US 12,455,105 B2
Artificial snow-making facility
Eric David, Treillieres (FR); Maël Vervoitte, Carquefou (FR); Gaël Lesage, Bourgneuf en Retz (FR); Markus Pfeifer, Deutschnofen (IT); and Damien Landreau, Mlledieu la Blouere (FR)
Assigned to TECHNOALPIN FRANCE, Dardilly (FR)
Filed by TECHNOALPIN FRANCE, Dardilly (FR)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,124.
Claims priority of application No. 2007392 (FR), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018583 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F25C 3/04 (2006.01); F03D 9/20 (2016.01)
CPC F25C 3/04 (2013.01) [F03D 9/20 (2016.05); F25C 2303/044 (2013.01); F25C 2303/0481 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An artificial snow-making facility comprising:
a snow-making device;
a fluidic water pipe configured to supply water to said snow-making device;
a fluidic air pipe configured to supply air to said snow-making device;
a control means for managing operation of said snow-making device;
a power supply configured to supply electricity to said control means, said power supply comprising a power generator arranged on said fluidic air pipe, said power generator comprising a turbine adapted to be driven by the air supplied by said fluidic air pipe; and
an upstream condensate draining system placed upstream from the power generator and a downstream condensate draining system placed downstream from the power generator, the upstream condensate draining system and the downstream condensate draining system each being configured to limit accumulation of water in said power generator, the downstream condensate draining system being configured to remove condensate from the fluidic air pipe between the power generator and the snow-making device so that the condensate removed from the fluidic air pipe is not delivered to the snow-making device.