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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small hydraulic power generation unit that has few topographical restrictions on its installation site while its construction is easy and low-cost, and hardly spoil the natural environment and the scenery. SOLUTION: The small hydraulic power generation unit 1 comprises a tank 3 arranged substantially directly under a water source A and provided with a water storage 10 at its lower side, a water wheel 4 for hydraulic power generation arranged at the upper side of the tank 3, a waterfall pipe 5 that communicates between the water source A and the tank 3 and guides water from the water source A to the water wheel 4, a vent pipe 6 that communicates between the tank 3 and the outside, a syphon water discharge pipe 7 having an end 17 hanging down to the water storage 10 and the other end 18 extended along the ground to from the water level of the water storage 10 to a low water level position D, a power generation mechanism 8 for converting the rotation movement of the water wheel 4 to electric power, and a underground structure 2 accommodating the tank 3 and the like. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
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