POWER GENERATION PLANT OPERATING FROM WATER FLOW Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC F03B7/00 F03B17/06 F03B13/10 

FIELD: power engineering.

SUBSTANCE: plant comprises a vessel with an inlet and an outlet for water, a turbine 12 with multiple blades 22. The turbine 12 is equipped with a mechanism for blades control arranged as capable of controlling blade angles relative to a working flow so that each blade 22 rotates around the appropriate axis with a rotation speed equal to a half of turbine 12 shaft rotation speed, as a result a larger area of the blade 22 surface faces the incoming water flow, to drive the turbine 12 in the preset direction of rotation. The smaller area of the blade 22 surface faces the incoming water flow opposite to the driving direction. The plant additionally comprises a partition 49, which passes almost from a central axis to assist in directing the working flow around a part of the vessel, through which each blade 22 moves as its larger area of the surface rotates.

EFFECT: development of a plant capable of fuller usage of a tidal cycle for energy generation.

16 cl, 7 dwg