MINIATURE HYDRO-POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
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Abstract
A miniature hydro-power generation system includes an outer housing and an inner housing. The outer housing may receive a flow of liquid flowing in a first direction at a predetermined range of pressure. The flow of liquid may be decreased by a predetermined amount of pressure and increased by a predetermined amount of velocity and channeled to a hydro-generator included in the inner housing with an inlet nozzle. The flow of liquid may be channeled with the inlet nozzle to flow in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Upon transfer of kinetic energy in the flow of liquid to the hydro-generator, the inner housing may rotate in the second direction. The flow of liquid may then be channeled back to the first direction and out of the housing with an outlet nozzle. The outlet nozzle configured to increase the pressure and decrease the velocity of the flow of liquid to minimized non-laminar flow characteristics.
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40 Claims
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21. A miniature hydro-power generation system comprising:
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an enclosure that defines an interior chamber; a generator disposed in the interior chamber, the generator comprising a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing that includes a permanent magnet, a stator disposed in the housing that includes a coil, and a plurality of vanes positioned to extend perpendicular to an exterior surface of the housing, the generator configured to rotate axially around a central axis of the enclosure to induce an electrical current in the coil with a magnetic field of the permanent magnet; an inlet nozzle coupled with the enclosure and configured to receive a flow of liquid that flows substantially in parallel with the central axis of the enclosure, the inlet nozzle comprising an inlet channel configured to adjust the flow of liquid to a predetermined pressure and velocity, and direct the flow of liquid at the predetermined pressure and velocity to flow in a direction of rotation of the generator axially around the central axis of the enclosure; and an outlet nozzle coupled with the enclosure so that the housing is disposed between the inlet nozzle and the outlet nozzle, the outlet nozzle comprising an outlet channel configured to receive the flow of liquid, increase the predetermined pressure to a predetermined higher pressure while reducing the predetermined velocity to a predetermined lower velocity, and channel the flow of liquid out of the enclosure substantially in parallel with the central axis of the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A miniature hydro-power generation system comprising:
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an enclosure that defines an interior chamber; an inlet nozzle and an outlet nozzle coupled with the enclosure to define a central channel formed between the inlet nozzle and the outlet nozzle within the interior chamber; a generator disposed within the interior chamber in the central channel between the inlet nozzle and the outlet nozzle, the generator configured to rotate in the central channel axially around a central axis of the enclosure to produce electric power; the inlet nozzle configured to receive a flow of liquid flowing substantially in parallel with the central axis of the enclosure, the inlet nozzle comprising an inlet channel configured to adjust the flow of liquid to a predetermined pressure and velocity, and direct the flow of liquid into the central channel to rotate the generator such that the flow of liquid flows axially around at least part of the central axis of the enclosure in the central channel; and the outlet nozzle comprising an outlet channel configured to receive the flow of liquid from the central channel, increase the predetermined pressure to a predetermined higher pressure while reducing the predetermined velocity to a predetermined lower velocity, and channel the flow of liquid out of the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method of generating power with a miniature hydro-power generation system comprising:
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providing an enclosure that defines an interior chamber; receiving at an inlet nozzle coupled with the enclosure a flow of liquid flowing substantially in parallel with the central axis of the enclosure; adjusting the flow of liquid to a predetermined pressure and velocity with the inlet nozzle; directing the flow of liquid into a central channel with the inlet nozzle to rotate a generator such that the flow of liquid flows around the central axis of the enclosure in the central channel, the central channel formed in the enclosure; rotating the generator axially around the central axis of the enclosure using the flow of liquid; generating electric power with the rotating generator; receiving the flow of liquid from the central channel with an outlet nozzle coupled with the enclosure; increasing the predetermined pressure to a predetermined higher pressure while reducing the predetermined velocity to a predetermined lower velocity with the outlet nozzle; and channeling the flow of liquid out of the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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