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Combined turbine/generator installation on a dam

  • US 9,234,325 B1
  • Filed: 10/11/2013
  • Issued: 01/12/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for positioning at least one hydroelectric turbine/generator in a dam, the dam having at least two spaced piers, the apparatus comprising:

  • at least one first gate, each first gate configured to span the space between a respective pair of neighboring piers and being movable to closed and open positions and positions therebetween to control flow and maintain head; and

    at least one second gate, each second gate associated with a corresponding first gate upstream thereof and supporting at least one hydroelectric turbine/generator in a maintenance position and a plurality of operating positions such that in operating positions, water flows through each turbine/generator to produce electric power, the at least one first gate being configured such that when in the closed position, flow through the at least one turbine/generator is eliminated, thereby permitting the raising of the corresponding at least one second gate.

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