Patent ID: 9494126
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F03B,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. An installation for generating electrical energy from hydropower, comprising a drive arrangement that revolves around two deflection units distanced to one another, wherein the drive arrangement can be driven by hydropower in a revolving direction, with a load section running along a descent, wherein the drive arrangement comprises a plurality of gravitational pressure transmission units that are arranged one after the other in the revolving direction, and are distanced to one another, the gravitational pressure transmission units in each case comprise an onflow element with a blade-like wall element, further comprising a generator for generating electrical energy from the revolving drive arrangement, wherein: the installation comprises a water guidance channel that runs along the descent, the onflow elements in the region of the load section run transversely to the water guidance channel and engage into this, such that in each case two adjacent onflow elements together with the channel walls form a compartment for receiving water, which is co-moved along the water guidance channel, the gravitational pressure transmission units comprise guide elements, and along the load section, the installation comprises guide units in which guide elements of the gravitational pressure transmission units are displaceably arranged such that the gravitational pressure transmission units at least in the region of the load section are guidable between the two deflection units.