Various arrangements of a turbine for a rotating coalescer element of a crankcase ventilation system for an internal combustion engine are described. In some arrangements, the turbine is an impulse turbine, which is also known as a pelton turbine or a turgo turbine. The turbine is used to convert hydraulic power from a stream of pressurized fluid to mechanical power that is used to drive the rotating element. The turbine includes a non-wetting surface (e.g., an oleophobic or hydrophobic surface) that repels the pressurized fluid. The non-wetting surface may be achieved through plasma coating, fluoropolymer coating, micro-topography features, and the like. The non-wetting surface increases the power transmission efficiency from the stream of pressurized fluid to the turbine, thereby increasing the rotational speed of the rotating element compared to wettable surfaced turbines, which in turn increases the efficiency of the rotating element.

This invention aims to provide the composition of inlet so that the strong output may be provided by rotating with the state of high efficiency as the water falling energy and the flow pressure are simultaneously provided to the impeller and to provide impeller assembly for hydroelectric power generation device maximizing the output efficiency by improving the composition of impeller positively. Namely, this invention inserts the impeller in the main body of cylinder shape that the closed inner space is formed by the cover member, the driving shaft shall be supported in the bearing coupled to the cover member, the impeller installed in the inner space shall be driven by forming the inlet and the outlet in the main body in the impeller assembly for a hydroelectric power generation device; the abovementioned inlet, the fluid like the involute curve shall be supplied from the 12 o'clock direction to the 4 o'clock direction of the main body, the outlet is formed from 6 o'clock direction to 8 o'clock direction, the abovementioned impeller forms the plural fluid tanks opened toward the inner surface of the main body, the moment of rotation of the impeller shall be increased by forming the abovementioned fluid tank in the closed pressuring part is formed in the direction of 4 o'clock direction to 6 o'clock direction.

This invention regards a hydraulic turbine (1) to operate in pressure circuits, where there is a flow of a fluid, to control the flow and pressure downstream the installation point. Even so, said turbine (1) can generate power for itself based on the difference of pressure and flow, as the remaining power can be used in public power networks or isolated. Its application field comprises sanitation companies, beverage industries, paper and cellulose industries, petrochemical companies or any places, where it is needed to control the flow and pressure in supply networks.

-- A device for generating electric current in a fluid flow circuit, including a duct segment interposed in the fluid flow circuit, a rotor mounted in the duct segment and movable by the passage of a fluid through the device, and a stator or stator circuit cooperating with the rotor and producing electric current. The rotor is made up of a transverse flow turbine, the axis of rotation of which extends across the duct segment, the turbine having at the longitudinal ends of its axis of rotation means for holding against the opposite walls of the duct segment, the stator or stator circuit being positioned outside the duct segment at an end of the turbine which is able to be driven in rotation while the turbine moves, and includes structure for generating a magnetic flux for cooperating with the stator or stator circuit in order to produce the electric current.

A flow channel adjusting device comprises a flow channel having an inlet and a nozzle outlet corresponding to a water turbine machine, and an adjusting device for adjusting opening dimension of the nozzle outlet, comprising a driving unit, a pivoting part, and a following part. The pivoting part has a first side rotatably coupled to a first rotating element, and is driven to rotate by the driving unit for adjusting the opening dimension of the nozzle outlet. The following part has a third side rotatably coupled to a second side of the pivoting part, and a fourth side rotatably coupled to a second rotating element which translates along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis when the pivoting part is driven to rotate. The flow channel adjusting device could be utilized in water turbine machine and generator using the water turbine for adjusting amount of water flow.

This invention regards a hydraulic turbine (1) to operate in pressure circuits, where there is a flow of a fluid, to control the flow and pressure downstream the installation point. Even so, said turbine (1) can generate power for itself based on the difference of pressure and flow, as the remaining power can be used in public power networks or isolated. Its application field comprises sanitation companies, beverage industries, paper and cellulose industries, petrochemical companies or any places, where it is needed to control the flow and pressure in supply networks.

A water flow turbine arrangement for capturing energy from water flows is provided. The arrangement includes: a base member (212); a generally open support structure (210) mounted to the base and upstanding therefrom, the support structure including plural legs (216) joined by a cross brace at or adjacent their upper ends; an electrical generator (230) mounted to the base; and shaft mounted turbine blades (220) mounted for rotation generally within the space occupied by the legs about a turbine axis. The turbine shaft (222) is supported at its upper end by the cross brace and is coupled to the generator at its lower end by a magnetic torque transmitting coupling, allowing complete fluid sealing of the generator's housing.

An energy conversion device includes a plurality of cross flow turbines, each one including fixed curved blades arranged in squirrel cage configuration about an axis of rotation. The turbines are mounted on a floating support on the water, placed directly in the fluid flow and arranged successively one after another with their axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to the flow.

A hydrokinetic turbine has upper and lower vane mounts; a main shaft coupling the vane mounts to form an assembly mounted for rotation about a central axis; a set of vanes, each vane mounted between the upper and lower vane mounts for reciprocating rotation about its respective longitudinal axis; a vane angle control mechanism, configured to control angle of the vanes relative to the direction of current so as to provide an angle of attack, relative to the direction of the current, that is cyclically adjusted over the course of rotation of the shaft. A given vane is oriented: (i) substantially transversely to the direction of the current when the assembly's orientation causes the vane to be in a driving mode, and (ii) substantially parallel to the direction of the current when the assembly's orientation causes the vane to be in a driven mode.

Disclosed herein are linear hydraulic turbines in which the linear machine converts the majority of available energy in the flowing water into useful torque directly in the runner, leaving the outflow with very little velocity.