ICE FLOW ENERGY UTILIZATION PLANT Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic power engineering. SUBSTANCE: ice flow energy utilization plant has bridge-like bed 1 that joins both slopes of canyon 2 and cross-beam 7 with gear wheel 8 of U-shaped frame 4 that is directed from hinge links 5 towards ice flow; cross-beam 7 is provided with spoon-like body 6 whose sides are joined with those of frame 4; body 6 carries step-up gear 9 that couples gear wheel 8 with electric generator. One segment of gear wheel 8 projects through slit P made in bottom of body 6 beyond its lining onto ice surface and utmost-curvature pole of bottom in body 6 is displaced towards hinge links 5 between frame 4 and bed 1. Gear wheel 8 slowly rotates while its bottom-segment teeth sink into glacier surface and sets in motion electric generator via step-up gear 9. Bottom of body 6 clears and smooths down track for gear wheel 8 by means of its pole and grooves provided on bottom lining between this pole, hinge links 5, and sides of frame 4. EFFECT: reliable energy generation in case of glacier. 2 cl, 2 dwg