Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbines having a debris release chute
- Patent Title (中): 涡轮机具有碎片释放槽
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Application No.: US12373487Application Date: 2007-07-13
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Publication No.: US08596964B2Publication Date: 2013-12-03
- Inventor: James Ives
- Applicant: James Ives
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: OpenHydro Group Limited
- Current Assignee: OpenHydro Group Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
- Priority: EP06014703 20060714
- International Application: PCT/EP2007/006236 WO 20070713
- International Announcement: WO2008/006603 WO 20080117
- Main IPC: F01D25/32
- IPC: F01D25/32

Abstract:
In a hydroelectric turbine having a rotor disposed within a housing, the rotor having an annular outer rim received by a channel in the housing, the improvement comprising providing at least one debris release chute in said housing such that debris captured between the rotor and the housing is released through the debris release chute.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100068037A1 TURBINES HAVING A DEBRIS RELEASE CHUTE Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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