摘要 |
Half the hinged turbine blades are deactivated at any one time using spring-loaded spacer rods arranged around an inner concentric ring. Water or wind impinges against a number of blades (2) mounted on hinges (3) around the turbine periphery and oriented at an angle of 0-90[deg] with respect to the turbine rotation axis. Catches (4) provided around the periphery of an inner concentric ring (6) are formed by spring-loaded spacer rods (7), and are used to ensure that during operation only half of the blades are being impinged by the water or wind, whilst the other half are unaffected. |