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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Raphael Arlitt, Ulm, DE;
Frank Biskup, Schwabisch Gmund, DE;
Jochen Weilepp, Heidenheim, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Voith Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 13/10 (2006.01); F03B 17/06 (2006.01); F03B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 17/061 (2013.01); F03B 13/10 (2013.01); Y02E 10/22 (2013.01); F03B 3/126 (2013.01); F05B 2260/85 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01); Y02E 10/223 (2013.01); F05B 2210/404 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a flow power plant, comprising a water turbine having torsionally rigid rotor blades, a drive train connected to the water turbine, which at least indirectly drives an electric generator and is characterized in that at inflow speeds v for which the flow power plant is designed, the water turbine is configured to be non-auto-restarting for tip speed ratios λ below a predetermined auto-restart tip speed ratio λs where λs≧1.