Patent ID: 11965477
Assignee: nan
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A hydropower system for deployment in a natural body of water comprising:
a first cylindrical tube member of forty or greater meters long and a diameter at or greater than two meters with an open proximal end disposed through a concrete block assembly and an open distal end coupled to a top portion of a turbine tunnel assembly, a turbine assembly therein, the first cylindrical tube member adapted to carry water from a natural body of water to the turbine tunnel assembly via gravitational forces acting on the water;
two oppositely-facing, cylindrical water intake members coupled at a distal end of the two cylindrical water intake members to the proximal end of the first cylindrical tube member and at least partially extending from the concrete block assembly and into the natural body of water;
the two cylindrical water intake members disposed at least sixty-five meters below the average surface level of the natural body of water;
proximal ends of the two cylindrical water intake members each coupled to at least one vortex breaker member having at least one first stationary blade member and at least one second stationary blade member, the at least one second stationary blade member intersecting the first stationary blade member along the length of the first stationary blade member wherein the stationary blade members share a substantially common width, the width perpendicular to the length, the first stationary blade member and the at least one second stationary blade member adapted for water to pass substantially without a vortex between and into the water intake member;
at least one turbine generator assembly with a plurality of upwardly angled but non-vertical blade members extending therefrom around a central axis, the plurality of blade members adapted to rotate an electric generator assembly disposed within the turbine generator assembly to generate electricity therefrom, the plurality of blade members rotated by the flow of water over the blades, the water gravitationally disposed from the first cylindrical tube member;
an outermost lattice gate structure substantially circumscribing the two cylindrical water intake members about forty meters from the two cylindrical water intake members, the outermost lattice gate structure adapted to form a plurality of outermost cell structures at or larger than five square centimeters, the outermost cell structures adapted to allow water through while filtering solid materials; a middle lattice gate structure substantially circumscribing the two cylindrical water intake members about twenty meters from the two cylindrical water intake members, the middle lattice gate structure adapted to form a plurality of middle cell structures at or larger than three square centimeters, the middle cell structures adapted to allow water through while filtering solid materials;
an innermost lattice gate structure substantially circumscribing the two cylindrical water intake members about ten meters from the two cylindrical water intake members, the innermost lattice gate structure adapted to form a plurality of innermost cell structures at or larger than one square centimeter, the innermost cell structures adapted to allow water through while filtering solid materials;
at least one second cylindrical tube member coupled at a proximal end of the at least one second cylindrical tube member to a bottom portion of the turbine tunnel assembly, the at least one second cylindrical tube member coupled at a distal end of the first cylindrical tube member to a top portion of an at least one injection hole member, the at least one injection hole member opening at a distal end of the at least one injection hole member to at least one or more of a fault line, an underground water system, or a river system; and
the at least one or more of the fault line, the underground water system, or the river system disposed to impart energy to move the water back into the natural water cycle of the natural body of water via at least one or more of solar, geothermal, or gravitational energy.