River High Pressure Energy Conversion Machine
First Claim
1. 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; and
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.
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Abstract
A river high pressure energy conversion machine which has no moving parts, comprising a machine (or pump) having a pipe attached to a river bed, with a flexible pipe to an enlarged water inlet attached to the underside of a float, to assure entrance of water just below the river water surface. A discharge pipe from the machine rises above the river bank to a water-driven accessory, through a stop valve and a pressure regulating valve. The discharge pipe from the accessory discharges river water back to the river. Water stacks up inside the sloping machine pipe on the river bed, and creates higher water pressure at the machine pipe outlet for driving the accessory. This is a continuous process, generating electricity twenty-four hours every day, using only gravity as the pressurizing force on water to generate electricity, without using fossil, nuclear or artificial energy forces.
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20 Claims
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1. A gravity powered above-ground river high pressure energy conversion machine, comprising:
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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; and 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A river high pressure energy conversion machine, comprising:
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a single inlet funnel having an enlarged end for receiving water from a flowing river and an opposite small end, with the funnel orientated so that its enlarged end directly faces the incoming current; a flexible pipe connected to the small end of the inlet funnel; a float riding on a surface of the flowing river, with the flexible pipe attached to the underside of the float, so that the pipe holds a top of the enlarged end of the inlet funnel below the river surface; an inlet pipe having a first end connected to the flexible pipe, and an opposite second end, with the first end of the inlet pipe located adjacent to a river bed; and
the second end of the inlet pipe being above land;a stop valve and pressure regulator valve in the inlet pipe above land; one or more accessory turbogenerators connected to the inlet pipe; and a single outlet pipe having a first end connected to the accessory turbogenerators, and a second end from which entrapped river water is discharged from accessory turbogenerators back into the flowing river, at a location downstream from the inlet funnel; wherein the flow of the river is unobstructed between the location of the inlet funnel and the location of the second end of the outlet pipe. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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