Patent Application
20190264649
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The disclosure and prior art relates to generating devices and more particularly pertains to a new generating device for generating hydroelectric power from a water treatment plant.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a recycled water source. A holding tank is in fluid communication with the recycled water source to receive recycled water from the recycled water source. A hydroelectric generator is fluidly coupled to the holding tank. The hydroelectric generator receives recycled water from the holding tank for generating electricity.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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An outlet valve 28 may be provided and the outlet valve 28 may be fluidly coupled to the outlet port 22. The outlet valve 28 may selectively open and close the outlet port 22 and the outlet valve 28 may be an electrically controlled fluid valve or the like. Additionally, the outlet valve 28 may be remotely controlled via a control system in the waste water plant 14. In this way wastewater may be selectively released from the outlet port 22.
A hydroelectric generator 30 is provided and the hydroelectric generator 30 is fluidly coupled to the outlet port 22 on the holding tank 18. The holding tank 18 is elevated above the hydroelectric generator 30 to gravity feed the wastewater to the hydroelectric generator 30. Thus, the hydroelectric generator 30 receives the wastewater from the holding tank 18 for generating electricity. The hydroelectric generator 30 has an exhaust 32 that releases the wastewater from the hydroelectric generator 30 and the exhaust 32 is in fluid communication with the body of water 26. The hydroelectric generator 30 is electrically coupled to an electrical distribution system such as a power grid for a municipality or the like.
In use, the holding tank 18 and the hydroelectric generator 30 are retrofitted onto existing water treatment plants. Additionally, the holding tank 18 and the hydroelectric generator 30 may be integral components of newly built water treatment plants. The outlet valve 28 is selectively actuated to release the wastewater into the hydroelectric generator 30. In this way the hydroelectric generator 30 converts the kinetic energy of flowing wastewater into electrical energy. The hydroelectric generator 30 transfers the electrical energy into the electrical distribution system for consumption.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
