TURBINE RELATIONSHIPS IN PIPES
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Abstract
The location of in-pipe turbines within a piping system and their relationships to other devices in the piping system is dependent on several factors for the ideal operation of these turbines, whether from the nozzle shooting liquid into air, or providing a stable pressure to the turbine and the generator. Several solutions to this issue are presented.
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35 Claims
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1-21. -21. (canceled)
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22. A system of power generation in a piping system, comprising:
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a. A downstream section of pipe, b. A source of backpressure in said section, c. An upstream in-pipe turbine located at an elevation greater than the head corresponding to the pressure, defined as, for example, 10 meters per atmosphere of pressure for water, of the lower, downstream section of pipe. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. An in-pipe turbine system, comprising:
a. A means for providing substantially constant flow from the nozzle into the turbine. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. An in-pipe turbine system, comprising:
a. An insertion means for a removable nozzle upstream of the turbine via a detachable chamber opening upstream of the turbine. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method of placing turbines in a piping system with a downward section of pipe, wherein the upstream turbine active area is not filled with backed-up content from the downstream turbine.
- 34. A method of constructing a piping system, wherein at least one turbine is used to reduce pressure in a segment of the piping system from above the pressure at which content leaks from a pipe to below the pressure at which content leaks from a pipe.
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