Hydroturbine Runner Crown with Balancing Slots

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United States of America

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The invention concerns a hydraulic turbine comprising blades (2) fixed to a runner crown (12) and to be actuated in rotation around an axis of rotation, each blade being comprised between a leading edge (8) and a trailing edge (10), a stationary head cover (14) and a chamber (16) being located between said runner crown (12) and said head cover (14) or within the head cover, said runner further comprising:

    means (22) forming at least one passage for water between said chamber and a chamber (28) in the runner tip;an upper portion (121) and a lower portion (122) of the said runner crown, said upper portion (121) having a larger diameter than said lower portion (122) so as to define a channel (24) between them, said channel leading to an exhaust volume (3) of the runner.

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GE RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES38100 GRENOBLE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bornard, Laurent St-Ours, CA 10 8
Boutet-Blais, Guillaume Lévis, CA 2 3
Scott, David Allan Brossard, CA 4 0

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