Turbine installation comprising a turbine installed in a duct
US4392063A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 5, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/20
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turbine installation comprises flow passage-defining means defining an inlet chamber and a runner chamber and including two juxtaposed interconnecting passages which connect the inlet chamber and the runner chamber and are disposed on opposite sides of an axial center plane, and spaced apart in an intermediate part of their length, a turbine runner rotatably mounted in said runner chamber, an electric generator disposed outside the flow passage-defining means, and an output mechanism extending through the space between the two interconnecting passages, and operatively connecting the runner to the generator. In order to ensure that those parts of the structure which may require to be serviced will be easily accessible, the interconnecting passages are defined by two pipelines, each of which consists of a plurality of straight pipe sections and has a cross-section which is substantially the same as that part of the cross-section of the inlet chamber at its outlet which is disposed on the same side of said center plane as the respective pipeline. The turbine shaft is mounted in a coaxial carrying tube, which extends through both pipelines and protrudes into the space between the pip…
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