Patent ID: 8231327

Claim:
A gravity powered above-ground river high pressure energy conversion machine, comprising: a mainline pipe running longitudinally down the river; an inlet to the mainline pipe to allow water to fill the pipe at an upriver origination point of the mainline pipe; one or more accessory supply pipes, each having a first end connected to the mainline pipe and a second end terminating above land; stop valves and pressure regulating valves in the accessory supply pipes; provisions at the second ends of the accessory supply pipes for connection to above ground water driven accessories; discharge pipes, each having a water-tight connection on a first end to one of the above ground water driven accessories and an opposite second end through which water from the accessories can be discharged back into the river; feeder river machines that collect water and discharge it into the mainline pipe; and backflow prevention valves in the feeder river machines; wherein the accessory supply pipes and discharge pipes are located throughout the extents of the main pipeline.