GB2530529A - Aquagen hydroelectric unit - Google Patents

Aquagen hydroelectric unit Download PDF

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GB2530529A
GB2530529A GB1416896.7A GB201416896A GB2530529A GB 2530529 A GB2530529 A GB 2530529A GB 201416896 A GB201416896 A GB 201416896A GB 2530529 A GB2530529 A GB 2530529A
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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
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • 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
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/10—Submerged units incorporating electric generators or motors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K7/00—Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
    • H02K7/18—Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g. with turbines
    • H02K7/1807—Rotary generators
    • H02K7/1823—Rotary generators structurally associated with turbines or similar engines
    • 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
    • F03B11/00—Parts or details not provided for in, or of interest apart from, the preceding groups, e.g. wear-protection couplings, between turbine and generator
    • F03B11/02—Casings
    • 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"
    • 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
    • F05B2220/00—Application
    • F05B2220/60—Application making use of surplus or waste energy
    • 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
    • F05B2220/60—Application making use of surplus or waste energy
    • F05B2220/602—Application making use of surplus or waste energy with energy recovery turbines
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K7/00—Arrangements for handling mechanical energy structurally associated with dynamo-electric machines, e.g. structural association with mechanical driving motors or auxiliary dynamo-electric machines
    • H02K7/18—Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g. with turbines
    • 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
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
    • Y02B10/50—Hydropower in dwellings
    • 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
    • Y02E10/20—Hydro energy

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Abstract

A water driven electricity generating unit which fits to public (mains) water supply pipes. The unit can be installed in-line with or onto a mains pipe and comprises a drive wheel (turbine), which is arranged to rotate as mains water flows through the pipework; this rotation drives the central generation shaft which spins coils within the generators to create an electrical current. The unit may be linked directly to the electricity power grid and therefore would preferably be situated in close proximity to an electricity substation. The hydrokinetic unit may be installed into new pipework or fitted retrospectively, utilising existing water and electricity infrastructure. The constant water supply allows the unit to continually generate power and provides a discrete and environmentally friendly source of hydraulic power generation.

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PATENT APPLICATION -DESCRIPTION
AQUAGEN HYDROELECTRIC UNIT
A WATER DRIVEN ELECTRICITY GENERATING UNIT INSTALLED DIRECTLY INTO THE PUBLIC WATER
SUPPLY MAINS PIPE AND LINKED DIRECTLY TO THE ELECTRICITY POWER GRID
UNIT MAY BE FITrED RETROSPECTIVELY TO AN EXISTING WATER MAIN PIPE, OR INSTALLED AS PART
OF A NEW OR REPLACEMENT WATER MAIN
UNIT LOCATION TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION TO ENABLE SIMPLE
DIRECT LINK UP BETWEEN WATER SUPPLY AND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY GRIDS
THE FLOW OF WATER ROTATES THE DRIVE WHEEL. THE CENTRAL GENERATION SHAFT SPiNS COILS WITHIN THE GENERATORS TO CREATE AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT.
POWER OUTPUT LINK CABLES FEED THE POWER GENERATED INTO THE POWER GRID VIA AN
ADJACENT ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION
UNIT DRIVE WHEEL MAY BE OF DIFFERING CONSTRUCTION,-WHEEL TYPE, SCREW TYPE, HELIX TYPE, -ANY TYPE OF DRIVE THAT CREATES MECHANICAL MOTION TO ACTIVATE GENERATION, -WHEN ACTED UPON BY FORCE OF THE WATER FLOW.
UNIT COVER MAY BE CONSTRUCTED FROM VARIOUS MATERIALS
UNIT DRIVE WHEEL MAY BE CONSTRUCTED FROM VARIOUS MATERIALS
UNIT MAY VARY IN SIZE DEPENDANT ON DIAMETER OF PIPE AND VOLUME OF WATER FLOW
UNIT MAY HOUSE DIFFERING NUMBERS OF GENERATORS DEPENDANT ON DIAMETER OF PIPE AND
VOLUME OF WATER FLOW
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CN106523252A (en) * 2016-12-07 2017-03-22 李伟 Dam-free submerged hydroelectric generation system

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US20050248161A1 (en) * 2004-05-07 2005-11-10 Heidel Robert E Process of using hydraulic turbines attached to water mains, water towers, sewage lines, aqueducts, and pipelines to generate electricity by the pressurized flowing of water and sewage through said mains, towers, lines, aqueducts, and pipes impinging upon the turbine blades and changing the kinetic energy of the flowing fluid into useable electric energy by use of a nearby generator and conducting that energy from the generator to a power substation by means of a conduction pipe and selling consumers back this new electricity which they have created themselves by their demand for utilities lik
GB2447934A (en) * 2007-03-28 2008-10-01 Brendon O'toole Electric generator for mains water supply
WO2012113031A1 (en) * 2011-02-24 2012-08-30 Portlane Technologies Pty Ltd Apparatus for generating electricity
CN102913366A (en) * 2011-08-01 2013-02-06 香港理工大学 Inline closed type hydroelectric generation system

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US20050248161A1 (en) * 2004-05-07 2005-11-10 Heidel Robert E Process of using hydraulic turbines attached to water mains, water towers, sewage lines, aqueducts, and pipelines to generate electricity by the pressurized flowing of water and sewage through said mains, towers, lines, aqueducts, and pipes impinging upon the turbine blades and changing the kinetic energy of the flowing fluid into useable electric energy by use of a nearby generator and conducting that energy from the generator to a power substation by means of a conduction pipe and selling consumers back this new electricity which they have created themselves by their demand for utilities lik
GB2447934A (en) * 2007-03-28 2008-10-01 Brendon O'toole Electric generator for mains water supply
WO2012113031A1 (en) * 2011-02-24 2012-08-30 Portlane Technologies Pty Ltd Apparatus for generating electricity
CN102913366A (en) * 2011-08-01 2013-02-06 香港理工大学 Inline closed type hydroelectric generation system

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN106523252A (en) * 2016-12-07 2017-03-22 李伟 Dam-free submerged hydroelectric generation system

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