Patent ID: 6114773
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: F03B,Y02E

Abstract:
A hydraulic turbine assembly, for a dam holding a water reservoir and having a conventional hydroelectric generating system and having a vertical water inlet pipe, said vertical water inlet pipe having a water inlet point and being extended into said water reservoir and being in fluid communication with said conventional hydroelectric generating system for delivering water to said conventional hydroelectric generating system and said water inlet point being positioned in said water reservoir to create an inlet free vortex formation within said water reservoir, said hydraulic turbine assembly comprising:an outer housing tube having a means for collecting water from said inlet free vortex formation into said outer housing tube, and having a means for being in fluid communication with said vertical water inlet pipe to permit water to pass therethrough said outer housing tube to said vertical water inlet pipe;a rotor unit being disposed within said outer housing tube and being mounted to said outer housing tube to permit rotation of said rotor unit within said outer housing unit, said rotor unit being rotated by water passing through said outer housing tube; anda generator unit for creating electrical energy being operationally coupled to said rotor unit, said generator unit creating electrical energy when said rotor unit is rotated.