Patent ID: 7768147

Claim:
A miniature hydro-power generation system comprising: an enclosure that defines an interior chamber; a generator disposed in the interior chamber, the generator comprising a plurality of vanes, a rotor that includes a permanent magnet, and a stator that includes a coil, the generator configured to rotate to induce an electrical current in the coil with a magnetic field of the permanent magnet; an inlet nozzle coupled with the enclosure, the inlet nozzle configured to receive a flow of liquid flowing in a first direction and channel the flow of liquid to strike the plurality of vanes and flow in a second direction that is always substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the generator configured to rotate in the second direction with the flow of liquid; and an outlet nozzle coupled with the enclosure so that the plurality of vanes are disposed between the inlet nozzle and the outlet nozzle, the outlet nozzle configured to receive the flow of liquid flowing in the second direction and direct the flow of liquid to again flow substantially in the first direction.