Fluid current turbine with flexible collectors
CA 1054482 A · Owner: Mouton, William J. (Jr.) · Inventors: Thompson, David F.; Mouton, William J. (Jr.)
Overview
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A fluid-current energy-conversion plant especially, useful for electricity generation utilizing an axial flow, turbine as the energy conversion element has self-inflated, flexible collector element for capturing a portion of She fluid current, increasing its velocity guiding at least some of each portion into the turbine's mouth, then returning the captured flow into the stream.
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- Granted May 15, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 15, 1996.
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