Process of using hydraulic turbines to generate electricity

• US 7,190,088 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2004
• Issued: 03/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Genedics Clean Energy, LLC (Genedics, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Robert Eric Heidel
• Inventors: Heidel, Robert Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Schuberg; Darren
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mohandesi; Iraj A.
• Application Number:
  US10/701,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20050248161A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,040 Days
• Field of Search: 290/54, 290/52, 290/43, 415/109, 415/118, 415/201
• US Class Current: 290/54
• CPC Class Codes: F03B 13/00 Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus if the apparatus aspects are predominant, see the relevant subclasses for such apparatus, e.g. H02K7/18; Power stations or aggregates incorporating only machines or engines of positive-displacement type F03C; hydraulic engineering aspects E02B; combinations with wind energy converters F03D9/008
• CPC Class Codes: F05B 2220/60 making use of surplus or waste energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/50 Hydropower in dwellings

Abstract

The process of attaching turbines to water mains, water towers, sewage lines, aqueducts, and various pipelines so as to capture the kinetic energy of pressurized fluid traveling through these mediums and changing the kinetic energy to electric energy by means of a generator and conducting this new electricity to the nearest power substation by means of a conduction pipe. By consumer demand for utilities such as water and sewage to be taken to and away from homes and businesses, these consumers will be making their own electricity that they will then buy back from the utility companies. With more and more people buying homes and starting businesses, there will be many new utility consumers on top of the already existing consumers, which means that the potential and scope of using the process for making cleanly generated electricity is limitless and universal.

Claims

1. A process for creating hydroelectric power that comprises:

hydraulic turbines, a generator, a turbine housing, a generator housing, and a turbine shaft, said hydraulic turbines attaching to water mains or water towers or aqueducts, or sewage lines or pipes;

capturing the kinetic energy of flowing water or sewage by said water or sewage striking blades of the hydraulic turbines;

changing the kinetic energy into electric energy by turning said turbine shaft and generator;

attaching high voltage wires to said generator that can conduct new electric energy to a conduction pipe;

positioning said conduction pipe which insulates and transports the high voltage wires along the entirety of the water main or sewage line, or pipe;

connecting the conduction pipe to a nearest power substation, wherein one side of the inside wall of hydraulic turbine housing has a hollow cylindrical protrusion where said turbine shaft fits into the cylindrical protrusion for support, wherein on the inside wall of the turbine housing opposite to hollow cylindrical protrusion has a hole and a second grooved protrusion with a circumference equal to said hole supporting said turbine shaft and allow said turbine shaft to enter said generator housing without any water leakage into generator housing, wherein the hydraulic turbine is housed in a crescent shaped housing which will have a base that matches the perimeter of said hole cut into the main, tower, line, or pipe and said housing will be made of the same material as the medium or a more stronger and durable material able to withstand the pressure of the flowing fluid.

2. A process in claim 1, wherein attaching said hydraulic turbine constitutes cutting a hole in said water main or water tower, or aqueduct or sewage line, or pipeline.

3. A process in claim 1 in which the housing of the hydraulic turbine is attached to the line or main, or pipe and sealed so as no pressurized fluid may escape said main or said tower or said aqueduct, or said pipe.

4. A process in claim 1, wherein attached to the outside wall of the hydraulic cylinder housing opposite the side of the hollow cylindrical protrusion will be a box shaped structure that will house a generator.

5. A process in claim 1, where in the part of the turbine shaft that passes through the second grooved protrusion will be grooved to fit into this protrusion.

6. A process in claim 1, wherein the turbine will be positioned within said housing so as to let said turbine blades protrude into the center of said main line, or aqueduct, or pipe where fluid velocity is greatest and so said blades will be impinged upon by the flowing water or sewage enabling the turbine and turbine shaft to turn.

7. A process in claim 1, wherein the second square shaped housing has a hole cut in the side facing the first hydraulic turbine housing and coinciding with the hole cut in the side of the first hydraulic turbine housing which will allow the turbine shaft to enter the second square shaped housing.

8. A process in claim 6, wherein the generator will be positioned within the generator housing so that said turbine shaft will be connected to the generator.

9. A process in claim 6, wherein two high voltage wires conduct said generated electricity from the generator to said conduction pipe and a small tube attached to the roof of the generator housing allows said wires to reach said conduction pipe.

10. A process in claim 6, wherein an opening in the roof of the generator housing will allow the insulated high voltage wire to conduct electric energy to said conduction pipe.

11. A process in claim 1, wherein many hydraulic turbine housings and generator housings is placed at intervals along the entirety of the water main or water tower or aqueduct, or sewage line, or pipe in order to capture as much kinetic energy as possible.

12. A process in claim 1, wherein a conduction pipe that will insulate and transport the high voltage wires coming from the generator will follow and run for the entire length of the main, or tower, or aqueduct, or pipe in order to allow more generators to conduct their energy to power substations.

13. A process in claim 10, wherein openings will be all along the conduction pipe that connect to the tube on the roof of the generator housing so as to allow insulated high voltage wires from the generators to connect to said conduction pipe and conduct their electricity into the conduction pipe.

14. A process in claim 11, wherein the conduction pipe will conduct all of electricity to the nearest power substation in the geographical area of the water main, water tower, aqueduct, sewage line, or pipe.

15. A process in claim 11, wherein when the high voltage wires have to travel a long distance to a power substation and line loss would be great, storage systems will be installed at adjacent water pumping stations in order to keep line loss at a minimum.

16. A process in claim 1, wherein by consumer'"'"'s demand and purchasing of utilities they will be making electricity by water and sewage flowing through water mains, water towers, sewage lines, aqueducts, and pipes that carry water or sewage to and from their homes and businesses and that the electricity created by their demand for utilities is sold back to them.