HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: power engineering. SUBSTANCE: load-bearing frame carries a horizontal row of reaction turbines connected to output shafts by free-wheel couplings. Shafts are made as an integral unit and form a common PTO shaft which drives an electric generator installed on the frame base. Turbine casings are of netted construction and are provided with fabric shells. The frame has fabric inlet guide members arranged around the perimeter, a deflector inclined against water flow, and a plate of a large area, rigidly connected to said deflector. Horizontal pan is installed under frame and forms, jointly with lower edge of the plate, a slotted nozzle for discharge of water under the frame. Uprights are secured at one end to side surfaces of frame and to tray at their other ends. EFFECT: improved design. 3 dwg