Turbine
CA 1264641 C · Owner: Mccullough, Ross · Inventors: Mccullough, Ross
Overview
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A water turbine and hydro-electric power generating system incorporating the same. The water fall from a higher to a lower elevation is through an annular passageway having one or more turbines driven by the water as it flows through the column. The water flow is preferably a siphon action entry to the annular column being by way of an inverted U-tube with the inlet thereto immersed below the water level. The column is designed with offset portions whereby a plurality of turbines can be located downstream from one another in the column and laterally offset so that the turbines rotate about axes spaced apart horizontally from one another each turbine, or series of turbines driving an …
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- Granted January 23, 1990. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 23, 2007.
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