Patent ID: 7372172
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: F03B,F05B,H02K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An arrangement of equipment for generating electrical power from a flowing medium, the arrangement comprising: a plurality of turbine generator units arranged in at least one module; each of the plurality of turbine generator units in the at least one module being connected to one another, the turbine generator units are in a fixed arrangement in the at least one module, and each unit is adjacent at least one of the other of the turbine generator units in the at least one module; at least one of the turbine generator units being arranged above another of the turbine generator units in the at least one module, and at least one turbine generator unit arranged beside another of the turbine generator units in the at least one module; the at least one module being structured and arranged to be movable as a unit; at least one of the plurality of turbine generator units of the at least one module comprising a synchronous generator having permanent magnetic poles for excitation, wherein the permanent magnetic poles are arranged on a periphery of a rotor of the at least one turbine generator units, and a stator of the synchronous generator is adjacent the perihery of the rotor and mounted to a conical inlet pipe for the turbine generator unit with the permanent magnetic poles, wherein the inlet pipe has an inlet area extending radially beyond an outer surface of the synchronous generator.