Claims
- 1. A turbine having no central shaft comprising a plurality of open center turbine blades sets having outer and inner rims surrounding said turbine blade sets, said housing having an inner lining and an outer lining enclosing a plurality of D.C. generators or hydraulic pumps: said plurality of D.C. generators or hydraulic pumps being mechanically driven by each of said turbine blade sets, wherein said stationary housing is which rotate within a stationary housing which is mechanically attached to a dam.
- 2. A turbine of claim 1 whose stationary housing allows the water pressure inside the housing to equalize with the pressure in the vicinity of its blades.
- 3. A turbine having no central shaft comprising a plurality of open center turbine blade sets having outer and inner rims surrounding said turbine blades sets, said housing having inner lining and an outer lining enclosing a plurality of D.C. generators or hydraulic pumps: said plurality of D.C. generators or hydraulic pumps being mechanically driven by each of said turbine blade sets, wherein said stationary housing is mechanically attached to a dam; wherein said plurality of open centered blade sets are being rotated independently of each other.
- 4. A turbine of claim 3 which is attached to a dam and reduces downstream turbulence through the use of a plurality of open centered blades.
- 5. A turbine having no central shaft comprising a plurality of open center turbine blade sets having outer and inner rims surrounding said turbine blades sets, said housing having inner lining and an outer lining enclosing a plurality of D.C. generators or hydraulic pumps; said plurality of D.C. generators or hydraulic pumps being mechanically driven by each of said turbine blade sets, wherein said stationary housing is mechanically attached to a dam; wherein plurality of open center blade sets regulate flow velocity.
- 6. A method of allowing fish passage both directions through the turbine of claim 5 by reducing flow velocity.
- 7. A method of reducing flow velocity through the turbine of claim 5 by independently regulating the amount of rotational energy taken from each of the turbine blade sets.
- 8. A method of reducing downstream turbulence of claim 5 by the use of a plurality of open center blade sets.
- 9. A method of increasing the rotational energy of a turbine blade of claim 5 by allowing unrestricted water to flow through the open center area of the blade.
- 10. A method of increasing the velocity of the water on the back side of a turbine blade of claim 5 by allowing an unrestricted flow of water through the blades open center.
- 11. A method of allowing an unrestricted flow of water through the center of a turbine blade of claim 5 to increase the efficiency of the blade.
- 12. A method of taking energy from the downstream edge of a turbine blades outer rim of claim 5 to produce electricity.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of provisional application No. 60/267,078 filed Feb. 6, 2001.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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60/267078 |
Feb 2001 |
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