Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aerating system for hydraulic turbine
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Application No.: US15036693Application Date: 2014-10-28
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Publication No.: US10215151B2Publication Date: 2019-02-26
- Inventor: Sebastien Beaulieu , Michel Sabourin , Laurent Bornard , Guillaume Boutet-Blais
- Applicant: Alstom Renewable Technologies
- Applicant Address: FR Grenoble
- Assignee: GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
- Current Assignee: GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Grenoble
- Agency: GE Global Patent Operation
- Agent Douglas D. Zhang
- Priority: EP13290283 20131114
- International Application: PCT/EP2014/073138 WO 20141028
- International Announcement: WO2015/071094 WO 20150521
- Main IPC: F03B3/02
- IPC: F03B3/02 ; F03B11/00 ; F03B3/12

Abstract:
Aerating system for the runner of a hydraulic turbine, the runner comprising a plurality of blades, such that inter-blade canals are configured between each pair of blades for the admission of air in the water flow circulating through the hydraulic turbine, such that the aerating system comprises at least one hydrofoil located in the inter-blade canal of the runner contacting the pair of blades configuring the inter-blade canal where the hydrofoil is located, such that the hydrofoil has a non-axis symmetrical profile, and such that at least one of the blades in contact with the hydrofoil comprises an aerating canal delivering air to the hydrofoil.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160327012A1 AERATING SYSTEM FOR HYDRAULIC TURBINE Public/Granted day:2016-11-10
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