RIVER POWER STATION Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic power engineering. SUBSTANCE: construction of power station includes laying on bottom of river stream course of plates forming ceiling and front end face of power station building with length ensuring nonflooding of machine room with water. Ceiling plates have holes under which blades of turbines connected with generators are disposed. Water from holes flows onto blades of turbines which rotate power generators. Water from turbines is diverted downstream. EFFECT: higher efficiency. 2 dwg