Patent ID: 9739255
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: F01D,F03B,F05B,Y02E

Claim:
1. A submersible turbine generator unit, comprising: a debris guard base having an input port end and extending longitudinally to an output port end; the debris guard base having an upper surface and a lower surface; the debris guard base having a bank side and a stream side; a turbine positioned between the input port end and the output port end of the debris guard base, the turbine configured to have a circular outside perimeter and the turbine comprising a plurality of turbine blades; an up flow diversion wall attached to, and extending upwards from, the input port end of the debris guard base, on the stream side, and configured so as to direct a flow of material towards the turbine; the up flow diversion wall having an input port first end and extending to a turbine first end; a turbine flow wall attached to the input port end of the debris guard base, on the bank side, the turbine flow wall configured to ensure the flow is properly directed to the turbine; the turbine flow wall having an input port second end and extending to a turbine second end; the debris guard base, up flow diversion wall, and turbine flow wall together forming a channel that is configured to direct the flow to the turbine; wherein the channel reduces in cross-section between the input port second end and the turbine second end; a first flow regulator wall attached to the turbine first end of the up flow diversion wall and configured to provide fine control and direction of the flow as the flow meets the turbine; a down flow diversion wall extending from the turbine first end of the up flow diversion wall towards the output port end of the debris guard base on the stream side and configured to ensure the flow acts upon the turbine and causes the turbine to spin; a second flow regulator wall attached to the turbine second end of the turbine flow wall and configured to provide fine control of the flow to the turbine; a turbine containment wall surrounding at least a portion of the turbine on the bank side and placed in close proximity to the outside perimeter of the turbine; the turbine containment wall configured so that the turbine is positioned between the turbine containment wall and the down flow diversion wall; a structural wall on the bank side of the debris guard base and placed so as to at least partially surround the turbine containment wall and form a gap therebetween; a turbine repositioning system positioned within the gap and configured to raise and lower a drop bar; the drop bar extending generally vertically and having a cross bar attached near a top of the drop bar, the cross bar extending towards the stream side and beyond the turbine containment wall; a suspension member extending at least downwards from the cross bar and the suspension member being attached to an electricity generator; the turbine being attached to the generator and configured such that the spin of the turbine causes the generator to operate and produce electricity; a third flow regulator wall attached to the turbine containment wall and extending towards the output port end of the debris guard base; a down flow turbine wall attached to the third flow regulator wall and extending towards the output port end of the debris guard base; and a power transfer cable configure to output the electricity generated by the generator.