Placing water turbines in water flows

摘要

A floating turbine, including a vertical substantially fixed structure such as a pile or cable, a hydroelectric turbine, a connecting piece between the turbine and the structure that is operative to enable vertical motion of the turbine on the surface of the water.

主权项

1. A hydroelectric turbine comprising:
a support structure of a casing and a base on a surface of a body of water with a connecting enclosed inlet pipe of fixed diameter providing water from a separate body of water, a vertical substantially fixed structure, operative to maintain the hydroelectric turbine in a substantially fixed position along a vertical line, and connected to the hydroelectric turbine, a connecting piece between the support structure of the hydroelectric turbine and the vertical structure that is operative to enable sliding vertical motion of the hydroelectric turbine on the surface of the body of water, and a floating means fixed to the support structure of said hydroelectric turbine.