US 12,031,516 B2
Electric power supply kit for an irrigation system for land
Anna Stiatti, Milan (IT); Alberto Stiatti, Milan (IT); Matteo Maria Stiatti, Duno (IT); and Marc Capilla Manzano, Palafrugell Girona (ES)
Assigned to Anna Stiatti, Milan (IT); Alberto Stiatti, Milan (IT); and Matteo Maria Stiatti, Duno (IT)
Appl. No. 17/292,499
Filed by Anna Stiatti, Milan (IT); Alberto Stiatti, Milan (IT); and Matteo Maria Stiatti, Duno (IT)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/060518
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/121141, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000010917 (IT), filed on Dec. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018324 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F03B 13/10 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01); H02K 7/18 (2006.01); H02K 11/00 (2016.01); H02K 11/04 (2016.01)
CPC F03B 13/10 (2013.01) [A01G 25/16 (2013.01); B05B 12/087 (2013.01); H02K 7/1823 (2013.01); H02K 11/0094 (2013.01); H02K 11/04 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric power supply kit adapted to be mounted with an irrigation system,
said irrigation system comprising at least one conduit adapted for the passage of an irrigation fluid and at least one electrical device comprising at least one rechargeable power supply battery,
said electric power supply kit comprising:
at least one hydroelectric turbine in fluid communication with said irrigation fluid adapted to generate an alternating electric current voltage as said irrigation fluid passes into said at least one conduit, wherein said at least one hydroelectric turbine comprises a rotating element comprising a multiplicity of blades, wherein said at least one conduit is a tube comprising an inlet and an outlet on a same direction and having a same diameter, the inlet being upstream with respect to the turbine and the outlet being downstream with respect to the turbine, and wherein said rotating element is a hub;
at least one voltage regulator adapted to be powered with said alternating electric current, adapted to stabilize said alternating electric current voltage in a direct electric current voltage, and adapted to supply said at least one power supply battery of said at least one electrical device with said direct electric current voltage; and
at least one nozzle which is engaged inside said at least one conduit upstream of said hub, wherein said at least one nozzle is adapted to convey said inlet fluid of said at least one conduit towards a portion of said hub comprised between two adjacent blades so that at least one portion of said hub is in fluid communication with said at least one conduit,
wherein said at least one nozzle has a truncated-conical shape and comprises an inlet through opening and an outlet through opening, wherein said inlet through opening has substantially transverse dimensions equal to an internal cross section of said at least one conduit, wherein said transverse dimensions are measured on a transverse plane lying on a geometric plane perpendicular to a rotation axis (R) of said hub,
wherein said outlet through opening of said nozzle has transverse dimensions equal to or less than an angular distance between two adjacent blades of said hub, and
wherein said angular distance between two adjacent blades is measured on an arc of a geometric circumference passing through ends of said blades, in which the geometric circumference comprising the arc comprises a geometric centre that is geometrically coincident with a geometric centre of the hub.