Patent ID: 8047785

Claim:
A counterbalanced orthogonal hydropower system comprising: an upper turbine disposed in a horizontal plane with a vertical axis of rotation and made in the form of a ring shaped platform including a bottom bearing rim configured as a ring, the platform incorporating a secondary means for generating electrical energy, the upper turbine including hydrodynamically shaped upper blades mounted to the bottom bearing rim, so positioned to produce rotation of the upper turbine in a first direction; a lower turbine disposed in a horizontal plane with a vertical axis of rotation and made in the form of a ring shaped platform including a top bearing rim configured as a ring, the lower turbine including hydrodynamically shaped lower blades mounted to the top bearing rim, so positioned to produce rotation of the lower turbine in an opposite direction to the first direction; a top centering tension ring coupled with a plurality of top centering strings for support of the ring shape of the bottom bearing rim on the upper turbine; a plurality of primary means for generating electric energy; a base means substantially associated with the bottom of a water reservoir; a horizontally disposed rigid frame supported by said base means, said frame being peripherally surrounded by a rigid structure shaped as a polygon having a plurality of vertexes; means for rotatable support of said upper and lower turbines substantially associate with said frame, the means for rotatable support including at least one of a roller bearing, a sliding bearing, and a ball bearing, the means tbr rotatable support maintaining constant contact with the bottom bearing ring shaped rim; and means for support of said primary means for generating electric energy; wherein the means for support of said primary means for generating electric energy are essentially attached to said vertexes through spring-loaded hinges.