CLAIMS: 2. A Universal Turbo Tube unit according to claim 1 in which near each end of the Tube there is a brimmed flange.3. A Universal Turbo Tube unit according to claim 3 in which bearings are fixed in the flanges to support the tube.4. A Universal Turbo Tube unit according to claim 1 in which bearings are fixed atop of the coupler flanges that connect to the brim flanges.5. A Universal Turbo Tube unit according to claim 2 in which a plurality of wheels from fixtures on the couplers support the tube.6. A Universal Turbo Tube unit according to claim 6 in which the top half of each flange is removable.7. A Universal Turbo Tube unit according to claim 7 in which a guard pipe or sleeve over the unit and fixed atop of flanges with one or more windows or perforations making the Turbo Tube portable and for safety.
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GB2524782A (en) * 2014-04-02 2015-10-07 Verderg Ltd Turbine assembly
WO2016200344A1 (en) * 2015-06-10 2016-12-15 Kurul Recep Turgut A system to generate electricity from waterflow.
US9752549B2 (en) 2012-06-20 2017-09-05 Verderg Ltd Apparatus for converting energy from fluid flow
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WO2006022554A1 (en) * 2004-08-25 2006-03-02 Norpropeller As Bearing with permanent magnetic elements
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GB2461286A (en) * 2008-06-26 2009-12-30 Univ Lancaster Fluid turbine

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DE102012001107A1 (en) * 2012-01-23 2013-07-25 Tu Darmstadt Hydroelectric power plant with fish-driven impeller
US9752549B2 (en) 2012-06-20 2017-09-05 Verderg Ltd Apparatus for converting energy from fluid flow
GB2519214A (en) * 2013-10-10 2015-04-15 Kirloskar Intergrated Technologies Ltd A power generation system
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GB2524782A (en) * 2014-04-02 2015-10-07 Verderg Ltd Turbine assembly
GB2524782B (en) * 2014-04-02 2016-04-20 Verderg Ltd Turbine assembly
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