INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING ENERGY WITH A HYDRAULIC TURBINE

A power generation plant including a turbine (1) of a Kaplan, bulb, diagonal flow or propeller turbine type, a water intake (4) and a water run-off (5). Additional vanes vane (8) are deployable into a water passage formed between the water intake (4) and the housing of the turbine. Eddy flows formed...

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Main Authors NENNEMANN, Bernd, WURM, Erich
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 28.07.2021
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Summary:A power generation plant including a turbine (1) of a Kaplan, bulb, diagonal flow or propeller turbine type, a water intake (4) and a water run-off (5). Additional vanes vane (8) are deployable into a water passage formed between the water intake (4) and the housing of the turbine. Eddy flows formed in the water intake (4) are reduced by the additional vanes. The vanes allow the turbine operating range to be extended to cover smaller outputs.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20190177279