| US 11,092,131 B2 | ||
| Speed limiting turbine for a conduit | ||
| Gilles Lambinet, Meylan (FR) | ||
| Assigned to SAVE INNOVATIONS, Grenoble (FR) | ||
| Appl. No. 16/96,155 | ||
| Filed by SAVE INNOVATIONS, Grenoble (FR) | ||
| PCT Filed Apr. 25, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/059713 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 24, 2018, PCT Pub. No. WO2017/186667, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 2, 2017. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 1653675 (FR), filed on Apr. 26, 2016. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2019/0136826 A1, May 9, 2019 | ||
| Int. Cl. F03B 15/18 (2006.01); F03B 3/04 (2006.01); F03B 11/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/12 (2006.01); G01F 1/10 (2006.01); F03B 13/00 (2006.01); G01F 1/115 (2006.01) | ||
| CPC F03B 15/18 (2013.01) [F03B 3/04 (2013.01); F03B 11/004 (2013.01); F03B 13/00 (2013.01); G01F 1/10 (2013.01); G01F 1/115 (2013.01); G01F 1/12 (2013.01); F05B 2220/20 (2013.01); F05B 2220/706 (2013.01); F05B 2270/1011 (2013.01); Y02E 10/20 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. An electricity generation turbine for a conduit, comprising:
a turbine unit including a rotor, and
at least one flexible element,
wherein the at least one flexible element is connected to the turbine unit, so as to limit a flow rate of fluid passing through the rotor in order to limit a rotational speed of the rotor of the turbine unit, and
wherein the turbine unit comprises a non-rotating part encompassing a stator of a generator, disposed in an annular configuration, the at least one flexible element being connected to the non-rotating part,
wherein the connection of the at least one flexible element with the turbine unit is so that the thrust generated by the fluid on the turbine unit is able to cause the turbine unit to move against the at least one flexible element if the thrust of the fluid exceeds a predefined threshold, and
wherein the turbine unit is translationally movable along a flow axis of the fluid, coinciding with a longitudinal axis of the turbine.
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