UNIFIED ROTOR FOR FLOAT-TYPE HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic engineering; off-line environmentally friendly power supplies installed on shallow-water rivers and channels. SUBSTANCE: step-up gear is installed beyond rotor body and has several outlets from different steps of gear transmissions; central fixed axle is coupled with external control element affording its turn through designed angle within 90 deg.; inner space of underwater part is hermetically sealed and filled with clean water or liquid oil residues. EFFECT: provision for using electric generators of any capacity, regulation of their speed, and hydraulic insulation of gear transmissions. 4 cl, 4 dwg