HYDROELECTRIC GENERATOR TO BE INSTALLED IN A WATER COURSE
First Claim
1. A hydroelectric generator adapted to be installed in a water course, of the type having a semi-submerged rotor, comprising a fixed platform, rotor means for the conversion of kinetic energy of a fluid in electric energy, comprising adjusting means to adjust the position of the rotor means, said adjusting means to adjust the position being constrained to said fixed platform, and moving, in a controlled way, said rotor means with respect to said fixed platform with at least one degree of freedom, to change at least the orientation of the axis (A) of the rotor of said rotor means with respect to the main flow direction (D) of the water in said water course.
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A hydroelectric generator adapted to be installed in a water course, of the type having a semi-submerged rotor, including a fixed platform, rotor means for the conversion of kinetic energy of a fluid in electric energy, having adjusting means to adjust the position of the rotor means is disclosed. The adjusting means to adjust the position are constrained to the fixed platform and move, in a controlled way, the rotor means with respect to the fixed platform with at least one degree of freedom, to change at least the orientation of the axis (A) of the rotor with respect to the main flow direction (D) of the water.
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- 1. A hydroelectric generator adapted to be installed in a water course, of the type having a semi-submerged rotor, comprising a fixed platform, rotor means for the conversion of kinetic energy of a fluid in electric energy, comprising adjusting means to adjust the position of the rotor means, said adjusting means to adjust the position being constrained to said fixed platform, and moving, in a controlled way, said rotor means with respect to said fixed platform with at least one degree of freedom, to change at least the orientation of the axis (A) of the rotor of said rotor means with respect to the main flow direction (D) of the water in said water course.
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9. A process for converting the kinetic energy of the water of a water course in electric energy, by means of a hydroelectric generator provided with rotor means for the conversion of kinetic energy of a fluid in electric energy that are moved, with at least one degree of freedom, by respective adjusting means to adjust the position with respect to a fixed platform to which said adjusting means to adjust the position are constrained, said process comprising the steps of:
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a. stably installing said fixed platform; b. adjusting, in a controlled way, the position of said rotor means of said hydroelectric generator at least for orienting the rotor axis of said rotor means with respect to the flowing water and for arranging said rotor means in a position semi-submerged with respect to said fluid. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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