Patent ID: 9003785
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: B01D,F03B,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An installation for converting hydraulic energy into mechanical or electrical energy, the installation comprising at least one hydraulic turbine, an impoundment of water, and a feed duct for feeding the turbine with water from the impoundment of water, wherein the installation further comprises: an immersed device including at least two horizontally spaced and vertically oriented panels disposed in the impoundment of water in such a manner as to constrain a flow of water advancing inside the impoundment of water towards a mouth of the feed duct to flow in an upward movement between the at least two panels to thereby release gases from the water before the water flows into the mouth of the feed duct; bracing rods that connect at least the two horizontally spaced and vertically oriented panels; and a gas collection raft disposed on a surface of the water over a portion of the immersed device in which the upward movement of the flow of water takes place.