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Combined pump and turbine

  • US 10,408,186 B2
  • Filed: 11/17/2016
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hydroelectric system comprising:

  • a combined pump and turbine comprising impeller blades;

    an electromechanical converter operably coupled to the combined pump and turbine, the electromechanical converter having a motor condition and a generator condition, wherein the motor condition drives liquid and the generator condition operates subject to a siphon flow;

    wherein the driven liquid and the siphon flow move in a same direction;

    a control unit operably connected to the electromechanical converter for switching the electromechanical converter between the motor condition and the generator condition; and

    wherein the impeller blades rotate in the same direction with the electromechanical converter when the electromechanical converter operates in the motor condition and in the generator condition.

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